When the Least of These His Brothers is a Con Artist

I've been through this a hundred times before, but it still gets to me.  Earlier in the week I received a phone message asking for a return call and telling me that it was a matter of utmost urgency.  The voice was that of an older man and the phone number included an extension.  It turned out that I was correct in assuming that it was a motel room.

Jim, I'll call him, told me his story. He and his wife who was still recovering from heart surgery in May had been evicted from the little house they rented in another part of Bucks County when there had been a foul up with the social security and veteran's disability checks they use to live on month by month.  An agency working with a consortium of churches in Upper Bucks had been able to provide them with two nights lodging at a motel on Street Road, but that's all they could do.  Fortunately, a cousin was willing to take them in, but he asked if they could give just another day before they came over.  So just a one night gap. Continue Reading »