FROM THE EDITORS October 19, 2009 Issue

WHEN HOME IS TENT CITY

EVERY GLIMPSE OF HOME AS A SPIRITUAL IDEA IS A PRAYER.

ACCURATE NUMBERS are hard to come by, but one respected estimate puts the number of those made homeless in the United States by the current recession at 1.5 million. That's on top of the 3.5 million that were already homeless. One of the "solutions" to this phenomenon is the mushrooming of tent cities—campsites, usually springing up at the edge of town, where the campers are permanent residents. For now. They join the ranks of the homeless around the world—in Brazil, India, Africa, and so many other places.

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