When Fred Barksdale’s Veterans Administration counselor picked him up from the closing veterans’ boardinghouse with only the clothes he was wearing, Fred was homeless, hopeless, and tired. Even though he had been clean and sober for five years, he couldn’t just turn things around. “What I thought was a gutter fall turned out to be …
When speaking with volunteers about why they give their time to various organizations, I find that most all people engage in volunteerism because they want to make a difference – a difference in the world, a difference in their own community, or a difference in the life of another person, be it someone close to …
Stuart. That is my Grandmother’s maiden name. I remember learning about the different meanings of surnames and asking my father a lot about our own geneaology when I was a boy. I particularly remember the day he told me about the meaning of the name Stuart. “Stuart”, he said, “is an old Scottish last name …
God reveals Himself regularly at Miracle Hill – through the life changing stories of the addict who finds hope, the foster child who is placed with her forever family, the homeless man who is given food and shelter and the teen who feels more love and support in her cottage than she ever did at …