Living in poverty has shifted how I think about ourselves & how we think about about those we serve. I believe we now serve people as...

So you're going home for the holidays. But home is where you reunite annually with the person or persons that abused, misused, and/or...

DAY 19 || still GRATEFUL for poverty Testimony. You ever forget what you needed because God has used so many people in the last few days...

Our experience with poverty has led me to seek God for everything. Beyond having food & housing insecurities – my soul has been insecure....

NOTE: This is an extremely difficult blog to write, as I am still struggling with issues of shame connected to living in poverty. Until a...

This is the moment when you are almost there. You've done really well to start, you're not new to this and yet you're not done yet. I...

We're launching a never-ending campaign to do something good (be the salt) in our families, neighborhoods and beyond and WE NEED YOU to...

I'm not even sure how to start this piece because it is about my wake up call. I got a call about 3 weeks ago and the voice on the other...

I'm telling you - I really do have fun and I can laugh, I sing, I play around with my family, I love to crack jokes with my brother and...

One thing I love about Yahweh is I know He can handle it! He can handle me! All of my crap, fears, doubts, worries, and challenges! And...

What happens when the way you used to be is no longer? I'm not talking about being a drug addict and then recovering. I'm not thinking...

I define #RatchetFaith as a reckless kind of faith. It has no boundaries. It is nitty gritty, grungy, and abandons intellect just to...

I could not imagine our 13 year old daughter sons homeless. Hopping from couch to couch, staying in abandoned buildings or living under...

Where are you going? I am going to follow The Messiah, even when it is uncomfortable, weird, and even when I am not understood. Below is...

I've been busy these past several weeks - but I want to share that sometimes we are kept quiet for a season. At the beginning of 2017,...

I was reminded of my being on this past Friday night while a well known speaker was expounding on Luke 15:11-32. This morning, I woke up...

I am in the middle of a Back to School purging & organizing season and my eyes keep scaling my wedding gown. It is such a gorgeous gown,...

I get so excited when I hear about the Promises of God. His promises are the truth and there is nothing that can refute, deter, or change...

HOUSTON WE SEE YOU! HOUSTON WE LOVE YOU! HOUSTON WE ARE PRAYING FOR YOU! My husband and I don't know much about Texas, but we do know...

Originally published at New York School Talk http://newyorkschooltalk.org/2017/08/one-familys-story-decided-leave-public-school-system/...