Chronic Addiction, Pain, and The Upside Down Kingdom
About a year ago a woman in our recovery community handed me a poem she had written. Simply titled Insane it is her haunted view of herself; what she sees when she looks in a mirror . . .
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Mike Yunker – Story of Transformation
Sometimes, your church is the last place you feel like you can be open and honest about your struggles. For a minister, the pressure to seem like you have it all together can be crushing. As a pastor, Mike knows that feeling all too well. That’s why his ministry at Shepherd’s House Ministries over the . . .
Read MoreLinkin Park’s Chester Bennington and the Unexpected Path to Chronic Homelessness and Addiction
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Trauma Informed Care As news of the suicide of the band Linkin Park’s Chester Bennington begins to sink in, the familiar questions around these tragic events arises . . .
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Syd Brestel – Story of Transformation
Forty-five years of pastoral ministry have given Syd Brestel a deep and abiding love for the local church. When Syd retired from ministry, he wanted to continue serving, so he volunteered at Shepherd’s House Ministries. But decades of church ministry didn’t . . .
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Hanging by a Thread . . . Until They Lifted the Truck Off!
Last month a truck in our parking lot loaded with wood accidentally rolled over and pinned a man. It was literally crushing him to death. The homeless men in our community banded together and lifted the truck off while Bart, our house manager, pulled the badly . . .
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