by Paige Deur | Apr 15, 2021 | Latest News, Stories
Charles’ mom was thirteen and his dad was sixteen when he was born. Because Charles was born with bronchial asthma, his parents decided they “had no space in their lives for a baby, especially a very sick baby boy,” he said. So Charles was raised by his grandma,...
by Paige Deur | Apr 6, 2021 | Latest News, Stories
“I never felt like I quite fit in anywhere,” David wrote to us. From a young age, David surrounded himself with a diverse friend group in a working-class California neighborhood. But, while most of his peers lived in two-income households, David’s mom “worked and paid...
by Paige Deur | Mar 29, 2021 | Latest News, Stories
(Crossroads student artist: John C., Texas) This Friday, as we near the end of Holy week and ponder the familiar story of Jesus’ road to His crucifixion and resurrection, I find myself pausing to reflect again on one of the many people Jesus crossed paths with on the...
by Paige Deur | Mar 24, 2021 | Latest News, Stories
On any given day in America, over 555,000 people sit in pretrial detention. They are housed in local jails because they can’t afford to pay the bail that has been set for their release. The median bail for felonies is $10,000, which is the equivalent of eight months...
by Paige Deur | Mar 2, 2021 | Latest News, Stories
On Labor Day of 2019, Scott was working on his deck. “I hadn’t been feeling well but was pushing through to try to get the project done,” he said. His wife encouraged him to seek medical advice. By the end of the day, he was in an ICU bed with end stage heart failure...
