Feeling alone, unloved and hurt, Lamarr turned to the streets. Even though, when he was a child, his mother took him to church each Sunday, at home he experienced abuse from a stepfather. What he searched for in family, he found in gangs. Around gang members and drug...
Sitting at home on a Tuesday evening, I logged on to Zoom and watched as my face slowly shrank to accommodate the growing number of faces on my computer screen. As Doug Cupery, Crossroads’ Church Mobilization Director, began sharing the purpose of the night’s meeting...
Today, we pause to celebrate and honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Just over fifty years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. took a stand against injustice. While history looks back on him fondly, his contemporaries regarded him with disdain and...
By Lisa Blystra President & CEO As I look back on 2020, many emotions come to mind. Anxiety, uncertainty, fear . . . but also gratitude and hope. Despite the many challenges we faced as a ministry in the year of the COVID-19 pandemic, God has moved in unexpected,...
Alice was raised in the church and grew up attending her local Christian school. At nineteen, she married a preacher and started a family. From the outside, she appeared to have it all together. Alice had “played with drugs” in her teen years and left that...
Matthew grew up in a Christian family. At nineteen, he gave his life to Christ and began to see his life transform. Four years later, he found his life falling apart as he sunk into depression. “This was at the beginning of my marriage when I was supposed to be happy,...
