Becoming all that “I am”

At her lowest point, almost eight years ago, a neighbor in need was hunched over a chair while a case manager snipped her long blonde locks to the floor. In her months of staying outside and holding up in cheap motels she had collected such a horrendous case of head...

An Invitation to Friendship

If you listen closely among the homeless community—at least those who have been around for a while—you will hear them talk about a woman who was incredibly important to them. The late Barbara Gear spent 20 of her retirement years feeding, counseling and sheltering...

Day of Peace: Community Conversation

The United Nations’ General Assembly has declared Friday, September 21, 2018  as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, both within and among all nations and peoples. The theme of the 2018 International day of peace is “The Right to...

A Home for All Creation

It was sometime in 2008 that Micah housed its first homeless person. Admittedly, the event transpired in the aftermath of a minor crisis in which we feared the worst had occurred for one of our street friends. But it was a notable beginning to what we have come to...

Community Matters

On his 18thbirthday, a young man found himself scouring the wooded areas of Fredericksburg for a campsite. His relationship with his adoptive parents had never gone well, but now that he was officially an adult they no longer had legal responsibility for him. More...