Word on the Street

He had been on the job all day. Tired from framing houses in the hot sun, he returned to the spot outside a local church where he had stashed his belongings.      They were nowhere to be found.       The police had made a round that...

He wandered the aisles of the furniture warehouse, carefully assessing the items being offered for his new home.      After almost two hours, all we had convinced him to accept was a small bedside radio, from which he hoped to find the soulful...

She had been talking for days about wanting to help her son with some back to school supplies. She was staying in Micah's respite house, and her eleven-year old was in the care of a family member. But that was even more reason for her drive to do the mom things, as he...

This time last year, a young woman in her 30s showed up at Micah's respite house with a very poor prognosis. Doctors were not optimistic about her treatment and the likelihood of survival looked bleak.  With time, a stable place to stay, support with medication...