Word on the Street
Making space in the manger
In recent weeks, we have watched a particularly notorious Micah guest attempt to repair five years worth of disintegrating relationships. The library, a local gymnasium, a number of area businesses and even her family had cut off ties in response to her boisterously...
The opposite of what’s expected
In the lonely hours of a winter night, she sat in a shopping center parking lot. She searched for Christian music on the car radio and prayed. "Why did this happen to me, Lord. I didn't do anything wrong." In the 1980s, she and her husband had bought a brand new home...
Unconditional, hospitable timing
A Micah guest stood before a church congregation several weeks ago and shared her story. What they saw was a confident middle-aged woman who had been through a great deal in recent years. Although it was clear she had overcome challenges, those in the room could never...
Changing the face of homelessness
There was so much snow that people couldn't walk on the sidewalks without it swallowing their knee caps. Cars rumbled over the iced city streets as if they were four-wheeling on a back road in the country. Schools closed for almost two weeks; and most people didn't...
