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Stories from the inner city

Working Through the JAMs

Dominic plodded along a ruddy track, each step of his pristine sneakers made more miserable by the heft of his campmate — a half-foot taller — straddled across his back.

E x p a n d i n g Options

Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part series on Cru Inner City’s Director of Expansion and his plans for increasing the ministry’s presence in cities in the United States

Two Roads Into Adulthood

Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series on Cru® Inner City’s Director of Expansion and his plans for increasing the ministry’s urban presence in the United States and

Help! There’s a Log in My Eye!

The first hints of spring are in the air. The Bradford pear trees are blooming, a beautiful preview of coming attractions. Spring is also the season of Lent, a time

Turning the Corner

David Wolfe had eight kids to feed, though sometimes his choices undercut that goal. Selling cigarettes and drugs on local street corners may have put dinner on the table, but

Schooled in Love

A special needs second-grader who can’t cope with online learning plus a fatigued father who spends long hours working away from home plus an overwhelmed mom trying to navigate the needs of her boys