Options Blog

Stories from the inner city

ic-blog-21-09c-header

The Message is in the Meal

Three widows. Twenty-one kids. Zero turkeys. Enter Bishop Gershon Suan and his Coat of Many Colors Ministry, a Houston-area church that operates a soup kitchen and other helps-oriented programs. The

ic-blog-21-09b-header

Getting a Read on Jesus

Laura was on a remote call with her Bible study group when she volunteered to read the lesson aloud. She was beaming. Until recently, the great-grandmother struggled to string together

ic-blog-21-09a-header

Body of Work

“The first time I saw him he looked like a wannabe gangster,” Gustavo said. When Gustavo Villatoro first set eyes on Omar, the child carried himself like many of the

Photo by Metin Ozer / Unsplash

What is Truthiness?

“Jesus responded, ‘Actually, I was born and came into the world to testify to the truth. All who love the truth recognize that what I say is true.’ ‘What is

ic-blog-21-08b-header

This Little Light Spreads

Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part series on the exponential power of Cru® Inner City’s discipleship training. In the first installment we explored how the training impacted Blanca Nuñez’s spiritual