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Stories from the inner city

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The Ripple Effects of Obedience

I was 10 years old when I first got a glimpse of this thing called agape love. It was the 1960s, and my family lived in the Robert Taylor Homes

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Redeemed Through Loss

Valerie’s heart was a gaping wound as she watched her oldest daughter, Britany, struggle with liver disease. After a successful transplant at age 4, the donated liver was failing, so

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Leading While Learning

Andy, a young family man and construction worker, was rushed to the hospital with a gunshot to the head in a case of mistaken identity. His co-worker and friend, Peter,

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Finding Herself on the Giving End

Jayde looked into the eyes of the unhoused recipients accepting the gifts of gloves, socks and scarves wrapped inside warm blankets. It was an especially cold and wet winter in

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Fostering Sisterhood

Janelle was no stranger to the drab concrete building with its bright orange and blue accents sitting along the railroad tracks where it intersects with West 111th Street. She lived

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Not the Letter, but the Spirit

Caught in the act! A phrase that usually leads to accusation, conviction and sentencing. There’s no need for further testimony or deliberation since there are eyewitnesses to the crime and