How CLDI’s affordable housing became the foundation for one man’s remarkable recovery Addiction Fueled By Loss Ron’s story begins in Lodge Grass, Montana, where childhood should have been filled with promise. Instead, it was marked by an early...
An invitation to sit at the foot of the Cross Close your eyes and experience the weight and wonder of His presence. Let yourself linger there for a moment. Feel the stillness. Feel the holiness. Imagine, if you can, the tiny newborn hands that would one day stretch...
“There was one young boy I won’t forget,” says Kaylee Thompson, our Internship Director, as she shares the impact of last year’s Christmas Store for one student in particular…. “Showing up, arms full of stacked items, excitedly saying, ‘I get...
How community, grace, and second chances change everything Ten years ago, if you had told Melissa she would own a thriving business in downtown Billings, she would have laughed. At 37, she was caught in a cycle that seemed impossible to break, full of addiction,...
Quality time with God What does this look like for you? Recently, at our CLDI team prayer gathering we discussed what quality time with the Lord looks like and what the barriers often are. We all understand the plethora of distractions of this world – social media,...
From Federal Prison to Finding Home: Ron’s Journey to TransformationDecember 9, 2025
