by cldi | Jun 1, 2015 | Affordable Housing, Community Development & Housing, Internship
*Gus is a recent graduate of our nine-month internship program, the Fellowship House. The following is a reflection of what the South Side, the community in which we reside and work, taught him. Currently Gus is working for the summer at an inner-city home...
by cldi | May 7, 2015 | Community Development & Housing, Internship
As part of our work in the South Side, CLDI hosts college-age interns through a 9-month program called the Fellowship House. The Fellowship House seeks to recruit and encourage kingdom-minded, eternally focused disciples of Jesus Christ. Throughout the...
by cldi | Apr 1, 2015 | Community Development & Housing, Stories
Living in the neighborhood has given me a strong sense of community that has been lacking from my life. Growing up in a Hutterite colony brought me face to face with community on a daily basis, a sense of belonging that was firm regardless of whether everyday...
by cldi | Mar 2, 2015 | Community Development & Housing, Internship
There are a number of perks that come with being an intern for CLDI, such as: living in Christian community, experience working with people in several different capacities, reading lots of excellent books, frequent dinners with some of the coolest people around,...
by cldi | Feb 5, 2015 | Community Development & Housing, Stories
It is a Thursday afternoon as I write this letter… this is my first ‘break’ in the day from the stream of constant meetings that I seem to have. However, this last meeting came to me as a great and wonderful surprise. Taking a call in between meetings at...