by cldi | Mar 3, 2014 | Stories, Women and Children
I was another girl born into the middle of a heap of sisters. As I grew older, I worked hard to create an identity that was distinct from the collective name people used to refer to my sisters or me: “the Will girls”. That started a lifelong quest...
by cldi | Jan 31, 2014 | Stories
I sat with a man in my office that I recently began meeting with to discuss the ‘gospel’, the Bible, and what it means to follow the person of Jesus. To begin our time I asked a simple question – What does it mean to be a disciple of Jesus? I didn’t ask...
by cldi | Jan 1, 2014 | Stories
Amazingly, it’s the beginning of a New Year, 2014. It seems that with each passing day, week, month, and year, the old adage, going to hell in a handbasket, rings with an ever-increasing element of truth. Thinking back to my grandparents, a civil and right...
by cldi | Dec 1, 2013 | Community Development & Housing, Stories, Women and Children
What is so important about coffee cards and cupcakes? Angie* is. A little background information: Angie was referred to me by my good friends Fred and Joan Nelson over a year ago. She is 22 years old, has a three year old daughter and is a single mom. The father...
by cldi | Nov 6, 2013 | Stories
“I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly” – Jesus, John 10:10 Seven years ago I experienced the joy of becoming a father to our son Elijah and this blessing upon my wife and me only increased as we now have three additional children – Ellie, Kai and...