by cldi | Aug 1, 2015 | Affordable Housing, Community Development & Housing, Hannah House, Stories, Women and Children
*The following blog is written by a dear friend and sister, Miriam. Last fall the Lord graced CLDI with Miriam to shed the Light of Christ as she diligently works in our office and interfaces with the many different people that call or visit the CLDI office on a...
by cldi | Jul 2, 2015 | Community Development & Housing, Mentorship & Discipleship
Many leadership experts say that a leader should remind their people of the ministry’s mission no less than every 30 days. I can’t say that I always do that with my staff, however, on a personal level I do think of this often. To be quite honest, given the...
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...