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No. 5: Becoming an Authentic Neighbor
Dear CLDI Family and Friends, My wife and I have lived in the South Side for the last 4 years, and I am just realizing that being an authentic neighbor is more than just physically moving closer. It...
Tapestry Friday Update: Week 23
Hello friends! I hope this spring weather is finding you well. We are thankful for the spring showers, green grass, tulips, and budding trees! It is a reminder of the HOPE we have in Him. Despite...
Tapestry Friday Update: Week 22
Happy Spring CLDI friends! Here is a quick update, the 3rd floor is up! We are so pleased with the quick and steady progress being made. It's been fun to look out CLDI's window each week and watch...
Tapestry Friday Update: Week 21
Happy spring CLDI friends! We are thankful to announce that the project is ticking along as planned! As we look to next week, the crane will be back as they will set the walls for the third (and...
Tapestry Friday Update: Week 20
Hello friends of CLDI, Is it really possible that we are in our 20th week of construction? But check out what happened this week... our entire second floor is up! The crew is working to frame out...
Discipleship: Helping Others Become Rooted in their Identity
The roots of a person's struggles are often deep, intertwined and complex. No one singular "program" can address all of a person's challenges. Many of the people that CLDI serve have come from...
Tapestry Friday Update: Week 19
Hello Friends of CLDI! Great progress this week as the first floor has been framed out and decked! Monday will be an exciting day as the crane will be on site to set the second story walls that have...
Tapestry Friday Update: Week 18
Friends of CLDI, We are grateful for all the work that has taken place this last week. By the end of next week, the first floor will be entirely framed and sheeted. Then, on the week of April 17,...
Dignity & Opportunities Through Rail//Line Coffee
Part #2 of Promise’s Story of Healing. Read Part #1 “Healing Her Broken Belief” here. When Promise first moved into the Hannah House, it felt like she had nothing to offer.She had little job...
No. 4 Timeless Treasures
Dear CLDI Family and Friends, Since I was a kid, I have had an infatuation with timeless items. I loved my dad's old records and record player, the infamous buck knife my parents got me as a young...