Rebuilding Shattered Lives
When you hear about a child who was abandoned before she turned one, who was surrounded by drugs and alcohol and who had a mother who went to prison and an absent father. What is your first reaction? Are you heartbroken? Fearful for this child whose path to life started out in such a backwards [...]
Our very own Jen Harp (Shepherd’s Gate’s Director of Marketing) will be living in her car for 5 days next week to get a jump on 24 In Your Car™, an event created to bring attention to the growing population of homeless women and children living in their cars. Our goal is to educate our community [...]
This Easter will be an important milestone at Shepherd’s Gate. For the children staying with us, it may be their first time receiving an Easter basket, or attending an Easter service. For the moms, it may be their first Easter clean and sober. Or their first holiday free from violent abuse.
But the real power of Easter is its message . . .
There is really no explanation for the transformations that take place here at Shepherd’s Gate. People who should be traumatized, depressed, mentally ill or addicted for life . . . AREN’T.
Instead, they shine with the confidence of Christians who are deeply immersed in their faith, full of gratitude for their lives . . .
A recent report on “60 Minutes” highlighted the struggle of many American children to survive in the midst of our current economic recession. One of the families interviewed, the Corfee’s, lived in their car for several months after both parents lost their jobs and the family was evicted from their home. The family of 5 lived in a van parked in a WalMart parking lot . . .
Some of you may have seen a recent story on “60 Minutes” called “Homeless Children: the hard times generation.” The report was heartbreaking. A startling number of children have lost their homes —and much of their childhoods — to the financial crisis sweeping across America.
I’ve been sharing this with a lot of our friends in recent weeks because I think this letter is so important. More than any words I could come up with to say, it shows what Shepherd’s Gate is all about: the joy of knowing Christ, and the tools to overcome the worst circumstances imaginable.
Christmas morning is one of my favorite days of the year at Shepherd’s Gate — every year, a familiar scene plays out as homeless women and children open gifts together. I have to tell you, it never gets old — and it never ceases to bring tears to my eyes! A few days before Christmas, [...]
In the midst of all the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, many of us wonder how to keep our kids focused on the true meaning of Christmas — the gift of God’s son! For God so loved the world, that he gave . . . (John 3:16) Then again, when we’re honest, it’s [...]
I’d like to share with you about Rhonda — a woman who came to Shepherd’s Gate and stayed with us a few years ago while she was recovering from drug and alcohol addiction. It was a painful pattern that began when she was just a young child. We were so thrilled to see Rhonda get [...]
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