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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: April 29, 2020
Does the earth beneath your feet feel a bit like it’s constantly shifting? You are essential. You are not essential. Support local business! Why are you risking everyone’s life by going to the store?! All we’re asking you to do is stay home and...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: April 22, 2020
COVID-19 created some strange shortages – toilet paper being the first and most memorable. But bread was another, quickly followed by flour as people...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: April 10, 2020
Ever since my husband and I started a family more than 30 years ago, Easter has been a big deal at our house: New dresses for the little girls,...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: April 1, 2020
Jessie hated homeless people. “I despised anyone who was living off the system. I blamed them for my life being hard. In a drunken rage, I threw beer...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: March 26, 2020
“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” – John 1:5 Emily was in a dark, dark place. Her addiction ended her 14-year...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: March 17, 2020
You’ve probably heard us say it before, but we don’t want there to be any mistake: UGM cannot change a person’s heart. Only God can do that. True...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: March 11, 2020
Last fall, just before Thanksgiving, a couple acquaintances of mine were on the verge of homelessness. It was crazy timing. They didn’t know each...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: February 13, 2020
UPDATE: Due to COVID-19, the Negative Split has been postponed until September 27. “Start strong. Finish stronger.” That’s the tagline for the...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: January 9, 2020
The Union Gospel Mission exists because of an extensive community of people like you. People who recognize that they have been blessed and want to...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: December 31, 2019
"He has told you, O man, what is good; a nd what does the Lord require of you, b ut to do justice, to love kindness, a nd to walk humbly with your...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: December 18, 2019
“If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us” – 1 John 1:8. I have pretty much always been a good girl. I grew up...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: November 21, 2019
“Breaking bread – it’s a community thing” – Bethany Kuhn, UGM sous chef. Food is about so much more than food. It symbolizes grace, warmth,...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: November 7, 2019
“Humans connect to other humans at so basic a level that when we disconnect, our souls shatter into a thousand little pieces.” – Peter Leithart When...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: September 19, 2019
“If we are to love our neighbors, before doing anything else we must see our neighbors. With our imagination as well as our eyes, that is to say like...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: September 10, 2019
“We are firm believers in organizations that take the time to change people’s lives.” – Jim Strandy
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: September 4, 2019
Why a fall campaign? This blog post is meant to give you a glimpse behind the fundraising curtain at UGM. As a faith-based, non-profit organization...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: July 10, 2019
In her article “Does Poverty Cause Homelessness?” Marchauna Rodgers argued that the United States has misdiagnosed the problem of homelessness,...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: July 3, 2019
With homelessness front and center in the public forum of late, Christians have a strong contribution to make. We believe in some radically...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: June 26, 2019
What in the world do running and homelessness have to do with each other? You might be surprised.
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: June 5, 2019
The Spokane Police Department is piloting a new approach to dealing with homeless encampments. The idea is to clean up the camps while also offering...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: April 10, 2019
“If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.” – I John 1:8 We don’t talk much about sin on the UGM blog - mostly...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: March 27, 2019
Robert Kollenborn, 56, walked out of Geiger Correctional Facility on September 17, 2017, and walked straight to the Union Gospel Mission Men’s...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: March 13, 2019
Before coming to the UGM Center for Women and Children in Coeur d’Alene, Nikki Downs was in jail. Her infant son had been taken by Child Protective...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: February 27, 2019
Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it. - Hebrews 13:2 Patti...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: February 13, 2019
Editor's note, July 8, 2019: “The mind of man plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps.” - Proverbs 16:9 Illness has forced Jonathan to withdraw...
