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Phil Altmeyer, Executive Director: March 15, 2016
For the majority of people coming through the doors of the Union Gospel Mission, the most pressing issues are shelter from the cold, a warm meal, the opportunity to sleep without wondering if someone is going to attack them or steal their belongings...
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Phil Altmeyer, Executive Director: January 15, 2016
“Addiction” is a strong word. Most of us probably wouldn’t use it in reference to ourselves or we’d use it in a joking manner like, “Yeah, my...
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Phil Altmeyer, Executive Director: December 1, 2015
This sentence from the cover story struck me: “The day after Rachel was baptized, she received news that her father’s cancer had returned for the...
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Phil Altmeyer, Executive Director: January 29, 2015
“When someone has been given much, much will be required in return; and when someone has been entrusted with much, even more will be required.” (Luke...
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Phil Altmeyer, Executive Director: January 16, 2015
Editor's note: This is the seventh and last post in a special Christmas devotional series, focusing on Isaiah 61:1-3.
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Phil Altmeyer, Executive Director: January 13, 2015
Editor's note: This is the sixth post in a special Christmas devotional series, focusing on Isaiah 61:1-3.
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Phil Altmeyer, Executive Director: January 2, 2015
Editor's note: This is the fourth post in a special Christmas devotional series, focusing on Isaiah 61:1-3. You may also want to read the...
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Phil Altmeyer, Executive Director: December 23, 2014
Editor's note: This is the fourth post in a special Advent/Christmas devotional series, focusing on Isaiah 61:1-3. You may also want to read the...
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Phil Altmeyer, Executive Director: December 9, 2014
Editor's Note: This is the second in a special devotional series. Read the introduction to the series, "A Front Row Seat to Holiness." A version of...
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Phil Altmeyer, Executive Director: August 1, 2014
“I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly” (John 10:10, NKJV).
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Phil Altmeyer, Executive Director: July 1, 2013
You may have noticed a theme in the 2013 Mission News. Over the past several months, we’ve been looking at the first three verses of Isaiah 61 and...
