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Merrily Roe, former staff writer: December 22, 2015
“What did Christmas look like in the past?” “I never had a Christmas…I did growing up, I had Christmas cause my mom made it. But as I got deeper and deeper into my addiction, I didn’t care. Now, Christmas to me is totally different because it’s...
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Union Gospel Mission: December 18, 2015
By Sonny Westbrook, UGM Ministries Director We have come to the season of the year when many people, in some way or another, acknowledge the birth of...
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Union Gospel Mission: December 11, 2015
Editor's note: This month, Phil Altmeyer is celebrating 30 years at the helm of the Union Gospel Mission. During his tenure, the organization has...
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Merrily Roe, former staff writer: December 8, 2015
“When you know that you’re bad, you always feel like you’re doing something wrong.” After meeting her biological parents and realizing her mother and...
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Merrily Roe, former staff writer: December 3, 2015
Growing up, Stefani Martin was bombarded with the message, "you are not enough." Not cool enough, not pretty enough, not smart enough. It didn’t take...
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Merrily Roe, former staff writer: December 1, 2015
IN HER PURSUIT OF PLEASURE, Rachel lost her joy. Disillusioned with the church, she ran away from God and became disconnected from family. “In the...
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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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Union Gospel Mission: November 27, 2015
We asked staff, volunteers and residents to share a few of thoughts on gratitude.
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: November 24, 2015
By Barbara Comito, UGM Director of Marketing & Communications For most of his 49 years, Keith Kautzman had a pattern of behavior: Whenever difficulty...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: November 20, 2015
1) Cold Care Cups.
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Union Gospel Mission: November 18, 2015
By Valerie Horner, UGM Volunteer This year’s Spokane-Eastern WA Chapter of the Women’s Council of REALTORS Wellness Celebration and Rally decided to...
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Union Gospel Mission: November 12, 2015
By Lynn Swanbom Yount, UGM Volunteer Becky Morelan knows about life in the fast lane. Her sales career was a successful one, and she worked hard to...
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Merrily Roe, former staff writer: November 10, 2015
While 2015 Point-in-Time Count numbers for the nation showed an overall decrease in veteran homelessness, the statistic for homeless veterans in...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: November 5, 2015
Editor's Note: This blog post is part of a series on homelessness. Part 1 explained the magnitude and complexity of the problem. Part 2 was a story...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: November 3, 2015
Editor's Note: This blog post was first pubished on December 12, 2013 and has been thoroughly updated for accuracy and comprehensiveness. It's part...
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James Bishop: November 1, 2015
David, 31, spent half his life homeless. At the age of 14, he was taken from his family home due to a domestic violence incident. After that, he...
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Union Gospel Mission: October 30, 2015
By David Nicosia, UGM Men's Recovery participant When I became homeless, there were so many feelings that led up to it. How stupid was I to allow...
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Union Gospel Mission: October 27, 2015
By Diego Rodriguez, Chaplain at Center for Women and Children Being a chaplain, I find that my hardest job is not helping someone understand that we...
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Union Gospel Mission: October 23, 2015
On Tuesday, October 20, UGM held an open house and dedication for the new DeRuwe Center, an annex to the Men’s Shelter and administration building....
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Union Gospel Mission: October 20, 2015
In part one of this series on the label "crazy," Jessica investigates this word, what it means and why we use it. She left us in a difficult spot....
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Union Gospel Mission: October 16, 2015
By Jessica Kell I don’t have much time to read the news these days beyond scrolling through headlines that, once registered, fade from thought. What...
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Union Gospel Mission: October 13, 2015
By John Dunne, former UGM Counselor “I am a relationship addict.” This statement came out of the mouth of another man in my recovery group over 25...
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Merrily Roe, former staff writer: October 7, 2015
By Merrily Brast, Staff Writer “When I meet a woman, she’s kind of my drug in a sense. If she’s clean, I’m clean…that doesn’t mean I’m ‘sober.’”...
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Union Gospel Mission: October 5, 2015
Trace spent 15 years intermittently homeless, fluctuating from employed to unemployed, living on the streets or in an RV without heat, running water...
