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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: Dec 15, 2022 8:24:07 AM
The snow has come, the days are nearly at their shortest, and Christmas is right around the corner. But what is Christmas if you’re homeless? Is...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: Aug 24, 2022 10:20:15 AM
For years now, we’ve signed our emails from “The UGM Family.” But what do we mean by that? Who is in this family, and how does an organization with a...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: Jul 20, 2022 1:16:32 PM
Has America misdiagnosed the problem of homelessness? In her article “Does Poverty Cause Homelessness?” Marchauna Rodgers argues that we have. She...
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Genevieve Gromlich, Content and Communications Manager: Dec 31, 2020 8:31:56 AM
Stories of family dysfunction, neglect and abuse come to our doors every day. Many people are caught in generational cycles of sin and suffering,...
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Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer: May 13, 2020 10:42:40 AM
Jerry Reese, Men’s Recovery Director at UGM, has a large stick mounted on his office wall. Underneath, there’s a plaque in Latin: “Lignum unum deum”...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: Apr 1, 2020 6:14:42 PM
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...
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: Jul 10, 2019 12:45:15 PM
In her article “Does Poverty Cause Homelessness?” Marchauna Rodgers argued that the United States has misdiagnosed the problem of homelessness,...
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Union Gospel Mission: Jul 11, 2018 1:48:25 PM
Having recently celebrated the 2018 LIFE Recovery Commencement, we know the story is just beginning for the honorees. Their time at UGM was a time of...
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Lynn Yount, UGM Volunteer: Aug 29, 2017 4:37:31 PM
Each person who comes into UGM recovery comes in broken. The program extends the love of Christ and brings his truth to bear on their brokenness. As...
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James Bishop: Sep 16, 2016 1:00:29 PM
Serving meals at a California rescue mission several years ago made a lasting impression on Jerry and Stephanie Belden. So much so that, when they...
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James Bishop: Feb 1, 2015 11:00:49 AM
You came alongside us. People with strong support systems don’t usually end up in homeless shelters.
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Barbara Comito, former marketing director: Dec 19, 2014 3:34:50 PM
Editor's note: This is the third post in a special Advent devotional series, focusing on Isaiah 61:1-3. You may also want to read the introduction, "...
