No Country for Old Women: Cindee’s Story – Part 2

Posted 10.27.2021

PART TWO: No Country for Old Women: Cindee’s Story (Click here to read Part One) In 1976, Cindee’s mother ended her own life. While it was not an outright suicide, accompanied by the customary “Goodbye, and I’m sorry” note, by Cindee’s account, her mother deliberately put herself in harm’s way. Intentional or not, her mother’s […]

No Country for Old Women: 40 Years in the Wilderness Taught Her How to Survive. A Moment of Mercy Empowered Her to Live.

Posted 10.27.2021

“Won’t you look down upon me, Jesus; You’ve got to help me make a stand. You’ve just got to see me through another day. My body’s aching and my time is at hand and I won’t make it any other way.” James Taylor, Fire and Rain Her name is Cindee Leak. And that she definitely […]

Ruckus from Southside Reseda: Ryan’s Story

Posted 05.03.2021

“Take Your Ass to the Mission,” she said with a gun in his face.  Crude yes, but it was a language he could understand. And that God would use. Ryan has always been a fast talker. But he never thought he’d be a fast typist—or even be able to type at all. Or, for that […]

Addictionville: How a Nice Kid Like Him Ended up in a Bad Place Like This

Posted 03.10.2021

Addictionville: How a Nice Kid Like Him Ended Up in a Bad Place Like This Forty-six-year-old Shawn Mellis grew up in the picturesque mountain town of McCloud, CA—his feet planted solidly on the terra firma of family. His was an idyllic childhood spent playing in the rivers and woods of “God’s country.” It was as […]

Her Time to Shine

Posted 01.26.2021

Her Time to Shine: From Basket Case to Basking in the Lord, Tammy is Finally Learning How to Overcome the Shame of Her Past Tammy has been through the ringer—several times. A bitter divorce and caring for a special needs child, as well as several other children who were a parenting challenge early on, put […]

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