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Homeless

“I could not believe that God would let a 12-year-old child who had absolutely nothing to do with any of it, be afraid for his life, and not know where he’s gonna lay his head, living with total strangers because we had nowhere else to go. There was nowhere.” 

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Frog Hollow Journal

Sam Heatwole

Sam Heatwole reading from Frog Hollow. At last count we've lived in 23 homes since we've been married. We did not live in some places long: my brother’s place for a week, just after the honeymoon (not recommended). An old apartment building, when summer air conditioning meant sitting up on 100 degree nights holding the baby in the meager breeze through the hall door. Winnipeg can be a furnace in August. 

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Building on Faith  from Third Way Media

BOOK: Frog Hollow Journal . 
This colorful memoir is peopled with vividly drawn neighbors, family members, and a beloved dog. Excerpts are periodically used on Shaping Families radio program

NEWS STORY: The Power of Half: How Hannah Salwen and her family gave half their home away.

Is it Fate?

Burton Buller

Hamlin Garland, an American writer of Great Plains stories wrote a series in a collection called, Main Traveled Roads.  His probing pen illuminated the plight of western farmers and the rural communities in which they lived. The stories dwell on desperate lives driven by circumstances beyond their control. His characters exhibited little hope for improved lives.

Sexual misconduct, especially in churches, is particularly contemptible. Yet it is not unusual to hear of cases and wonder, what is going on in the minds of people who use their position of power and trust to prey on innocent and vulnerable people? David Brubaker and his father recall a family member’s crisis and David’s subsequent work with organizations and churches to understand and mediate in cases of conflict, including sexual misconduct.

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