

Jess Luoma
- Aug 22, 2022
- 3 min
Calling the Church
by Jess Luoma We believe God makes it very clear in the Bible that it is our job to care for the poor. He calls believers to not just pray for the poor, but to be His hands and feet to a hurting world and to do something about what we see. “Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer


Jess Luoma
- Aug 22, 2022
- 5 min
From Addict to Advocate: Ardis Green
by Jess Luoma Ardis Green is a walking, smiling testimony of the power of the simple act of love. One simple act can change the course of someone's life. In this case: a cup of coffee and a breakfast burrito. The Ardis that was offered a breakfast burrito is not the same Ardis that you see above. Our team was told there was a woman we needed to meet living without a tent on a hillside on top of tree roots addicted to meth, extremely thin, and with matted dreads. "I was an out