I Met Jesus This Morning
I make a quick stop at a local fast food restaurant for some food and meet a homeless gentleman at the door. He is panhandling, which is...
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- Dec 5, 2018
Larissa’s Journey: Life On My Own – Homeless On The Streets
Larissa’s Journey is a blog series that we hope will offer insight and understanding into the lives of one of the young people in the...
- Dec 3, 2018
Larissa’s Journey: Teen Years
Larissa’s Journey is a blog series that we hope will offer insight and understanding into the lives of one of the young people in the...
- Nov 28, 2018
Larissa’s Journey: Early Years in Foster Care
Larissa’s Journey is a blog series that we hope will offer insight and understanding into the lives of one of the young people in the...
- Apr 13, 2018
A “New” Pair of Shoes
The whole night went by and we handed out the usual: sandwiches, socks, juice boxes. Finally, as we were ending our shift, one of the...
- Apr 11, 2018
Is there someone out there who cares?
When someone from the street experiences loss, their own isolation and marginalization is often compounded with the question: Does anyone...
- Apr 9, 2018
WEEK 2: 30 Days of Prayer, 30 Seconds a Day, Celebrating 30 Years
Listen this morning as Executive Director, Ken MacLaren, shares the latest news about the Ministry’s most pressing need: Office Space....
- Apr 8, 2018
God of the Ordinary
It was the end of the day at our drop-in and I was getting ready to clean up the Foot Care Station. I had been there for four hours,...
- Apr 7, 2018
Taking Time To Notice
And yet, they are all there with the same message: “I want your attention.” The reward in the discovery of a “blur” is like a box waiting...
- Apr 4, 2018
The Hope That Things Can Change
In our conversations, Stu openly admits to being a heroin addict. He is very pragmatic – almost absolute – in his resolve to continue on...
- Mar 8, 2018
The Kindness of Human Contact
On a recent family vacation to BC, we witnessed polite but dishevelled panhandlers plying their trade amidst the more decidedly destitute...
- Jan 11, 2018
“Mountains” | a Poem by Street Poet ‘Stan’
Some seem helpless and solely dependent upon one or more of the many institutions, like Ottawa Innercity Ministries (OIM), whose support...
- Jan 1, 2018
A Homeless Vet’s Journey: THANK YOU!
Together we got to see what it’s really like to navigate our social services system: feeling his pain, experiencing his disappointment,...
- Dec 27, 2017
A Homeless Vet’s Journey: Hear Kurk In His Own Words, Part 2
No support to help you through… unless someone steps up! OIM staff and volunteers step up on a regular basis to help and support people...
- Dec 25, 2017
A Homeless Vet’s Journey: Hear Kurk In His Own Words, Part 1
Our Christmas Story this year took us on a journey with Kurk, a homeless Vet, who lost everything. We walked alongside him as he tried to...
- Dec 18, 2017
A Homeless Vet’s Journey: The Saga Continues…
To hear the audio introduction to A Homeless Vet’s Journey – The Saga Continues…, click the play button below: Week 12, and the only word...
- Dec 11, 2017
A Homeless Vet’s Journey: Week 6
To hear the audio introduction to A Homeless Vet’s Journey – Week 6, click the play button below: When we spoke with Monica at Catherine...
- Dec 6, 2017
A Homeless Vet’s Journey: Week 5
To hear the audio introduction to A Homeless Vet’s Journey, click the play button below: We drove downtown and found the location of the...
- Nov 29, 2017
A Homeless Vet’s Journey: Week 2
To hear the audio introduction to A Homeless Vet’s Journey – Week 2, click play below: Taking Kurk aside, I asked him about the money...
- Nov 27, 2017
A Homeless Vet’s Journey: Week 1
For the audio introduction to A Homeless Vet’s Journey click play below: Kurk had served several tours of duty in the armed forces,...
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