I have worked at the Center for a little over two years now. I feel like I have learned a lot during this time. In the beginning, many people would ask me what made me qualified to do this...

This week has definitely had its ups and downs. On Tuesday afternoon, we held a memorial service for a baby. The baby’s mother is a Pathway program participant. On Wednesday morning, a mother came to the Center crying as...

Last week as I was driving, I received a phone call. Obviously, being a careless driver, I answered my cell phone. A friend had called me that happened to be stopped next to me. He immediately started making fun...

I will freely admit that I listen to love ballads, I watch romantic comedies (even without my wife), and I tear up when I hear about how a couple fell in love. I oftentimes become sentimental over very small...

I really do not know how to put my thoughts on paper. How do I describe a person that gave so generously of himself? How do you properly memorialize a person that simply wanted to help others? I considered...

If you ask the state patrol, I am not a good driver. Over the past 15 years, I have had the “pleasure” of several traffic stops for rolling through a stop sign, driving too fast, failing to yield, and...

I do not have many profound thoughts for the day. Instead I cannot quit thinking about Deandre. Deandre comes to the Center each night in search of dinner. At 13-years-old, Deandre is entirely self-sufficient. Ironically enough, Deandre is still...

I am not trying to gain sympathy for me or the rest of the staff when I write about the tough things we see. More than anything else, my goal is to simply educate and publicize the inexplicable poverty...

Oftentimes, I think society takes a paternalistic approach when helping people in need. We look at the poorer members of society as being lesser and needing us to save them. Case in point, we call the wealthy the upper...