by Paul Goodell, Development Director Saint Augustine said, “Pray as if everything depends on God. Work as if everything depends on you.” I love that quote. It expresses the paradox of ministry, and of the whole Christian life, really. Everything…
by Peter Garringer, Kaio Community Peter joined the Kaio Community in August, after completing degrees in Philosophy and Biblical Literature at Taylor University. Here our resident philosopher reflects on his first few weeks of ministry at Emmaus. Friedrich Nietzsche rejected…
by Katie Iversen, Kaio Community Emmaus’s Kaio program brings together young adults from all walks of life. This year, there are four of us: Jessica, Peter, Ellen, and me, and I could not hand pick a group of people with…
by Libby Trudeau, Client Services Analyst God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of love, power, and self-discipline. — 2 Timothy 1:7 “The devil knew I was doing good, so he got me down.” I’ve hardly heard…
by Al Tauber, Stories from the Streets Co-Director I know, I know. Outreach at Emmaus is cool. You get to stay up really late, walking the devilish streets of Chicago, offering hope to men living in desperation. Yeah. OK. It…
by Katie Iversen, Kaio Community Member Hello there! My name is Katie Iversen, and I’m a new member of the Kaio Community. For the next year, I will be a full-time volunteer at Emmaus. When I was a junior at…
by Andi Tauber, Stories from the Streets Co-Director Years ago, Al and I had a cat. Her name was Sydney, and she was great. We got her used. When we lived downstate, we both worked for a child welfare agency.…
by Christa Clumpner, Operations Director In the midst of baking bread for the next day’s communion service at my church, I realized I didn’t have enough milk. Grabbing my wallet, I walked to my local Jewel grocery store. After buying…
by Caleb Anderson, Outreach Coordinator I knew Dirk by his voice before I ever saw his face. As a Kaio Community member, one of my projects was keeping in contact with Emmaus men who were incarcerated. I wrote Dirk a…
by Laura Nordell, Donor Database Coordinator Remember Ryan? We wrote about him in our newsletter last month. Following an abusive and painful childhood, he was introduced to prostitution when he was a teenager in juvenile detention. He hustled and used…