A Dramatic Re-Imagining of the Story of Lazarus by Ellen Aldridge, Kaio Community Member “It’s dark!” I yell. “I can’t see anything and I’m scared.” How am I supposed to live like this – stumbling around in the pitch-black night?…
by Libby Trudeau, Client Services Analyst “I didn’t know you could have fun and be sober!” What holds us back from change? It can be a lot of things. For most, change represents a lot of unknowns: Will I be…
by Amanda Furtek, Volunteer and Former Intern Volunteer Emmaus is not a place you get involved with and leave untouched. It is a place where you find beauty in brokenness. Throughout my time at Emmaus, even while I witnessed the…
by Joel Brown, Kaio Community Member Do you ever find it hard to pray? Sometimes I do. On Outreach a couple of nights ago, we met a man who showed a lot of the signs of someone who hustles on…
by Peter Garringer, Former Kaio Community Member My grandmother loves to tell a story about a boy who attended preschool at the church where she worked. One day, the boy found two planks (not sure where the planks came from;…
by Al Tauber, Stories from the Streets Co-Director Sometimes Outreach involves deep conversations about painful, personal issues. Other times it really, really doesn’t. “Samuel” has been hustling in Boystown for years, but this was the first time i had personally…
by Katie Iversen, Educational Ministries Director Lately, my life feels like it’s been turned upside down. I moved to a new neighborhood, which feels like moving to a different state; and I have new roommates and no longer live in…
by Veronica Studnicka, Operations Director Last year I joined the Emmaus staff as Operations Director. In the months since, I’ve discovered that this position is not a “job,” it’s a calling. It’s a pull from the Divine to join in…
by Ellen Aldridge, Kaio Community Member “Can I have, um … a toothbrush?” Micky whispered almost inaudibly. He’s a very soft-spoken man and rarely speaks loudly enough for anyone outside of a radius of about a foot to hear him.…
by Katie Iversen, Educational Ministries Director “I’ve never decorated a Christmas tree before,” “Carl” shared with me a couple of weeks ago as we were hanging ornaments. His smiled reached to both ends of his face as I handed him…