Jess Luoma
Paint the Brain: The Unexpected Calling of Eliene Nunes
Before Eliene Nunes ever picked up a paintbrush, she studied the brain. She learned its pathways, its fragility, its mystery. With a…
Answering the Call: Alfred and Michael’s Story of Transformation
“One day, I was driving around and speaking to the Lord. I said, ‘God, I need You to find me some way…
A Burrito and a Way Back Home: One woman’s journey from addiction and homelessness to hope and healing
Ardis Green is a walking, smiling testimony to the power of a simple act of love. Sometimes, one small gesture can alter…
More Than a Meal: The power of long-term friendship in the fight against homelessness
“When I was younger, a doctor told me I had something no one could measure—and that was heart,” says Michael Williamson. He…
Scars That Serve: How grief gave rise to a life of compassion
Sometimes you don’t realize the power of your story until it meets someone else’s pain. For Denise Loraditch, that realization came not…
An Anomaly of Hope: One Woman’s Story from the Streets of Shasta County
It’s not every day that you meet someone with so much heart who has also experienced so much loss. Anna Byers is…
A Profound, Catastrophic Loss: Exploring the narrative around Redding’s Unhoused
After years of serving alongside people living on the streets of San Francisco’s Tenderloin District, my family and I joined the mass…