Category: Local Story

Before Eliene Nunes ever picked up a paintbrush, she studied the brain. She learned its pathways, its fragility, its mystery. With a master’s degree in psychology and a passion for...

“One day, I was driving around and speaking to the Lord. I said, ‘God, I need You to find me some way to serve You.’ He led me to the...

Ardis Green is a walking, smiling testimony to the power of a simple act of love. Sometimes, one small gesture can alter the course of a person’s life. In Ardis’s...

“When I was younger, a doctor told me I had something no one could measure—and that was heart,” says Michael Williamson. He would need it. Michael lost his home to...

It’s not every day that you meet someone with so much heart who has also experienced so much loss. Anna Byers is something special—an anomaly of hope among the homeless....

After years of serving alongside people living on the streets of San Francisco’s Tenderloin District, my family and I joined the mass COVID exodus and relocated to Redding. As we...

When I first saw the log that was to become my next mission in the wood shop, it had been sitting in the yard for over two years. Neglected and...

Chronic Homelessness greatly impacts the state of California. This study looks at the causes of chronic homelessness, and explores solutions. Author Paul Abbott has been an advocate to the unhoused community in Redding for over five years. He serves on the board of Team Nehemiah (teamnehemiah.org) and manages The Road Home, a men's discipleship house in Redding, CA.