Restoring the Years the Locusts Ate: Lori Driggs, If Not for Grace

This story was published in the Nov. 2015 issue of Today’s Christian Living magazine and is re-published here with permission. “We tend to think abortion has a face – maybe it’s a poverty stricken girl, or this or that,” Lori Driggs said. “But abortion doesn’t…

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In the Beginning: Steve Hower, Heart to Heart International

This is part 1 of 4 in a series about Heart to Heart International, a non-profit organization that seeks to strengthen communities through improving health access and providing humanitarian development and crisis relief worldwide. Twenty-four years ago, Dr. Gary Morsch, the founder of Heart to…

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A Different Kind of Mission Field: Brian and Joy Miller, New Horizon Ranch

This is part 1 of 4 in a series of posts about New Horizon Ranch, an organization in Rantoul, KS, which works to enrich lives through equine assisted activities and therapies. Brian Miller first discovered the power of therapeutic riding in 1999 when a friend…

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The Pleasure of God: Bruce McGregor, Freedom Fire

This is 1 of 4 in a series of posts about Freedom Fire, a ministry to youth and families living in urban contexts. A few years ago, Bruce McGregor and a group of Freedom Fire volunteers showed up in the Chouteau neighborhood of Kansas City,…

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Compassion for the Foreigner: Jarrett Meek, Mission Adelante

This is 1 of 4 in a series of posts about Mission Adelante, a ministry to the Latino and Bhutanese communities of Kansas City, Kansas. “Who does God call us as believers to show special compassion to because they are vulnerable?” This is a question…

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