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Jul 18, 2019

I Met Jesus This Morning

I make a quick stop at a local fast food restaurant for some food and meet a homeless gentleman at the door. He is panhandling, which is...

Dec 5, 2018

Larissa’s Journey: Life On My Own – Homeless On The Streets

Larissa’s Journey is a blog series that we hope will offer insight and understanding into the lives of one of the young people in the...

Dec 3, 2018

Larissa’s Journey: Teen Years

Larissa’s Journey is a blog series that we hope will offer insight and understanding into the lives of one of the young people in the...

Nov 28, 2018

Larissa’s Journey: Early Years in Foster Care

Larissa’s Journey is a blog series that we hope will offer insight and understanding into the lives of one of the young people in the...

Apr 13, 2018

A “New” Pair of Shoes

The whole night went by and we handed out the usual: sandwiches, socks, juice boxes. Finally, as we were ending our shift, one of the...

Apr 11, 2018

Is there someone out there who cares?

When someone from the street experiences loss, their own isolation and marginalization is often compounded with the question: Does anyone...

Apr 9, 2018

WEEK 2: 30 Days of Prayer, 30 Seconds a Day, Celebrating 30 Years

Listen this morning as Executive Director, Ken MacLaren, shares the latest news about the Ministry’s most pressing need: Office Space....

Apr 8, 2018

God of the Ordinary

It was the end of the day at our drop-in and I was getting ready to clean up the Foot Care Station. I had been there for four hours,...

Apr 7, 2018

Taking Time To Notice

And yet, they are all there with the same message: “I want your attention.” The reward in the discovery of a “blur” is like a box waiting...

Apr 4, 2018

The Hope That Things Can Change

In our conversations, Stu openly admits to being a heroin addict. He is very pragmatic – almost absolute – in his resolve to continue on...

Mar 8, 2018

The Kindness of Human Contact

On a recent family vacation to BC, we witnessed polite but dishevelled panhandlers plying their trade amidst the more decidedly destitute...

Jan 11, 2018

“Mountains” | a Poem by Street Poet ‘Stan’

Some seem helpless and solely dependent upon one or more of the many institutions, like Ottawa Innercity Ministries (OIM), whose support...

Jan 1, 2018

A Homeless Vet’s Journey: THANK YOU!

Together we got to see what it’s really like to navigate our social services system: feeling his pain, experiencing his disappointment,...

Dec 27, 2017

A Homeless Vet’s Journey: Hear Kurk In His Own Words, Part 2

No support to help you through… unless someone steps up! OIM staff and volunteers step up on a regular basis to help and support people...

Dec 25, 2017

A Homeless Vet’s Journey: Hear Kurk In His Own Words, Part 1

Our Christmas Story this year took us on a journey with Kurk, a homeless Vet, who lost everything. We walked alongside him as he tried to...

Dec 18, 2017

A Homeless Vet’s Journey: The Saga Continues…

To hear the audio introduction to A Homeless Vet’s Journey – The Saga Continues…, click the play button below: Week 12, and the only word...

Dec 11, 2017

A Homeless Vet’s Journey: Week 6

To hear the audio introduction to A Homeless Vet’s Journey – Week 6, click the play button below: When we spoke with Monica at Catherine...

Dec 6, 2017

A Homeless Vet’s Journey: Week 5

To hear the audio introduction to A Homeless Vet’s Journey, click the play button below: We drove downtown and found the location of the...

Nov 29, 2017

A Homeless Vet’s Journey: Week 2

To hear the audio introduction to A Homeless Vet’s Journey – Week 2, click play below: Taking Kurk aside, I asked him about the money...

Nov 27, 2017

A Homeless Vet’s Journey: Week 1

For the audio introduction to A Homeless Vet’s Journey click play below: Kurk had served several tours of duty in the armed forces,...

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