God’s Story of Change in Southern Oregon
Stories of reaching the lost and gathering the reached in Southern Oregon
The Gospel Garden Story: A Lesson in Community
Gardens have a way of bringing people together. They offer beauty, food, work, purpose, and…
Attacking the Roots – Part 4: Destructive Formative Practices
Author’s Note: This article continues a series deeply influenced by Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert’s…
July 2026
In March, we shared that we were working on a project called Daily Bread. Today,…
Crunching the Numbers
Each year, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) releases the Annual Homelessness…
The Lesson of the Shopping Carts: When Helping Hurts in Real Life
Years ago, I received a call from the manager of a local grocery store. He…
Attacking the Roots – Part 3: Broken People
Author’s Note: This article continues a series deeply influenced by Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert’s…
June 2026
The best part of this ministry is to see how God heals relationships as we…
Still More Than a Signature
Since writing “More Than a Signature,” the story that prompted my concern has moved from…
Attacking the Roots – Part 2: False gods and erroneous stories of change
Author’s Note: This article is deeply influenced by the work of Steve Corbett and Brian…
More Than a Signature
Election season is upon us once again, and as usual, people are divided over issues…
More Than Housing: A Response to Homelessness is a Housing Problem
I have spent nearly thirty years working full-time with people experiencing homelessness. Over those years,…
May 2026
Garden season is here once again, and at the Mission that means more than soil,…
Attacking the Roots
Have you ever stopped to wonder what causes poverty so deep that people end up…
The Emergency Shelter Story
The Medford Gospel Mission began in 1959, when local churches came together to address a…
An “Atrocity” in America: What Homelessness Really Requires
Recently, former President Barack Obama described America’s homelessness crisis in stark moral terms. “It is…