Hands of Healing
 | Dr. Seely hit the ground running, calling the first patient on his list within five minutes of arriving. He skipped lunch, came straight to the Mission, and, in a whirlwind three-hour stretch, saw 20 patients with ailments ranging from dangerously high blood pressure to pulled muscles. Learn More> |
Becoming Steven
 | In some ways, Steven Howard’s story sounds a lot like every other drug addict’s story: He started using pot in high school, just trying to fit in. Dropped out of school at 17. Learn More> |
Band of Brothers
 | Band of brothers. From Shakespeare to Stephen Ambrose, the term has been used to describe men in battle – the camaraderie built fighting side by side against a common enemy. Here, the term is used to describe a slightly different kind of brotherhood. Learn More> |
Feature: Under the Surface
 | Twenty months ago, Ron walked into the Union Gospel Mission with a two-foot, bleached Mohawk, a ten-gauge lip ring and a thirty-year veneer on a wounded child’s heart. Learn More> |
Impacting Lives
 | You might say Ralpiel is homeless by choice. The twenty-year-old, affectionately called "Scooby," decided that no home was better than home. "I always wanted to leave South Carolina. Always. A lot of bad things happened to me that shouldn't have happened to me, and I've been trying to get away from a lot of people that were bringing me down." Learn More> |
The Prodigal
 | A t-shaped scar over Clifford Ellenwood’s right eye serves as testament to his reckless drinking days and the night a beer bottle smashed into his face. “I wandered, and I was lost. I was very, very lost.” Learn More> |
The Party's Over
 | Eddie faced life through the skewed perspective of drug and alcohol addiction for the better part of 18 years, and his life had begun to resemble the wreckage of a particularly bad morning after. Learn More> |
Hospitality to the Homeless
 | Steve oversees the preparation of five to six hundred meals a day at the Union Gospel Mission. At six-feet and 258 solid pounds, his presence is authoritative, but his demeanor is surprisingly gentle. Hospitality to the homeless is an interesting career choice for a man whose life -- until a few years ago -- was characterized by violent hostility. Learn More> |
God & War
 | James Escobar found God in the middle of Iraq. A navy chaplain “made a beeline” toward him as he came into base camp after 30 days of continuous combat operations. Learn More> |
It’s not about me.
 | The irony of featuring Tom Blossom on the cover of the Mission News stems from those four words. They could be Tom’s life motto. For Tom, it’s no longer about him; it’s always about God. Learn More> |
