401 || INK 180 Zaps Tattoos For Human Trafficking Survivors Emily Gehman January 30, 2017 Mission, Written Stories I’m so excited to have you be done with this tattoo,” INK 180’s founder, fully-sleeved Chris Baker, says as he begins removing a tattoo from Nicole, a human trafficking survivor, in a video with Total Living Ne...
398 || AZMen Resets the Culture to Stop Human Trafficking Emily Gehman January 24, 2017 Mission, Written Stories AZMen is deeply entrenched in the fight against human trafficking, but not in the way you might expect. Their mission doesn't involve recovering women from human trafficking. Instead, AZMen works to prevent it ...
399 || The Rebecca Bender Story: Six Years in Human Trafficking Emily Gehman January 17, 2017 Life, Written Stories 2 The man Rebecca Bender was in love with her sold her for sex. "I thought he was the one," Rebecca remembers. "We moved to Las Vegas, and the day I arrived, he forced me into human trafficking." The next f...
397 || Shared Hope International: Linda’s First Brothel Emily Gehman January 9, 2017 Mission, Written Stories Linda Smith’s earliest memory was laying on a wooden pew in La Junta, Colorado, looking up at a spinning fan, hearing her grandfather lead music. Linda was only 4 or 5 when her mom and stepfather packed the ...
Surviving The News: Fires, Attacks, Crashes Emily Gehman November 29, 2016 Community, Written Stories This week is a doozy, and as I write, it's only Tuesday. Fires rage in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. An open-shooter alert at Ohio State University shut the campus down on Monday morning. And a plane crash in Colombia...
388 || He Was a Southern Baptist Atheist Emily Gehman October 17, 2016 Life, Written Stories 1 God, I don’t even know why I’m praying. You aren’t real.” Church Kid Mike Mike McHargue was the quintessential church kid. He was going to church literally before he was even born. His dad was a worship l...
386 || How Atheist-Turned-Apologist Lee Strobel Found Faith in the Question Mark Emily Gehman October 4, 2016 Life, Written Stories 2 The first word that went through my mind was DIVORCE.” Lee Strobel considered his life with Leslie a pretty happy marriage—right up until they moved into a condo outside Chicago, and a neighbor brought over ...
379 || Running for Water Emily Gehman September 6, 2016 Magazine, Mission An 82-year-old woman finishing the Detroit Free Press 5k. A Chattanooga Ironman triathlon finisher. A woman battling breast cancer All running for the same purpose and wearing the same thing: blue Hope...
377 || We Are #LexiStrong: Community of Life for Life Emily Gehman August 25, 2016 Community, Written Stories 1 When Lexi Thomas went on vacation with her family in Ocean City, Maryland, she wasn’t planning on having appendicitis. Which was good, because she didn’t have appendicitis. But she did have debilitating pain...
Team HOPE: The Refugee Olympic Team Emily Gehman August 17, 2016 Community, Written Stories The Refugee Olympic Team (ROT) doesn't have any medals yet, but they are making major history in the Rio 2016 Olympics. The Refugee Olympic Team's athletes don't have a country to represent. Instead, they're re...
