Labor

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  Labor Recovery Unique Ministries

  ANSWERING THE PHONE AT 2AM

  Recovery taught me that nights are the hardest. That’s when the noise gets loud and the loneliness creeps in. That’s when people decide whether they’re going to make it through until morning. So, I answer my phone. I tell people they can call me anytime, especially in the middle of the night. I don’t sleep much anyway. And I remember too clearly what it felt like to be alone with cravings that felt bigger than God. There were nights I prayed and still wanted to numb everything. Nights when I didn’t trust myself. Nights when one voice could have changed everything. Now, I try to be that… Read More

  February 11, 2026
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  Labor Overcoming Obstacles

  BROKEN AND ABUSED TO REDEEMED PASTOR

  Desiree was born into a broken family, and endured mental and physical abuse throughout her childhood. At the young age of six, her parents divorced, and she was shuffled from one family member to the next. Her Mom was sent to prison, and she moved from California to Washington with her Dad. Her Dad wasn’t ready to raise her and she could not wait to get out of the house. She moved out at the age of 17 and fully intended to join the military, but her plans changed when she met Jeremy, her future husband. Jeremy was from a devout, Christian… Read More

  February 4, 2026
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  Labor Loving Your Neighbor Unique Ministries

  THE BUS DRIVER WHO WAITED

  I start my route before the sun comes up. Same streets, same stops, and same faces. People think driving a bus is just about staying on schedule, but after years behind the wheel, I’ve learned it’s really about noticing people. There was one stop in particular: a single mother and her young son. Every morning, they ran. Every morning, she looked embarrassed and out of breath, trying to juggle a backpack, a lunchbox, and a tired little boy. I noticed the other drivers would pull away if she wasn’t there on time. So, I started waiting. Not long. Just enough. She eventually asked me why. I told… Read More

  January 28, 2026
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  Homeless Labor Loving Your Neighbor

  THE BARBER WHO LISTENS

  I give free haircuts once a week to men coming out of jail, rehab, or homelessness. People ask me why I do it, and the truth is simple: I know what it feels like to look in the mirror and not recognize the man staring back. Years ago, I went through my own season of darkness. I wasn’t in jail, but I might as well have been - stuck in choices I didn’t know how to get out of, ashamed of who I’d become, and convinced God had run out of patience with me. One day, a man invited me to sit… Read More

  January 14, 2026
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  Labor Mentoring

  LEADING WITH A HEART FOR GOD

  As the Principal of a public elementary school, Zac Bauermaster’s job is to inspire and empower his teachers, support staff, families, and—most importantly— the next generation every single day. God has given us all gifts, talents and abilities. Zac feels it’s up to him to make sure his staff and teachers use their gifts to bring out the best in their students. Zac’s approach to being a Principal was really shaped when he and his wife walked their oldest daughter to the bus stop for her first day of kindergarten. “Her backpack was bigger than she was. I cried walking home with my… Read More

  October 15, 2025
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  Labor Overcoming Obstacles Prayer

  GOD’S AMAZING GRACE

  I’ve been blessed to be calling basketball games on radio for the University of Alabama since 2002. And, I have to pinch myself when I say this, but I recently became the Voice of the Crimson Tide football team. But if it wasn’t for God’s amazing grace, I wouldn’t be here to enjoy this ride. Three times in a 16-month period, I experienced serious health battles which almost took my life. In 2018, my family woke to find me in bed incoherent in a fetal position. We don’t know how long I had been in that state. I was taken to St… Read More

  August 27, 2025
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