Why Not More: Youth Home seeks to bring change to families
One of the questions we are asked on a regular basis is how many young men does the Paul Anderson Youth Home serve. The answer is we work with 20 individuals at a time. Most respond by asking why we don’t serve more. It is a fair question, particularly given »
Change Is Happening
Before Jonathan’s arrest, he had a huge impact on the college campus where he was studying and selling drugs. No one had any doubt when he was taken into custody of all the problems he had caused. Lives were impacted because of the choices he had made. Jonathan came to »
Personally Called
Have you been personally called? Not many of us have a calling like Moses punctuated with a burning bush that is not consumed, or a brilliant light from the skies that temporarily blinds us as Paul, but your call is just as individual, just as notable, just as amazing as »
I Should Have Been A Statistic
Jonathan's story is a simple one. His life was changed and he now seeks to be a part of changing the lives of others. Will you join him in supporting the work that gave him a second chance? Will you partner with us as we minister to young men like Jonathan?
One Obscure Tiny Woman: Mother Teresa
She was an obscure woman in an obscure place, yet she was projected by God onto the world stage. She never married, nor bore children from her womb, but she married her calling from God and she married Christ whom she adored; and the children “born of her love are »
JONATHAN
Within one month of turning thirteen years old, Jonathan became a man. At least, that’s what he thought. He had his first experience with alcohol, lost his virginity, and tried pot. To Jonathan, this made him grown up. More than that, he saw marijuana as an opportunity. He was a smart kid and understood smoking pot could be expensive - unless you bought enough to sell. By selling, Jonathan could accomplish three things all at once: he could make money, get high for free and be popular.
Who’s Your One?
Who's Your One? The poem "God Knows," written by Minnie Louise Haskins, is more popularly known by the name "The Gate of the Year." Published originally in 1908, it gained public attention in 1939 when King George VI read it in his 1939 Christmas Broadcast to the British Empire. At the time, Britain was in »
Change Starts With One: Where To Begin Today?
Many of you have at one time or another heard the Starfish Story. It goes like this: “One day a man was walking along the beach when he noticed a boy picking something up and gently throwing it into the ocean. Approaching the boy, he asked, “What are you doing? »
Can One Move Mountains?
Can one move mountains? Most definitely, yes! One can make all the difference in the world. God’s Word proves it; and numerous examples throughout human history have illustrated the truth that one person is able to do what Jesus says: move mountains! “For truly, I say to you, if you »
The Uplifting Story of Paul Anderson
Article from 1988 Saturday Evening Post Society about Paul Anderson. He was there when the country needed him--a man possessed not only of physical greatness, but the heroic qualities of kindness and good common sense. In 1955, Americans needed a hero. Toe-to-toe with the Russians in the Cold War, tightly »
What Is Zero?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Every week 36,000 youth are arrested. We think that number should be ZERO! How about you? Share this video to help us spread the word![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Hope In The Midst Of The Unthinkable
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Newtown, Connecticut was a quiet, peaceful town when the unthinkable happened last week. A town is in great mourning, a nation grieves, we all cry. The age old question is on the tip of every tongue, “Why? Over 2,000 years ago, Bethlehem was a quiet, peaceful town; then, the »
