Hunter Winey, Director of the Community Learning Center Before the summer of 2022, I needed to find a summer internship as a requirement...

A phrase that has been streaming through my mind lately is “return on investment.” While it may not seem like we are seeing much of a...

Trying to work to make ends meet and struggling to find quality and affordable childcare is overwhelming for many working families. It...

Did you know that less than 30% of kids from low-income homes passed their kindergarten readiness compared to 60% of kids from higher...

“We will not go back to normal. Normal never was. Our pre-corona existence was not normal other than we normalized greed, inequity,...

Lower Lights Family, We have some exciting news to share with you. On March 22, the Lower Lights Ministries Board of Directors approved...

Lower Lights' Bright Lights Kids program focuses on serving at-risk youth primarily by encouraging healthy relationships, providing...

Lower Lights Ministries breaking cycles of poverty and addiction. Blog posts to help you help others!

When working with kids, it’s not often that we get to see the fruits of our hard work, and that can be deeply discouraging. I often hope...

The first prison Bible study that Rachel’s House did at the Franklin Medical Center was 10 years ago. I co-taught this study with a 75...

These last few weeks have been an ever-present reminder of the brokenness of our world; death, disease, and heaviness. Honestly, it’s...

At Celebration of Hope this year - our annual benefit dinner fundraiser, Jan, LLM's CEO, gave a surprise announcement of a new initiative...

While the primary purpose of International Overdose Awareness Day is to remember, without stigma, the lives lost by drug overdoses and to...

One of my favorite moments of the day is early morning walks through my neighborhood and downtown Columbus. Coming back from a week of...

“Who would have thought that over the years, this building was once used as a disco, a donut shop, and a bar? Isn’t that crazy,” Ariel...

Growing up as a kid in the city these days has become increasingly difficult. Columbus reached its 96th homicide two days ago, with the...

Mother's Day is bittersweet for many women in our housing programs. It is often their first Mother's Day out of prison and for those who...

One of my favorite Springtime things to do as an “urban dweller,” is to take early morning walks through Franklinton and downtown...

Many of us have struggled with transitioning work meetings and family gatherings to Zoom calls, so it's no surprise that many children...

During our last LLM staff ‘community’ meeting (and exciting first in-person meeting since last March) our CEO, Jan, asked us an...