Renew. Restore. Rejoice. A SafeHouse Ministries Podcast

From the time I started volunteering at SafeHouse Ministries and preaching on Saturdays, Lilian had an amazing spirit about her.  She was so full of boldness for good, love for others, and a strong desire to help and serve.  I saw these qualities even through the darkness of her struggles with cocaine, and I always loved seeing Lilian help recruit others to come to the chapel service and hear me p...

Freda had to grow up when she was just a kid, taking care of her siblings before she was even a teenager.  Freda had her first baby at age 15 and couldn't take care of her because she was too deep in the darkness of addiction.  She faced death after death of loved ones who died at such young ages, and not knowing how to deal with these deaths chose to dive deeper into drugs, thinking naively...

Andrea's Story is a beautiful picture of growth over time and of how God walks with us through the sorrow in our lives, even when much of it is of our own making.  Andrea has faced some crazy and life-threatening situations, but God has brought her through, answered her prayers, and given her a renewed hope and restored opportunity to pour her life into her children as well as into so many ot...

Andrea's story is a wild roller coaster ride which was often a nightmare lived out in real life.  But through her patience and God's Grace she has come through to get out of the nightmare and live in the light!  You'll hear her modern-day testimony about how God never leaves us nor forsakes us but loves us and is always there for us when we recognize our folly and cry out to Him for...

To God be the Glory Great things He has done!  Listen as Neil Richardson shares tribute to what God has done these last 15 years through SafeHouse Ministries and consider partnering with us for the next 15!

SafeHouse Ministries is celebrating 15 years of work in the Columbus, GA area and 15 years of amazing miracles in thousands and thousands of people's lives!  You may not be able to bring homeless people into your personal home and feed them meals in your kitchen, but if you'd like to help in a more practical way please consider partnering with SafeHouse Ministries by giving $15 a month t...

The Monster of Addiction was in full rage mode, but nothing would stand in God's way...He wanted to redeem Jennifer and set her feet on the rock of victory, the rock of Jesus!  You will love hearing the incredible conclusion to Jennifer's amazing life story!

Jennifer's story is a chilling tale of evil within our society that is kept hidden and overlooked.  Her Dad, Rick Rice, was a famous regional Radio Host who was encouraged to party, drink, and ensure that others had a good time at events.  This lifestyle encouraged him on a path to deep alcoholism.  When Jennifer was trying to deal with life and started dabbling with marijuana and pain pills,...

The final wave of Chaos in Josh's Life before the light of God brakes through and brings him to his senses.  Josh recounts the love of God, the mercy of God, and the people God used in his life to bring him finally to the place of victory over addiction.  Stick with him to the end, because he shares some amazing lessons learned when he sums up all four parts in this episode series.

This episode continues Josh's story in the midst of some of the darkest days he has lived, and it brings us to the place where Josh finally became broken and surrendered, and that's when God began to change everything.

Attempted infanticide, attempted suicide, and more in this second part of Josh Pezold's story.  The darkness grows and Josh comes to a place of utter despair and hopelessness as he shares about what happens after a daughter enters his life and insanity enters his marriage.  But this episode is not the end, come back next week as Josh continues his story and things begin to take a turn for the...

What a Crazy Ride!  In this part 1 episode of Josh Pezold's incredible story you'll hear some horrendous things which happened to him as a baby and young child.  This led to him being adopted by a new set of parents, who loved him dearly, but could not effectively manage the rebellious tazmanian devil tornado that Josh became.  So many lessons to learn from Josh as he recalls his childho...

In this conclusion to Erroll's story you'll hear more pain along his journey, and many failures in the path, until finally God brings Erroll to the place where "the light turns on" and he surrenders completely.  Erroll's story is a beautiful example of the unrelenting grace of God to pursue us despite ourselves.  God is good, and He loves all of us more than we could ever...

Pain from childhood abuse. Pain early in his military career through combat trauma.  Pain in the early years of marriage.  Erroll's story tells the tale of a young man with a distraught heart running into darkness as a way of hoping to escape the pain.  But as Erroll would eventually learn, darkness doesn't ease the pain, it adds to the pain.  So many lessons to learn from Erroll's...

Final episode with Mike, the Supervisor of the SafeHouse Ministries' men's shelter (Freedom House).  Mike shares more incredible stories of life transformation, and he drops some powerful wisdom that we all need to hear.

Mike talks about the true power and purpose behind what we do at SafeHouse Ministries, Jesus.  Mike describes how we aim to live like Jesus and love like Jesus.  Mike shares a powerful story about a man named Will who was forced to come into the SafeHouse program, how he entered with resentment and resistance, and how he eventually found complete transformation and had the chains that bound his li...

Mike opens up the hood of SafeHouse Ministries and shares the amazing process we use to help people change their lives for the better.  Along the way he also shares a few more stories from Freedom House of lives he has seen changed in miraculous ways.  If you want to understand homelessness and how to best help those who are in the midst of homelessness this is an episode you will not want to miss...

Mike is the Freedom House (Men's Shelter) Supervisor.  He is one of the hardest working and intensely loving people I know.  He goes above and beyond every day to love, serve, and invest himself into the lives of others to see miracles of transformation in the lives of the men that enter our shelter.  Mike shares his insight into homelessness and how to help someone go from being homeless, jo...

In this Part 2 episode Nick shares how he grew immensely while in prison and how he connected with the Plummer Home and SafeHouse Ministries to be able to leave prison.  There are countless people across the nation who remain in prison well beyond their sentence termination because they simply do not have anywhere to go due to the many rules our society places upon them, often these individuals re...

This interview with Nick was so much fun, Nick has a God given internal drive to learn and grow, and even though some foolish choices landed him in prison at Fort Leavenworth, he turned a prison sentence into an opportunity for a new beginning.  Nick chose to learn and grow himself, and he continues on that path of learning and growing today.  Nick's had quite a bumpy road, but God has given...

Tracy is such a beautiful person, and she has a truly beautiful story.  Her story has much pain in it, but the depths of her pain were no match to the depths of God's love for her.  She has traveled all over the world, but she could never travel far enough to separate from the pain of her past, until the Creator God wrapped his arms around her and healed her heart.  She tried to escape the pa...

Carol Tyson is an amazing individual with an amazing story.  She has the most wonderful laugh that is quickly identified in any room she inhabits.  Carol shares the pain and sorrow of her story in a way that distills so much wisdom for the gleaning.  This Two-Part story is one that will teach you a lot about Recovery, but even more about life.

Darlene was raised in a good home, but she sought out bad friends and fell into great darkness.  From the age of 17 she paid dearly for her choice of friends and the path she took as a result.  She had an abusive husband, who was eventually shot and killed by her dad, and she has three kids who have also been deeply hurt by the darkness that once consumed her. But God had other plans.  God pursued...

Tony is such a humble and quiet individual, and his story is powerful and full of many lessons.  Lessons such as counting the cost before you launch into an endeavor, heeding warning signs instead of turning a blind eye, restraining your heart instead of foolishly "following your heart", and so much more.  Tony has come to realize that God loves him more than he could ever understand, an...