DAVID

KEVIN

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode discusses difficult topics such as mental illness, suicidality, and racism; which may be triggering for some listeners. While we would love for you to join our conversation, we value your wellness and so we just wanted to let you know so you can proceed with caution. Welcome to the Miracle Messages Podcast, where everyone is somebody's someone. For this episode, we wanted you all to meet Miracle Messages Co-Founder, Kevin Adler, and get a deeper understanding of why the Miracle Messages Program is so important. Kevin talked about the origin story of the organization, and what motivates him to keep doing the work. Miracle Messages is an award-winning 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded by Kevin Adler and Jessica Donig. Based in San Francisco, the main purpose of our work is to combat relational poverty by helping our unhoused neighbors reconnect with their loved ones and find a community & support system within our volunteer base. DOWNLOAD [http://traffic.libsyn.com/miraclemessages/KEVIN_Reflection_Questions.pdf] KEVIN Reflection Questions (http://traffic.libsyn.com/miraclemessages/KEVIN_Reflection_Questions.pdf [http://traffic.libsyn.com/miraclemessages/KEVIN_Reflection_Questions.pdf]) DOWNLOAD [http://traffic.libsyn.com/miraclemessages/MM_-_KEVIN_Transcript.pdf] KEVIN Episode Transcript (http://traffic.libsyn.com/miraclemessages/MM_-_KEVIN_Transcript.pdf [http://traffic.libsyn.com/miraclemessages/MM_-_KEVIN_Transcript.pdf]) Subscribe to Miracle Messages Podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you stream. [Listen on Apple Podcast [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/miracle-messages-podcast/id1597059847?ls=1]] LEARN MORE [https://www.miraclemessages.org/] about Miracle Messages. (www.MiracleMessages.org [http://www.miraclemessages.org]) DONATE [https://www.miraclemessages.org/donate] to Miracle Messages. (https://www.miraclemessages.org/donate [https://www.miraclemessages.org/donate]) MAKE A REFERRAL [https://www.miraclemessages.org/1800missyou] to Miracle Messages. (https://www.miraclemessages.org/1800missyou [https://www.miraclemessages.org/1800missyou]) Follow Miracle Messages: FACEBOOK (https://www.facebook.com/miraclemessages [https://www.facebook.com/miraclemessages]) INSTAGRAM (https://www.instagram.com/miraclemessages/ [https://www.instagram.com/miraclemessages/]) TWITTER (https://twitter.com/miraclemessages [https://twitter.com/miraclemessages]) We also owe a debt of gratitude to the Episcopal Evangelism Society [http://www.ees1862.org/] for their funding and support in developing this podcast series. Thank you for believing that everyone is somebody's someone. (http://www.ees1862.org/ [http://www.ees1862.org/]) Additional production support is provided by Vanguard Podcast Network [https://www.vanguardpn.com/]. (https://www.vanguardpn.com/ [https://www.vanguardpn.com/])

DAVID

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode discusses difficult topics such as mental illness, suicidality, and racism; which may be triggering for some listeners. While we would love for you to join our conversation, we value your wellness and so we just wanted to let you know so you can proceed with caution. Welcome to the Miracle Messages Podcast, where everyone is somebody's someone. Get to know our Miracle Friend, David White, who goes by the nickname "Dirty". In this conversation, David shares his adventurous life of love and heartbreak, and how he finds comfort in his personal relationship with God. Miracle Messages is an award-winning 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded by Kevin Adler and Jessica Donig. Based in San Francisco, the main purpose of our work is to combat relational poverty by helping our unhoused neighbors reconnect with their loved ones and find a community & support system within our volunteer base. DOWNLOAD [http://traffic.libsyn.com/miraclemessages/DAVID_Reflection_Questions.pdf] DAVID Reflection Questions (http://traffic.libsyn.com/miraclemessages/DAVID_Reflection_Questions.pdf [http://traffic.libsyn.com/miraclemessages/DAVID_Reflection_Questions.pdf]) DOWNLOAD [http://traffic.libsyn.com/miraclemessages/MM_-_DAVID_Transcript.pdf] DAVID Episode Transcript (http://traffic.libsyn.com/miraclemessages/MM_-_DAVID_Transcript.pdf [http://traffic.libsyn.com/miraclemessages/MM_-_DAVID_Transcript.pdf]) Subscribe to Miracle Messages Podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you stream. [INSERT DIRECT LINK TO APPLE PODCAST PAGE] LEARN MORE [https://www.miraclemessages.org/] about Miracle Messages. (www.MiracleMessages.org [http://www.miraclemessages.org]) DONATE [https://www.miraclemessages.org/donate] to Miracle Messages. (https://www.miraclemessages.org/donate [https://www.miraclemessages.org/donate]) MAKE A REFERRAL [https://www.miraclemessages.org/1800missyou] to Miracle Messages. (https://www.miraclemessages.org/1800missyou [https://www.miraclemessages.org/1800missyou]) Follow Miracle Messages: FACEBOOK (https://www.facebook.com/miraclemessages [https://www.facebook.com/miraclemessages]) INSTAGRAM (https://www.instagram.com/miraclemessages/ [https://www.instagram.com/miraclemessages/]) TWITTER (https://twitter.com/miraclemessages [https://twitter.com/miraclemessages]) We also owe a debt of gratitude to the Episcopal Evangelism Society [http://www.ees1862.org/] for their funding and support in developing this podcast series. Thank you for believing that everyone is somebody's someone. (http://www.ees1862.org/ [http://www.ees1862.org/]) Additional production support is provided by Vanguard Podcast Network [https://www.vanguardpn.com/]. (https://www.vanguardpn.com/ [https://www.vanguardpn.com/])

DRAKE

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode discusses difficult topics such as mental illness, suicidality, and racism; which may be triggering for some listeners. While we would love for you to join our conversation, we value your wellness and so we just wanted to let you know so you can proceed with caution. Welcome to the Miracle Messages Podcast, where everyone is somebody's someone. Get to know our Miracle Friend, Drake Alabanza. Drake candidly discusses the reality of his life as an elderly, disabled, unhoused person of color, and how gratitude helps to pull him out of his darkest days. Miracle Messages is an award-winning 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded by Kevin Adler and Jessica Donig. Based in San Francisco, the main purpose of our work is to combat relational poverty by helping our unhoused neighbors reconnect with their loved ones and find a community & support system within our volunteer base. DOWNLOAD [http://traffic.libsyn.com/miraclemessages/DRAKE_Reflection_Questions.pdf] DRAKE Reflection Questions (http://traffic.libsyn.com/miraclemessages/DRAKE_Reflection_Questions.pdf [http://traffic.libsyn.com/miraclemessages/DRAKE_Reflection_Questions.pdf]) DOWNLOAD [http://traffic.libsyn.com/miraclemessages/MM_-_DRAKE_Transcript.pdf] DRAKE Episode Transcript (http://traffic.libsyn.com/miraclemessages/MM_-_DRAKE_Transcript.pdf [http://traffic.libsyn.com/miraclemessages/MM_-_DRAKE_Transcript.pdf]) Subscribe to Miracle Messages Podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you stream. [INSERT DIRECT LINK TO APPLE PODCAST PAGE] LEARN MORE [https://www.miraclemessages.org/] about Miracle Messages. (www.MiracleMessages.org [http://www.miraclemessages.org]) DONATE [https://www.miraclemessages.org/donate] to Miracle Messages. (https://www.miraclemessages.org/donate [https://www.miraclemessages.org/donate]) MAKE A REFERRAL [https://www.miraclemessages.org/1800missyou] to Miracle Messages. (https://www.miraclemessages.org/1800missyou [https://www.miraclemessages.org/1800missyou]) Follow Miracle Messages: FACEBOOK (https://www.facebook.com/miraclemessages [https://www.facebook.com/miraclemessages]) INSTAGRAM (https://www.instagram.com/miraclemessages/ [https://www.instagram.com/miraclemessages/]) TWITTER (https://twitter.com/miraclemessages [https://twitter.com/miraclemessages]) We also owe a debt of gratitude to the Episcopal Evangelism Society [http://www.ees1862.org/] for their funding and support in developing this podcast series. Thank you for believing that everyone is somebody's someone. (http://www.ees1862.org/ [http://www.ees1862.org/]) Additional production support is provided by Vanguard Podcast Network [https://www.vanguardpn.com/]. (https://www.vanguardpn.com/ [https://www.vanguardpn.com/])

ELIZABETH

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode discusses difficult topics such as mental illness, suicidality, and racism; which may be triggering for some listeners. While we would love for you to join our conversation, we value your wellness and so we just wanted to let you know so you can proceed with caution. Welcome to the Miracle Messages Podcast, where everyone is somebody's someone. Get to know our Miracle Friend, Elizabeth Softky, and listen as she talks about her life and the intersectionality of racism, misogyny, and homelessness. Elizabeth shared stories of her lived experience as a Black woman in America trying to navigate childhood, academia, and faith. Miracle Messages is an award-winning 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded by Kevin Adler and Jessica Donig. Based in San Francisco, the main purpose of our work is to combat relational poverty by helping our unhoused neighbors reconnect with their loved ones and find a community & support system within our volunteer base. DOWNLOAD [http://traffic.libsyn.com/miraclemessages/ELIZABETH_Reflection_Questions.pdf] ELIZABETH Reflection Questions Here (http://traffic.libsyn.com/miraclemessages/ELIZABETH_Reflection_Questions.pdf [http://traffic.libsyn.com/miraclemessages/ELIZABETH_Reflection_Questions.pdf]) DOWNLOAD [http://traffic.libsyn.com/miraclemessages/MM_-_ELIZABETH_Transcript.pdf] ELIZABETH Episode Transcript Here (http://traffic.libsyn.com/miraclemessages/MM_-_ELIZABETH_Transcript.pdf [http://traffic.libsyn.com/miraclemessages/MM_-_ELIZABETH_Transcript.pdf]) Subscribe to Miracle Messages Podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you stream. [INSERT DIRECT LINK TO APPLE PODCAST PAGE] LEARN MORE [https://www.miraclemessages.org/] about Miracle Messages. (www.MiracleMessages.org [http://www.miraclemessages.org]) DONATE [https://www.miraclemessages.org/donate] to Miracle Messages. (https://www.miraclemessages.org/donate [https://www.miraclemessages.org/donate]) MAKE A REFERRAL [https://www.miraclemessages.org/1800missyou] to Miracle Messages. (https://www.miraclemessages.org/1800missyou [https://www.miraclemessages.org/1800missyou]) Follow Miracle Messages: FACEBOOK (https://www.facebook.com/miraclemessages [https://www.facebook.com/miraclemessages]) INSTAGRAM (https://www.instagram.com/miraclemessages/ [https://www.instagram.com/miraclemessages/]) TWITTER (https://twitter.com/miraclemessages [https://twitter.com/miraclemessages]) We also owe a debt of gratitude to the Episcopal Evangelism Society [http://www.ees1862.org/] for their funding and support in developing this podcast series. Thank you for believing that everyone is somebody's someone. (http://www.ees1862.org/ [http://www.ees1862.org/]) Additional production support provided by Vanguard Podcast Network [https://www.vanguardpn.com/]. (https://www.vanguardpn.com/ [https://www.vanguardpn.com/]). We also want to thank Andrew Kumfer who helped with some early versions of this podcast.