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Changing Course

Webster defines trajectory as the path of a moving body through space; a taken course, a path. All of us are on a certain path or course, i.e., our trajectory. Some of us are on a paved, super highway, cruising along at 75 MPH. Others of us seem to be on an elliptical route, circling back to old friends, haunts,
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Jul 04 2022
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72 Hour Fund Colorado

“When I left 72 Hour Fund I felt like a new person, inside and out. The love and acceptance I felt was nothing short of life‑changing.” TERESA S.No matter how tough an inmate is inside, the thought of “being on the street” as an ex-offender is scary.After release, ex‑offenders are anxious and unsure about the basics of life. Essentials including
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Mar 21 2022
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Why Would Sinners Eat with Jesus?

Later when Jesus was eating supper at Matthew’s house with his close followers, a lot of disreputable characters came and joined them. When the Pharisees saw him keeping this kind of company, they had a fit, and lit into Jesus’ followers. “What kind of example is this from your Teacher, acting cozy with crooks and riffraff?” Jesus, overhearing, shot back,
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Oct 23 2019
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Changing Trajectory

Webster defines trajectory as the path of a moving body through space; a taken course, a path.All of us are on a certain path or course, i.e., our trajectory. Some of us are on a paved, super highway, cruising along at 75 MPH. Others of us seem to be on an elliptical route, circling back to old friends, haunts, mistakes
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Jul 20 2015
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Resurrection: Why Wait?

This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! 2 Corinthians 5:17 NLT  As we contemplate Easter and the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, most of us take comfort in the fact that someday…after we are dead…that we, too, will be resurrected like Jesus and
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Apr 04 2015
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What a Difference a Little Time Makes…

These are the same picture of the New York Skyline taken 18 hours apart from the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Central Park Reservoir in January 2015. I was struck by how different they looked after just the passage of a short time…18 hours. How quickly the sky, mood and appearance of the same setting went from sad and foreboding to crisp,
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Mar 10 2015
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72-Hour Fund Recidivism Rates Lower Than State Average

Dear DHT Friends, In 2003, DHT started 72 Hour Fund; a reintegration ministry that deals with the flood of ex-offenders being released back into Colorado society…but who do not have adequate or even elementary resources to help them stay out of prison. The vision God entrusted to us was to be an oasis where ex-offenders of all faiths could get
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Feb 11 2015
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2014 “Cups of Cold Water”

2014 proved to be our best year ever in terms of providing a “cup of cold water” to what Jesus describes in Matthew 25 as “the least of these.” Please examine the ministry statistics, listed below and then read on further for some dialogue on what these numbers mean in terms of changed lives… DHT/72 Hour Fund 1,650+ ex-offenders, male
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Dec 22 2014
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Meet Desiree, a woman blessed by God and a product of Doing HIS Time’s 72 Hour Fund.

Desiree was at the Denver Women’s Correctional Facility when she attended a meeting sponsored by DHT to introduce 72 Hour Fund to ladies who were interested. At this meeting she met Suzy Mays, wife of our Operations Manager, Mr. Chris Mays. Desiree had completed the cosmetology training inside DWCF, so was getting out with skills to support herself upon her
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Nov 05 2014