Mustard Seed Mountain

Some people make an impression the moment you meet them. They carry themselves with a quiet confidence, possess a seemingly endless well of knowledge, and have an uncanny ability to solve problems that leave everyone else scratching their heads. More importantly, they use those gifts not for recognition, but to make life better for the people around them. Quenton “Q” Northcraft is one of those rare people.

Recently, the City of Wheeling announced the creation of a “Homeless Task Force” and, more recently, announced that Rabbi Joshua Lief would serve as chair of the committee and as one of several faith leaders. This is a very helpful lens to bring to conversations about homelessness for many reasons, especially when the stigma of being “homeless” often comes with being dehumanized for lacking one main material thing – money. But it is not money that gives human life value – or at least it shouldn’t.

As the sun rises over Ohio County, J. Arnold steps out her front door overlooking the southern portion of Warwood, a Wheeling neighborhood two miles north of the city’s urban core. It’s a quiet neighborhood, all things considered. Arnold can see the mighty Ohio River with the town of Martins Ferry, Ohio, to the west. Through her neighbor’s yards, she can see a shopping complex close enough to hear conversations held in the parking lot.

I’m Ashlie Howard and this is my story of the night of the flood at 5714 National Road. June 14th was a productive day for me. I had just replaced the banister railings on both sides of my steps that led up to my back porch, cleaned off the porch, and set up the new storage bench I had put together the day before. I had also laid a new patio the previous weekend. The place was really coming together. I had been steadily working on my trailer almost every weekend since 2023.

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A World By Ryan Ewing A world where greed for more than need is valued more than human life Cut down trees less air to breath that’s a need for human life A world where we should love while we’re above Yet hesitate and wait until we’re 6ft beneath a pool of mud A world where children children’s dreams should matter Instead they’re shattered the culprit trauma leaves them tattered A world where we should give our neighbors helping hands But racial divide fuels loss of lives which is something...

Description: Appalachian Outreach, Inc. is a charitable organization that provides everything from household goods to food, clothing and hygiene products with the goal of easing the burden of poverty. Update: The South Wheeling location of Appalachian Outreach, located at 3900 Wood Street, holds Hidden Treasures thrift store which is “designed to help our neighbors in need and the local community.” Here, you can find an array of gently used clothing, glassware, shoes, clothing and furniture.

Mourning our dead is one of the oldest and most important functions of a society; but it is one that tragically too many members of our overlooked communities miss out on - either the opportunity to do so for their friends and family, or at their own passing.

In late March, Dr. William Mercer planned on visiting L.A. for a long term care symposium held by a society he has been involved with for the last thirty years. He decided to take full advantage of the trip and use it as an opportunity to connect with Brett Feldman, a fellow street doctor based in California. Feldman founded USC’s street medicine program, a counterpart to Wheeling’s Project HOPE, the mobile healthcare clinic and team of doctors who treat Wheeling’s unhoused population.

I cried when I first saw and spent time with the Saint John’s Bible. It was the resurrection illumination (the pictures that accompany the biblical text) with Jesus telling Mary Magdalene, and all of us, “don’t hold on to me...” I’ve always heard crying at art was a thing. My mother and sister, both artists, could regularly get a few tears going on  family trips to the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh.