SPOKANE, Wash. – At height of his addiction, Jason McSteen walked into the Union Gospel Mission with less than a dollar to his name.
“16 cents, 3 shoes, and 5 socks,” he said.
Today, his former net worth is plastered on signs across the greater Spokane area for a much different reason; McSteen sells furniture.
“The Union Gospel Mission absolutely saved my life,” McSteen said. “There is no doubt about it.”
Colloquially called ’16 Cents,’ McSteen’s furniture store is made possible by good people giving second chances.
At the UGM, guests must attend church service. There, McSteen met Pastor Danny Green at Family of Faith. Green works specifically with those who battling addiction.
For Green, the work is personal.
“Alcohol really took a hold of me,” Green said. “It’s powerful what God can do. And he’s done it. I never looked back.”
McSteen credits Green with giving him faith and hope – it’s how he got clean too. This was the first time McSteen had …