Nov. 16, 2025

Boise Rescue Mission, Miller’s Mission & 900 Meals a Day (with Rev. Bill Roscoe & Kevin Miller)

Boise Rescue Mission, Miller’s Mission & 900 Meals a Day (with Rev. Bill Roscoe & Kevin Miller)
Season 2

In this episode, I sit down in the KIDO studio with Reverend Bill Roscoe of the Boise Rescue Mission and Kevin Miller of KIDO Talk Radio to talk about faith, recovery, homelessness, seniors being priced out of housing, and Miller’s Mission — the turkey drive that helps fuel it all.

We get past the usual talking points and into:

  • what really changes a life,

  • why “housing first” isn’t enough,

  • and what Bill would do with $1 million in unrestricted money tomorrow.

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Highlights:

  • 0:00 – Lightning round with Rev. Bill: heaven or hell, hamburgers vs hot dogs, early bird vs night owl, Idaho’s official smell, favorite weekend town

  • 3:20 – Bill’s “other calling”: 15+ years as a law enforcement chaplain and why he loves working with deputies

  • 7:30 – “God surprised me today”: a fundraising report that stopped Bill in his tracks

  • 10:15 – How the Rescue Mission changed its recovery model: from “paper or plastic, you’re out” to understanding relapse as part of the journey

  • 15:45 – What a rescue mission really does: addiction, domestic violence, mental health, and why everything is done in the name of Jesus

  • 18:50 – “We welcome everyone”: how the Mission serves people of every faith (and no faith) while never hiding its Christian foundation

  • 20:30 – Bill’s own story: from hopeless dope addict to “dopeless hope addict”

  • 22:30 – Kevin Miller jumps in: what Miller’s Mission week looks like from the Walmart parking lot in Nampa

  • 26:50 – If Bill had $1 million tomorrow: permanent supportive housing for seniors being priced out and left behind

  • 32:30 – Succession planning after 24 years: how you carefully hand off a mission this big

  • 41:35 – The numbers: ~900 meals every single day, hundreds of people in beds nightly, and thousands served at Thanksgiving banquets

  • 43:40 – “Don’t be a turkey, donate a turkey”: how you can help, from turkeys to checks to prayer

Listen, then go see the Mission in action during Miller’s Mission at the Garrity Walmart in Nampa.