Housing That Heals
More than a RoofYou’ve seen the homelessness crisis. You care. Let’s build beautiful, supportive, beloved communities where people can flourish!
Join us for Lunch June 26!
We’ll explore the important new book “When We Walk By,” about root causes and solutions to homelessness.
VISIT US!
We’d love to show you around, and share more about our communities.
Our Ingredients
Stirring Transformation
Presence
We are followers of Jesus from different streams of the Christian tradition. Just as God was embodied in the human person of Jesus of Nazareth, the great gift of divine love is continually embodied, touch-able, and experienced. We participate in this lived reality joyfully.
Prayer
In our often-intense urban context, we are learning the value of quieting our hearts and minds in order to listen for the voice of God. Prayer is itself a kind of presence: being present to God; trusting that God is fully present to us.
Peacemaking
Seeking the peace of the city means unplugging from the violence of rivalry and exclusion that come so naturally, pursuing instead relationships and collaboration, including with people whose worldviews may differ from ours, for the shared joy of building healthy and welcoming communities.
Place
The movement of God is an inner reality, a matter of “righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.”* Yet, this inner reality is made manifest in the external, tangible experiences of life—all of which happen… someplace!
Playground
Let’s be honest, sometimes as religious folks or activists we are too quick to see the city as a battleground between good and evil—where everything becomes a win/lose proposition, filled with zero-sum competitions and endless rivalries.
Power
We hope to imitate the way Jesus used his power, not clinging to self-validation or importance, but “emptying the self” to enter fully into a humble place of powerlessness and vulnerability.
Plenty
Peacemaking is rooted in an asset-based vision of life, trusting that there is enough—enough of all the ingredients for human flourishing. Our task is to pay attention to how the Spirit is already at work in our world.
Prophetic Imagination
Prophets of old told stories, wrote poetry, and lived in peculiar ways that called out the idolatry and injustice of their day. We sense a call to name and engage the idolatry and injustice of our own time and place.
Blog
Stories and Perspectives
Maria’s Home
Maria has come a very long way home. Now she can stand in her doorway and say “C’mon inside, this is our place.” By this she means, her family’s long-term, stable home—the goal every Joshua Station resident works toward. Maria’s new place is a rental house with a full kitchen, dining room, and living room […]
Ready to Grow at Clara Brown Commons
Construction day dawned with blue skies and breakfast burritos. Resident kids soon had power tools in their hands, with guidance for the assembly. By afternoon, it was shaping up! Imagination, hope, and curiosity—essential gardening ingredients—were already sprouting. Resident Tahlia Johnsen had a big part in getting her neighbors enthused for the work. Our Community Life […]
A Sanctuary – Thank You for Caring!
Dear friends, This week at Joshua Station we gathered with many of you for our Spring Into Caring celebration event. We all got to cheer forward steps our residents are taking, and to give thanks for our donors’ generosity that supports them daily. You gave $80,864 that will multiply and ripple through the family generations […]
Happy Easter From MHM
Christ is Risen! Happy Easter from Mile High Ministries, and for reflection, we offer these uplifting lines from Lucille Clifton: “spring song” the green of Jesus is breaking the ground and the sweet smell of delicious Jesus is opening the house and the dance of Jesus music has hold of the air and the […]
Joshua Station Resident Spotlight: Sarah Sutton
I Was Ready to Soar, But… “This is the first time in my life I haven’t been controlled by somebody” Sarah Sutton says. “It’s like I’ve been in a cult, and I’m finally free.” Five years ago, in a first desperate step, Sarah began researching the words “narcissist” and “sociopath.” She was shocked to discover […]