Housing That Heals
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You're Invited! Our Fourth Annual Peacemaker Breakfast October 18.
Celebrate the joyful work of peacemaking, exemplified by four local leaders who help our city flourish.
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
What’s Your “Passion” to Share?
What could possibly be more exciting than staring at a smartphone? Well, that’s what we’re hoping our Joshua Station youth might discover—and they already are. In our afterschool programs (in addition to tutoring and literacy), resident kids explore different passions and interests: new experiences, wide-ranging fields of knowledge, and life-giving skills. Upcoming showcases will include […]
End of Summer Fun @ Joshua Station
End of Summer Celebration for our families at Joshua Station! Lots of fun thanks to Michelle Oh and volunteers from Redeemer Christian Church.
No Longer Uncertain
This summer we’re celebrating Crystal Ortega and her family moving from Joshua Station into long-term stable housing. What mixed emotions this always brings! It’s hard to let go of this era—for them and us. Crystal blessed us by doing a brave thing at her graduation ceremony and celebration. Decked out in cap and tassle, sharing […]
Cafecitos – A Hilarious Little Coffee
“I’m having a really bad day,” says a young boy at Joshua Station. “It’s because of the Spanish people.” The Spanish people? “They don’t understand what I say.” His eyes glisten with tears. “I say it again and again, and they don’t know what I’m saying.” Somewhere else in the building, a Spanish-speaking child is […]
Savoring Summer – Joshua Station Kids Shining
“The people that come are really nice,” says Joshua Station resident Farah (age 7), of our many summer volunteers. “They say I’m doing a great job. That makes me feel good. I like learning to do new things.” Farah, and dozens of her fellow youth residents, have enjoyed a jam-packed summer of enriching day camp […]