Be still, and know that I am God Be still, and know that I am Be still, and know Be still Be Every morning, our Mile High Ministries staff gathers for prayer, reflection, and sharing. We always include five minutes of contemplative silence. Our gateway to silence is this prayer taken from Psalm 46:10, shared […]
We’re excited to hear the first hammers and saws of the project! Fourteen temporary, relocatable homes will make up the transformational community known as Women’s Village at Clara Brown Commons. The Mortenson Company kicked off construction with a volunteer day in July, and the “tiny homes” are already taking shape. Women experiencing homelessness will move into the Village this fall, […]
“The key to moving forward is what we do with our discomfort.” —Robin Diangelo Welcome, welcome, welcome. I welcome you, discomfort.I welcome you, anger.I welcome you, sadness.Teach me. What do you want to show me? (Wait. Listen. Linger.) I let go of my desire for security—and my fatigue in risk-taking.I let go of my desire for approval—to be […]
Our Biggest Venture Yet! We are excited announce a new endeavor that many of you have already been praying for: Clara Brown Commons! Clara Brown Commons will be a transformational, supportive housing community with 61 apartments (for rent), 17 townhomes (for sale) and a community center on a full city block in northeast Denver. All […]
Amid challenging times at Joshua Station and distressing circumstances in our world, we hold in our hands both grief and gladness. We grieve racial injustices, including inequities that bring families to us in need of healing. We grieve the ravages of the pandemic, with the losses it brings to all. Joshua Station families have lost […]
We are celebrating seven new families moving into Joshua Station! It’s been a loooong wait for them. Since Joshua Station is not an emergency shelter, but rather a two-year supportive residential program requiring high mutual commitment, we undergo a very rigorous process with our families in determining a “good fit.” Even in the best of […]
Welcome, welcome, welcome.I welcome everything that comes to me today because I know it’s for my healing.I welcome all thoughts, feelings, emotions, persons, situations, and conditions.I let go of my desire for power and control.I let go of my desire for affection, esteem, approval, and pleasure.I let go of my desire for survival and security.I […]
Celebrating the date June 19, 1865, when enslaved Africans in Texas learned belatedly of the Emancipation Proclamation (effective January 1, 1863), Denver’s Juneteenth Music Festival is one of the largest observances in the nation. Welton Street is filled with dancing to beats blasting from multiple soundstages, colors of Africa and America, and the aroma of […]
I’m writing to ask for your generous support to help Mile High Ministries finish our fiscal year (June 30, 2020). Your help will expand our capacity to create transformative community for people who are rebuilding from the experience of poverty and housing insecurity. I’m very conscious that I’m writing to friends who are living in […]
Lavish love has poured forth in the form of donations supporting our Joshua Station families during the coronavirus quarantine. What a flood of generosity! From the first message I sent on March 19 about our urgent needs for food, supplies, and finances, you showed up – hundreds of you. Showed up with toilet paper and […]