“Justice is what love looks like in public, just like tenderness is what love feels like in private.” – Cornell West This is an important time for us to express that Mile High Ministries stands with movements toward racial justice in our city, as well as across our nation and around the world. The struggle for justice is integral to our […]
“I thought it would be impossible,” says Mary Margaret Hagen, Counseling Coordinator for Joshua Station. “How could play therapy even happen without being present with my client?” During the pandemic, that’s exactly what she’s been doing with children who have experienced trauma. “I’ve really been surprised at how well it can work!” Immediately after Joshua […]
I took this picture in October 2017, long before COVID-19. Now I’m thinking about the Tuesday Guys, love, and the coronavirus. The photo captured a truly beautiful moment, and I was lucky enough to realize I needed to snap the shot. Marv, the stud on the left, was attempting to install a door stop on […]
Kelly Sitzman was a Joshua Station super-volunteer. As all of our volunteers are! We’d like to share with you just a little of what made Kelly especially special to our Joshua Station families and staff – and invite you to celebrate her life with us. Kelly poured herself into our little community. She often brought and served a meal […]
Rebecca’s imperfectly perfect pasta – hiding under blankets People are rallying on behalf of our families! “When I first heard the Joshua Station families now have no kitchen facilities and are basically confined to their small rooms with their kids, I wanted to do something!” Our friend Rebecca Offner knew immediately what she wanted to do—a […]
Amy Jackson In this momentous time, we’re more committed than ever to making Joshua Station a place where families can heal from homelessness and build their futures. Right now we have 23 families on site—approximately 60 people, 37 of whom are children. The current crisis hits our community very hard. Sadness prompted tears for me as […]
Kraig Burleson CEO, Inner City Health Center Pastor, Loving Saints Christian Fellowship I’d love for you to meet my longtime friend Kraig Burleson. (You’ll get a chance at next Tuesday’s Peacemaker Awards Breakfast! Hope to see you there; details below.) Every time I’m with Kraig it feels like… how can I put it? A sigh. […]
Dear Friends, Can I tell you about Loren and Adele Funk, true Denver peacemakers? A number of years ago, Adele came to one of our “urban exploration retreat” walking tours with her church and entered into that day with both her mind and her heart. She and Loren already had this beautiful idea simmering inside […]
Jeff Johnsen and Frank Tillapaugh In 1971, a young pastor named Frank Tillapaugh began challenging his church to stop referring to pastors as “ministers”—every Christian is a minister, he encouraged, and everyone should prayerfully ask whether God has a place for them on the front lines of ministry outside the walls of the church. Convinced […]
September 16, 1927. A Denver municipal judge finishes his last day in office, loads files from his cabinets into his car, and drives away. Shortly, he will commit a profound act of civil disobedience. Stopping at the edge of town at 13th Avenue and Umatilla, the soon-to-be-former judge unloads his files from the car into a ditch. Heaped on the pile are legal records of every defendant who has ever appeared before […]