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Christmas Store: The Gift of Dignity
Wide open eyes and hearts. Anticipation. Human worth. Poured-out love. Eagerness to give. Each year at our Christmas Store, we see these marvelous qualities expressed in the faces of shoppers and volunteers alike. It just seems natural, and right, to give [...]
Clara Brown Day
Thank goodness for holidays, right? They break up our routines, give us a reason to gather with loved ones, and remind us of who we are and what is most important to us. Mile High Ministries is adding a holiday to [...]
Celebrating a Great Life Today
Dear Friends, I’ll never tire of hearing about Clara Brown, or retelling her extraordinary story. “Aunt Clara” is the namesake of the affordable housing we’re building. We often commemorate famous people on the anniversary of their birth. Yet Clara did not [...]
Autumn Prayer: May We Love Lavishly
Creator of the sun and moon, we raise our voice to you. We pray, Great Spirit, that in our journey through life We may know the harmony and rhythm of the setting sun. We pour out our deep-seated gratitude… For the bountiful harvest your hand has provided, For the [...]
Stakes in the Ground, Part 2
Seventeen years ago, with no fanfare and not knowing what would become of it, Jeff Johnsen drove the first of his wooden prayer stakes into the ground in a forlorn location in northeast Denver. Recently, again with no fanfare, a group of [...]
Stakes in the Ground, Part 1
Jeff Johnsen glanced around, hoping no one was watching—at least no one besides his dog Dakota. Thankfully it was almost dark. He carried wooden garden stakes in a Home Depot shopping bag. Finding a soft patch of dirt, he knelt down [...]
Families Feeding Families
I’ve always had a hospitality bone,” says Samantha (Sam) Glenn. Joshua Station kids are helping her fill plates for community dinner—joining in the joy of serving their neighbors.Sam is Chief Operating Officer of Modern Plate, a Denver-based meal delivery service dedicated [...]
Homes are Key to Health
“I’d like to be healthier,” most of us would say – whatever our current level of physical health. Many of us are blessed with pathways for that to happen, with the primary barrier simply being our motivation level and priorities.For a [...]
