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Hope Street is The Greenhouse for People on 26th and Capitol. We provide housing and community to empower broken men, women, and children to cultivate a relationship with Jesus, themselves, and others to restore hope that flourishing is possible for us all.


Celebrate
I start each day with a checklist. I rarely finish the day until that list is completed. Then I’m right back at creating the next one. I...
Ashley Thomas
Jun 12, 20192 min read


Just Show Up
“Sometimes the most bravest and most important thing you can do is just show up” Brene Brown Just show up. Those words have come out my...
Ashley Thomas
Jun 5, 20192 min read


Domino
It all started with a domino. Several years ago, I was at a women’s retreat and at the end of it all we had to set an intention for the...
Ashley Thomas
May 8, 20192 min read


Three
Today makes 3. 3 years. 3 years since I officially became the Executive Director of the organization I love. I was young(er) and ready...
Ashley Thomas
May 1, 20192 min read


Rachael to Rachel
Servant Heart. I’m pretty sure that somewhere in that definition you would find the name Rachael Stricker. Just over three years ago Rach...
Ashley Thomas
Mar 28, 20194 min read


Leftovers
Ugh. Do you know what I hate? Leftovers. I don’t really recall as a kid eating leftovers, but I am pretty sure we did. I mean we did eat...
Ashley Thomas
Mar 13, 20192 min read


Transplant
“Hope Street taught me how to grow and provides an environment for that to happen. I got my life back here and in the process was blessed...
Ashley Thomas
Feb 13, 20192 min read


City of God
”For this calling upon God is the supreme business, the whole business in the mortal life, of the City of God while on pilgrimage in this...
Ashley Thomas
Jan 23, 20192 min read


Caught on Camera
I use to dread film sessions. Especially if it was one on one with the coach. It was the time where you were told exactly what you need...
Ashley Thomas
Jan 17, 20192 min read


Homecoming
I got to witness something for the first time yesterday. It was pretty cool. We have had a family living at Hope Street for several...
Ashley Thomas
Jan 9, 20192 min read


Shoes
In college, before every game I would sit in front of my locker and stare down at my shoes. I would soak in the moment and think to...
Ashley Thomas
Dec 5, 20181 min read


September Newsletter: What Happens When People Leave Hope Street?
#newsletter #GreenhouseforPeople #funeral #Family #Love #Gift #FamilyReunion
Ashley Thomas
Sep 28, 20181 min read


Soft Hearts
Father in Heaven, I praise and thank you for this day. For the new breath in my lungs, for the birds early this morning, for the life...
Ashley Thomas
Mar 14, 20181 min read


Growth in a Greenhouse
Jesus calls us to recognize that gladness and sadness are never separate, joy and sorrow really belong together, and that mourning and...
Ashley Thomas
Feb 22, 20181 min read


Is This a Prayer?
“Yeah, isn't it amazing how a man can find himself alone Calling through the darkness for an answer that is never known Yeah, isn't it...
Ashley Thomas
Jan 10, 20181 min read
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