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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.
Wednesday Prayer


K.I.S.S.
Before every game in college, my coach would have an inspirational quote on the board. It was meant to give us something to think about...
Ashley Thomas
Sep 2, 20202 min read


Fix Your Eyes
I keep trying to think of something cheery to write, that God is good. And He is. That I’m so thankful there are all these great kids...
Ashley Thomas
Aug 26, 20201 min read


Glasses, Scarf, Tears & Bruises
Glasses, scarf, tears, bruises. A few words that in the right combination of circumstances are disturbing and down right infuriating. I...
Ashley Thomas
Aug 19, 20202 min read


Certainty in the Uncertainty
My life verse is Matthew 6:34 MSG that states: “Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don’t get worked up about...
Ashley Thomas
Aug 12, 20201 min read


More Than A Building
Hope Street is in a building on 26th and Capitol. Directly to the east of it is currently a vacant lot where we will build a new building...
Ashley Thomas
Jul 29, 20202 min read


My Commitment
“Commitment to a people and a place is one of the countercultural values at the heart of the gospel...our geography has to be rethought,...
Ashley Thomas
Jul 15, 20202 min read


Shekinah
“It is usually understood as a light-disseminating presence, bringing an awareness of God to a time and place where God is not expected...
Ashley Thomas
Jul 10, 20202 min read


We Need You.
Father God, I want to thank you for another day. Thank you for waking us up this morning. We need you oh God. Look over the people who...
Ashley Thomas
Jul 1, 20201 min read


Our Father
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. I believe Jesus...
Ashley Thomas
Jun 24, 20201 min read


Together.
Colossians 1:19-20: 19 For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in [Jesus], 20 and through [Jesus] to reconcile to himself all...
Ashley Thomas
Jun 17, 20202 min read


Love.
"If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the...
Ashley Thomas
Jun 11, 20202 min read


We are all connected.
I started this message and prayer several times. I mean. several. times. I write for a living, so when I can't find words, it is...
Ashley Thomas
Jun 3, 20202 min read


Common, Not Normal
There are a few things that I cannot (normally) handle: vomit and blood. Yet, last Thursday I cleaned both off the floor in an apartment...
Ashley Thomas
May 27, 20202 min read


Recharge
Every month our staff is blessed to have the opportunity to meet with Pam who walks us through some helpful tools for team building and...
Ashley Thomas
May 20, 20202 min read


Surprise
Surprise: an unexpected or astonishing event, fact, or thing. As a kid, many of us loved surprises. Maybe I should take that back. We all...
Ashley Thomas
May 13, 20202 min read


The Process
“Every time you cross my mind, I break out in exclamations of thanks to God. Each exclamation is a trigger to prayer. I find myself...
Ashley Thomas
May 6, 20202 min read


Good Things Continue to Happen.
Yesterday, Ashley and I (Hannah) were walking down the stairs after having a few hard conversations. “Awh look. The daffodils are up.” We...
Ashley Thomas
Apr 29, 20202 min read


The Battle is Already Won
Dear Heavenly Father, We come to you with humbled hearts and appreciation for your forgiveness and love that you shower on us. Father,...
Ashley Thomas
Apr 22, 20201 min read


My Feel Good List.
There isn’t a lot of “feel good” energy out there today. Our routines changed. We were collectively weighed down and left to deal with it...
Ashley Thomas
Apr 15, 20201 min read


A New Normal
Since Day #1 of the “Safer at Home Order” I have been begging for things to go back to normal. I was frustrated by: · Meetings being...
Ashley Thomas
Apr 8, 20202 min read
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