The Journal

— Stories From the House Team

Conversations & Reflections

The Word We Use When We Don't Want to Say God - Not Luck, Just God — Week 1 of 4
Not Luck, Just God — Week 1 of 4 Nobody says "I got unlucky" about the worst day of their life. Pay attention to that. Luck is selective vocabulary. We pull it out for the promotion, the parking spot, the apartment that came available three days before we were out of options. We say "lucky" and we smile, and the conversation moves on. But we don't reach for it in the emergency room. We don't say it at a funeral. When the bottom falls out, nobody shrugs and calls it... Read more...
Finding Peace in the Everyday
Finding Peace in the Everyday
By the House of Peace Team In a world that constantly asks us to move faster, there is something powerful about choosing to slow down. Peace is not always found... Read more...