by Jennifer van Gennip | Sep 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
What do you see when you look at a stranger? Like it or not, your mind probably supplies a label. Man or woman. Short or tall. Thin or fat. Addict. Superhero. Bossy. Angel. Snob. But what about you?...
by Jennifer van Gennip | Aug 10, 2016 | Uncategorized
There’s this thing about living life with people—sometimes you get burned. When that happens it’s tempting to close up shop, shake the dust off our feet, and give up. The next time someone needs help, there’s that nagging little worry that says it will happen...
by Jennifer van Gennip | Jul 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
If someone had told me ten years ago—even two years ago—that I would be doing some form of social work I would have been skeptical at best. I mean, really. I’m a mom of four who hasn’t worked outside the home in over 14 years. I’m educated, but as a...
by Jennifer van Gennip | Jun 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
Recently Rhonda shared a video from Glennon Doyle Melton (of momastery.com) and the SALT Project between all our friends at Redwood Park Communities and it perfectly sums up what we do here. In building terms, when a joist is weakened, another joist is attached...
by Jennifer van Gennip | May 24, 2016 | Uncategorized
I’ll never forget my first intake interview at United House. It was my birthday, a year and a half ago. I had already been involved with Redwood Park Communities since the beginning, helping to gut the 80-year-old house, to insulate and paint the new apartments,...