by Jess Luoma If the trajectory of the believer is heaven bound, then the life of every pain and every joy is bound for home. Home is the deepest longing of the human heart and love is the life blood we thrive and survive by. "True love is the burden that will carry me back home, carry me with the memories I have known." -Josh Garrels This idea of mingling home and love is the essence of our work with those who Jesus would qualify as the "needy, the prisoner, the brokenhearte

by Rodney LaFrance Every story has a beginning. This one goes back beyond any of our time and it is called “The Gift of Hospitality.” Through the ages, there's always been a people group who have opened their doors to the ones who have no doors. The dictionary’s definition of hospitality is “the act of welcoming guests or strangers.” On Saturday, February 26th, 2022, a door was opened at St. James Lutheran Church in Redding, California, to take a step in revealing their gift

by Jess Luoma Shasta Thrive joined the community effort to solve homelessness via micro shelter communities as we helped unload & construct the first shipment of Pallet Shelters on March 10, 2022. Pallet shelters, purchased by the city of Redding, will provide temporary housing and give residents access to healthy community, case workers and a necessary bridge in the gap of affordable housing. These 100 sq ft (double) and 64 sq ft (single) aluminum structures will begin to po