A House Built on Love: The enterprising team creating homes for the homeless
Ebook
Overview
In 2010, Ed Walker founded Hope into Action, a charity with a vision - of the church at the forefront of the fight against homelessness.
A House Built on Love tells the remarkable story of Hope into Action’s rapidly-growing mission and how it has worked in partnership with churches to supply homes, support, friendship and love for the homeless and marginalized, earning the Guardian’s Public Service Award in 2017 and an award from the Centre for Social Justice.
This is a powerful, eye-opening Christian autobiography that provides insight into the difficult reality of homelessness in the UK. With raw honesty Ed relates the struggle as he and his wife Rachel stepped out in faith, developed a new theology of sharing and saw both tragic and wonderful outcomes, and shows how we can meet and grow in Christ as we interact with those in the shadows and those hidden in darkness.
Visionary, inspiring and touching, A House Built on Love is a book for anyone who wants to know more about Hope into Action and their mission of housing the homeless. Their story will leave you with a stronger understanding of one of the most important social issues of today, and show how reaching out with love and compassion can have a life-changing impact.
1 New horizons 1
2 The man on the bench 5
3 An early taste of prison 10
4 An unconventional memorial 13
5 They were like sheep without a shepherd 16
6 A more subtle compassion 20
7 It began with a prayer 24
8 Doubt steps 26
9 ‘I have no cows!’ - a lie ricocheting down the ages 30
10 Stepping stones of encouragement in a sea of fear 38
11 The first home opens 44
12 He broke the loaves 53
13 Tragedy and redemption 57
14 White-knuckle ride 59
15 A key to a new home 61
16 The father of all rollickings 64
17 The big step 66
18 Mothers 69
19 ‘For the first time in my life I felt like I was worth something’ 72
20 ‘We want to show you how much you are worth’ 77
21 It rips the heart out 80
22 A mad and dangerous plan 84
23 Manna from heaven 91
24 ‘I suggest they pray outside - at 3 a.m.’ 96
25 ‘God is there for you in the darkest pit’ 102
26 Iain Duncan Smith 107
27 Krish 109
28 ‘I’ll come round and knife you’ 117
29 Lengthening cords and strengthening stakes 124
30 To judge or not to judge 129
31 Expansion 133
32 Shame 138
33 Billionaires can come in unexpected guises 144
34 Disappointment and joy go hand in hand 147
35 Office move 157
36 Our deepest fear 161
37 ‘For the first time in years I felt safe’ 164
38 Pamela 171
39 ‘The poverty of being unloved is the greatest poverty’ 176
40 Rain in the springtime 181
41 ‘Do you know who I am?’ 183
42 Palatable good news 186
43 The cliff face 189
44 A week in the life 196
45 Welcoming community 204
46 Sitting on a gold mine 216
47 ‘Send the crowds away’ 221
48 ’Go and see’ 231
49 We’re nowhere near finished 236
What next? 241
Notes 243
Scripture acknowledgements 252
- Title: A House Built on Love: The enterprising team creating homes for the homeless
- Author: Ed Walker
- Publisher: SPCK Publishing
- Print Publication Date: 2020
- Logos Release Date: 2022
- Pages: 224
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9780281081202, 9780281081196, 0281081190, 0281081204
- Resource ID: LLS:9780281081202
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-06-12T10:50:20Z