Ashley Thomas is the Executive Director of Hope Street ministry in Milwaukee, Wis. Hope Street's mission is to help broken men, women and children cultivate hope by providing a safe environment for building community, developing self-sufficiency and experiencing the love of Jesus Christ. Ashley received her BA in Sociology and is currently working towards her Masters in Theological Studies from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. She enjoys speaking, writing, and being present with broken people as each discovers the grace that allows us all to be known and loved still.
"What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead." (James 2:14-17 ESV)
One of the unique things about the ministry of Just Between Us is that we are reader-written ministry. Women from all over the world, who have a heart to walk alongside women to encourage, inspire, comfort, help, and bring hope through the power of God's Word, share their writing gifts with this ministry. They are women just like you, coming from all ages and stages of life─single women, married women, joyful women, hurting women, and everything in between. Our authors are women who don't want you to feel alone, so they put their hearts out there, so you will have those "me too" moments and feel like you have made a new friend. Somehow now your faith journey doesn't seem so hard, so overwhelming. You will find an incredible sisterhood waiting for you as our authors share their hearts...and leave every article saying, "Someone understands me and my heart. Someone gets what I'm going through." And they do!