Willow House Christian Community

Willow House Christian Community WHCC was founded by Jon and Keisha Shup in August, 2013. Consider it your (very) small, friendly Roanoke monastery that affirms secular jobs and marriage.

This used to be a page about our experiences in Africa. Now it's about our experiences at home, in Roanoke. More specifically, it's about our intentional community.

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We're just a group of normal 20 and 30-somethings living completely on the grid in urban Roanoke, Virginia. We have four bedrooms, two and a half bathrooms, a cute little dog, and a lot of love. We might have an extra room for yo

u. Generally speaking, it costs money -- we do have bills! A few more things about us:

We've gone to college
We grow / eat as organically, locally, ethically as we can
We read a lot
We cook a lot
We work a lot
We enjoy good beer and bourbon
We like to talk about things that are meaningful. Most importantly, we love Jesus. That's what this is really about. Fellowship. Iron sharpening iron. Exhortation. Living as biblically as we know how. Currently, we all go to All Nations Church. We don't care where you go as long as it's biblical and you're committed. We have interfaith friends and love people who believe differently than us, but our home is not interfaith; that is not the purpose right now. Consider us your friendly urban Roanoke monastery that affirms secular jobs and marriage -- or just a kind of faith-based intentional community. Hablamos español y siempre nos interesa conocerle a gente de otros países. Inmigrantes y refugiados son bienvenidos... Escríbanos!

When you send fan mail to your fav music artist you found on Spotify and she actually responds and says, "Sure, I'll com...
28/10/2016

When you send fan mail to your fav music artist you found on Spotify and she actually responds and says, "Sure, I'll come stay at your house and do a house show for you and your friends on my way to Asheville!"

A big thanks to Sherri Youngward for letting me pose with her guitar. :)

31/12/2012

Well, we are home now. Not our own choice but home nonetheless. We had an incredible time in Uganda and hope to back someday. We will miss our friends and the great times we had. Now onward!

 
30/11/2012

 

Muzungus know how to party…and eat food.

Doin stuff in the Pearl of Africa.
30/11/2012

Doin stuff in the Pearl of Africa.

Muzungus know how to party…and eat food.
23/11/2012

Muzungus know how to party…and eat food.

 
22/11/2012

 

Took some pictures of an African Harrier Hawk a little while ago, then yesterday sent one in to Avianweb.com. Within hou...
15/11/2012

Took some pictures of an African Harrier Hawk a little while ago, then yesterday sent one in to Avianweb.com. Within hours it was published on the site! Here is the link. it's about a third of the way down the page on the right. (the photo on the thumbnail is not mine)

http://www.avianweb.com/harrierhawks.html

Harrier Hawk, African Harrier Hawk or Gymnogene: Comprehensive information on this bird of prey, including distribution, physical description and photos, behavior, diet and breeding

Majestic visitor in our compound. Not sure what this is...anyone know?
14/11/2012

Majestic visitor in our compound. Not sure what this is...anyone know?

A collection of random nature shots from the Pearl of Africa

At Nyero 2, one of the many "suns" depicted in the various paintings
03/11/2012

At Nyero 2, one of the many "suns" depicted in the various paintings

We went to our first Ugandan wedding last week. Very interesting traditions and great music!
18/10/2012

We went to our first Ugandan wedding last week. Very interesting traditions and great music!

17/10/2012

In case you haven't yet seen the mini-documentary that i co-wrote, co-produced and narrated, here it is! It's an amazing cause, so please share if you feel at all moved to do so. Shpank you! :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VccnSH0tDjU

Together we can ensure that each woman and each baby has the chance to live the healthy and productive life that is the right of every human being. Act now t...

Haven't blogged in a while - like my OWN personal blog. So here's me (Keisha). It's still not a very pretety blog site, ...
10/10/2012

Haven't blogged in a while - like my OWN personal blog. So here's me (Keisha). It's still not a very pretety blog site, but I'll be working on it... haven't used it in so long!

http://kgrazi.wordpress.com/2012/10/10/one-foot-in-front-of-the-other/

Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor g*t...

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