A divorced mother of two writes about handing over the keys to the house she and her former husband bought when they were young, the grief and relief of selling, and the small flat where she is starting again.

A reader in the US has been sending money home for her retirement house, and the nephew building it keeps asking for more. Our response on accountability that protects the house and the family.

Hebrews 11 opens with ‘Now faith’, and one of its first examples is a man building for his household under a clear sky. A devotional on faith that acts at home today.

A father in Manchester writes about the summer he and his teenage son built a verandah together, the arguments over levels and lumber, and what got said without many words.

A single mother in Birmingham looks back on eight years of saving for a small house of her own: the lean months, the setbacks, the people who helped and the day she finally got the keys.

Neighbourhoods decline slowly and recover slowly. A reflection on the small acts that bring a tired street back to life, and on the God who promises to rebuild old ruins.

For the housekeepers, nannies and carers who look after other families’ homes, often far from their own. A devotional on the God who counts wanderings and keeps every tear.

Houses decay without maintenance, and so do the people in them. An essay on kindness as constructive, everyday upkeep: the small repairs we make to each other under one roof.

From the humble board houses of old Kingston yards to today’s ocean-view villas along the North Coast, real estate in Jamaica has…

Before smartphones, automated factories and modern machinery changed the rhythm of work, Jamaica depended on thousands of people whose jobs have now…