POEM BY ASHTON WALTHER: What if we chose to be kind to everyone? What if we spent our days trying to be like Jesus? What if our to-do list was helping others? And our evenings spent with the sunset and the stars...

BY CHRYSTIE COLE: My soul is a well-worn wood floor that’s known ten thousand heavy footfalls. Creaking and cracking and popping under the weight of it all.

How I quit buying in on burning myself out and selling myself short.

ART BY SOFIA RECTOR: The eye of the Lord is on those who wait upon his love. Psalm 33:18

ART + REFLECTION BY SOFIA RECTOR: When an acorn falls, when a seed is planted, all I see is a drift of dirt. But so much is happening underground to bring life out of that dark place of brokenness.

REFLECTION BY SARAH E. WESTFALL: In sixth grade, I punched a boy, and I think it surprised me most.

A short video by BibleProject illustrating how Biblical peace is about wholeness or completeness and was brought to earth in the person of Jesus, the Prince of Peace.

ART + REFLECTION BY SOFIA RECTOR: Darkness deepens, presses down, and winds buffet. Lightning flashes -- Action! Thunder rumbles -- Reaction!

BY JASON PORTERFIELD: What might a weekly rhythm look like that helps us regularly put into practice the biblical mandate to do justice?

The yearning for smaller, slower, sweeter has been growing in me for years, maybe even a decade. I don't just blame all the growth and progress in the area for this. I also blame Wendell Berry and Jesus.

Instead of drawing lines in the sand, we make room at the table for anyone who wants to encounter Jesus and love others.

Jaws clenched, chests heaving, the world rages in a tug of war...

REFLECTION BY LAURA BECK:On pain, peace, and new paths emerging out of darkness