STORY BY ELIZABETH STEWART: Hot tears burned my eyes. I pushed back from the fuzzysticky table and glared. “Let me be clear,” I growled. “I…will submit to no man.”

ARTICLE BY KELLEY MATHEWS: Jesus valued women as disciples. He created a new kind of family who joined together in harmony and moral purity, a family of sacred siblings.

ART + REFLECTION BY SOFIA RECTOR: If there’s anything we can bring to engage humbly within potentially fraught conversations, it’s curiosity about why and how others hold their perspectives.

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 ASHLEY WHITTEMORE: Thoughts on "hope deferred" and feeling trapped inside a life we didn’t sign up for

CHRISTMAS PLAYLISTA community collection of traditional favorites and fun new finds that will inspire joy & worship this Christmas!

Here's what coping with my crazy little weenie dog's trauma is teaching me about healing from mine +PLUS+ some of the resources I am finding helpful in my journey!

A COLLECTION of reflective, moody tunes--from overtly Christian and other artfully aesthetic artists--perfect for vibing out and healing up.

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.

Article by Scott Sauls: The transfer of grace is not only something that happens between God and people, but also between people and people. It’s a community affair, not a private affair.

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?

No one has had a more profoundly shifted my understanding of Jesus's teaching than Jesus himself, of course. But N.T. Wright runs a close second.

BY KATE BOYD: We believe in boundaries, not boxes. We love the gospel and we stand for justice. We cling to God in faith but create space for doubts.

ART + REFLECTION BY SOFIA RECTOR: For me, the dandelion is an emblem; an icon of flourishing in the cracks, the in-betweens, the messy middle found at the vertices of polarized opinion. It roots deeply, reaches for the light, blooms brightly, and gives generatively.

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.