POEM BY RACHEL JOY WELCHER: An imaginative reading of Psalm 137 - By the rivers of Babylon we sit and weep.

ART + REFLECTION BY SOFIA RECTOR: "Tell all the truth but tell it slant..."

THOUGHTS FROM THE BIBLEPROJECT: Jesus has brought together a diverse and complicated group of people around his Kingdom of God announcement.

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...

ART + REFLECTION BY SOFIA RECTOR: I’ve come to picture both the persistence of reaching out for community and the beauty and wonder that can result as these webs of connection catch hold and grow.

ARTICLE BY KARA ANGUS: God grants authority to humans through a blessing and a commission. There is a theme of mutuality, work and specific purpose granted to both. Being made in the image of God, imago Dei, is a call to action with value and purpose built into our very DNA.

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.