Devotional Library
Embodying the Divine
Your body is the home for all of your spiritual experiences. Reconnect with the sacredness of your physical self through this exploration of Christian theology along with questions for self-reflection and suggested practices of embodiment for each day.
Non-Monogamy: Love in Many Forms
What does non-monogamy mean and is it Biblical? Whether it's romantic, platonic, familial, or something altogether unique, love comes in many forms. This 5-day devotional is a journey towards an open heart amidst all the monotony (and the monogamy).
Learning Subversive Sexuality from Biblical Sex Workers
Why does the Bible have so many references to sex workers? This 6-day devotional examines those relationships and the women that are named in the text. How do their stories help us understand and own our sexualities?
When Words Hurt
When people callously hurt us, how can we love them as Jesus did, in the moment the offense occurs? As Jesus demonstrates, this love begins in our hearts and flows outwards. In this 7-day devotional let’s reset and refocus our hearts to love.
Black Men on Screen
This 5-day devotional celebrates Black History Month with an exploration of the richness & complexity of the Black male identity as seen on movies and TV. It is a call to celebrate the brilliance, beauty, and resilience of Black men as shown on screen.
Afro Theology: A Love for Christ and All of Creation
How can we embody a faith that confronts the challenge of Climate Change and environmental racism? This 3-day devotional invites you to meet the challenge of environmental destruction while learning from African indigenous reflections on land.
Angels and Demons, Heaven and Hell.
Where do we encounter demons and what are angels? This 6-day devotional aims to strip toxic theology of its fear-mongering power around angels, demons, Heaven, and Hell. Let’s discuss the truth behind “spiritual forces” that can be applied to all people.
Embracing A Love That Liberates
This is a six-day devotional that explores and deconstructs Fundamentalist Christian understandings of love, while providing a definition of love that advocates for the liberation of all people.
This is Still All About Joy
Through Advent we are waiting, we are longing, and trying to hold onto the hope that joy is a reality that can live within us. This Christmas dare to see the presence of joy, name some of the barriers to joy, and be invited further into joy.
Hope as Resistance
How do we find hope when the world is dreary? How do we find hope when our life circumstances are the same? This 5-day devotional reminds us that our greatest power is in prayer and the biblical promises God has made for us to find hope and a future.
Reflections on Land
This 5-day devotional invites us into Indigenous relationship with the land beneath our feet, and to see it through the eyes of people in diaspora, at home, and in the borderlands. Let us recognize those who were displaced so that we could call this land home.
Folklore: A Taylor Swift Inspired Hope
If you haven't started to deconstruct your faith but feel that there is something off about the religion you practice, this may be the best place to start. Using the lyrics of Taylor Swift this daily devotional will walk you through faith, hope, and growth.
EcoTheology: The Body of God
What if we were not only allowed but encouraged, to love the Earth? This 5-day devotional reimagines the work of Sally McFague, uniting love of self and love of God with how we treat and embrace the Earth.
Charismatically Queer: Queer and Spirit-Led
Why can’t a queer person be led deeply by the Holy Spirit? They can! There is an incredible peace that comes inwardly when we realize that we were created as both sexual and spiritual beings. This 7-day devotional invites us to be queer and Spirit-led.
Jesus’ Seven Last Words
What if a few of the last phrases Jesus said on earth could offer you direction and peace? Whether it's endurance you need, forgiveness, self-love, or a way to manage loneliness, Jesus's last words had a rewarding message for you here today.
Blessed are the WHAT?!
Nonviolence is not only a call to reject physical violence but, more importantly, it is a call to embrace creativity. It is a call to envision ways that we can be imitators of our nonviolent Messiah who chose radical love, grace, and forgiveness.
Never Again Means Now
As we witness the war raging in the Middle East our emotions flair. Each day brings a new news report that is heartbreaking at once but also rife with propaganda, facts, and little hope. How do we process our complicity? How do we react?
Addiction and the Believer
As a former alcoholic, I know the despair folks feel when they are trapped in an addiction. This 3-day devotional reminds us what kind of life the Bible prescribes to believers who do enjoy alcohol.
Relearning “Sin”
What does it mean to sin and who is a sinner? This 5-day devotional will look at the way 5 different authors use the word ἁμαρτία (“sin”) to convey subversion, identity, liberation, justice, and equality.
Breathe Life
This 3-day devotional is a calming reflection on the beauty of connecting with God and creation through our breath. Written by Abbey Barnosky for Our Bible App.
Can Aliens & Christianity Coexist?
So now we have UFO's? Are aliens even Biblical? Through the lens of Genesis let's examine and confront our relationship with God—a Creator who hasn't stoped creating.
The Shame Gospel
Christian communities may have implicitly taught us that our faith is at odds with normative human development. We’ve been bombarded by a theology that’s conditioned us to believe our natural selves will never be enough; making shame, guilt, and mistrust fester. But what would it look like to build a theology based on theories about healthy human development, drawing from the work of famous psychoanalyist Erik Erikson?
What if Jesus Was Neurodivergent
In our neurotypical, ableist world, the baseline assumption might be that Jesus didn’t have a single diagnosis. But what if Jesus was neurodivergent? What if scripture makes a compelling case that Jesus hyperfocused on special interests, didn’t always understand social norms, and had noticeable sensory differences? Let’s explore traits of Jesus that can sometimes show up in neurodivergent folks: ADHD’ers, Autistics, those with sensory processing differences, and more.
Heaven’s Like A Video Game
Many of us have been taught that Heaven will be boring—a sea of robotic human clones. But what if Heaven’s more fun than our wildest dreams? What if it was more like Minecraft, The Sims, or Pokemon? Gamers and gaymers: This one’s for you.
Ditching Diet Culture
This 3-day devotional draws inspiration from Colossians on how to leave behind diet culture and further promote body positivity.
Making Room for Rest Amongst Work
This 3-day devotional urges us to redefine work in order for us to lean into God’s gift of rest.
Grill Daddy: A Juneteenth Devotional
Juneteenth contains a multitude of meanings because it is both a celebration and a damnation of America's torrid history with race. Let's take 3 days to journal, lament, and celebrate this holiday.
God Has Healthy Boundaries
God has theologically been framed as emotionally entrapping or uncaring and normalizing of toxic relationship patterns. These faith concepts cause us to model unhealthy boundaries. What would it look like for God to have healthy boundaries – and wants us to practice the same?
Finding Our Jethros
This 3-day devotional invites us to assess our needs and whom we can let into our lives to help us meet them. Use this guide to help navigate Maslow’s hierarchy of needs as illustrated through Moses receiving advice from his father-in-law, Jethro.
The Man Behind the King
This 3-day devotional explores the life of Rev. Dr. Howard Thurman and how his work influenced Martin Luther King Jr. and the philosophy of the civil rights movement. It also explores Thurman's mysticism and how union with God impacts social action.