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Undoing Wrath

Advent thoughts from James Alison.

The Unraveling

An Advent visual benediction for unraveling and salvation.

The Fresh Radiance of Christ

Alexander John Shaia on Advent.

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TWOTP represents a new era of wonder-filled Christianity, that is of the people and not from the usual company men.
Richard Rohr, Franciscan & internationally known speaker.

Compelling and artistic explorations of some of the deepest questions about God, faith, and common human destiny.
Miroslav Volf, Founder, Yale Center for Faith and Culture.

TWOTP wades into the hard issues, shows why they are important, and provides ways to think faithfully about them.
Walter Brueggemann, Author, poet & Old Testament dude.

Congratulations Travis and The Work Of The People! You are doing wonderful work!
Jean Vanier, Prophet and L'Arche Community founder.

They get it that we're all in this together, drawing on the same aquifer of the Spirit.
Parker J. Palmer, Writer, speaker, and activist.

Work of the People to be the most important, sacred project on the web today.
Glennon Doyle Melton, founder of Momastery and author of NYT Bestseller- Carry On, Warrior

I cannot imagine this time without your work.
Ann Voskamp, Writer

I think your work is critically important, soulful and beautiful.
Brené Brown

The Work of the People models the authentic faith that spiritual pilgrims are seeking.
Pete Enns, Author and Theologian

So many of us are grateful for Travis' creativity, his faith and his joy.
Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury

Angels and a Holy Night

A nativity reflection.

A Womb for a Wounded World

Poet and priest Malcolm Guite recites two Advent poems.

The God That is Coming

Kelly Brown Douglas on Advent.

Acknowledge the Dark

Fleming Rutledge on Advent.

We are Bethlehem

A visual benediction by Alana Levandoski.

Violence and Travail

Walter Brueggemann Advent prayer.

Soong-Chan Rah

Professor and author.

Sara Miles

Author and Jesus Freak.

Kallistos Ware

One of the best-known Eastern Orthodox theologians.

Going To the Depth of the Manger

Richard Rohr reflects on the scandal of the incarnation.

The Welcoming of a Bigger Mind

Richard Rohr invites us into new wisdom this Advent.

A Prayer for Guidance and Deliverance

A Psalm 25 visual prayer.

Hope Beyond All Hope

A Christmas Hymn

Recapturing Advent

God has made us a people of promise in a world of impatience. Author and theologian Stanley Hauerwas talks about Advent.

A Cup of Longing

Becca Stevens on Advent.

Rowan Williams

Archbishop, writer, scholar and teacher.

Visual Liturgy

A visual expression of the church calendar - Visual prayers, visual poems and benedictions, interpretive and contemplative pieces as well as looped visual imagery for worship.

Maggy Barankitse

Opus Prize-winning humanitarian.

Coming To Find Us

The Shack author, Wm Paul Young, and his thoughts on the crisis of Advent.

Holy Thief

Nadia Bolz-Weber on Advent.

Make Room

An Advent invitation to make room.

Pray and Watch

Jürgen Moltmann on Advent.

At Last

A visual prayer of doubt, faith and hope.

Healing Justice

The struggle to be whole.

Migratory God

An immigration benediction.

Mayra Macedo-Nolan

Latina-Jesus-follower, wife, mom, neighbor, and leader.

Birth Giver

An advent benediction.

A Resurrected Christmas

Rudy Rasmus on Advent and the coming King.

Hope Has Answered

An Advent Poem.

Upsetting the Pyramid

Diana Butler Bass on seeing the Advent stoa a new.

Lanecia Rouse Tinsley

Artist, theologian, and healer.

Fully Human

Marlon Hall on being fully human.

Be Still And Look

Carry On, Warrior author Glennon Doyle Melton on Advent.

Lisa Sharon Harper

Speaker, author and Director of Mobilizing at Sojourners.

Brene Brown

Speaker, author and professor.

Bearing the Divine Through the Ordinary

Richard Rohr reflects on Mary, Jesus' Mother.

The Risk Of Incarnation

Parker Palmer on Advent and the Word made flesh.

Story Is Love

Brené Brown on the courage to own and tell your whole story.

Father Greg Boyle

Founder, Homeboy Industries.

Stay Awake

You do not know when the time will come. Do not be caught sleeping. Stay Awake.

reDefinition

Artist Marlon Hall on the redefining power of Christmas.

I Am The Path

A Advent benediction.

Learning How To Hope

Brian Zahnd on Advent.

Welcome The Stranger

"He is known to them in the breaking of the bread." Parker Palmer on welcoming the stranger.

Are You Living?

Thoughts on living from Anthea Butler.

Look at Jesus

NT Wright on what he'd say to his children on his death bed.

Marlon Hall

Author, pastor, artist and Kingdom entrepreneur.

Opening Ourselves To Advent

An Advent confession.

Christmas Kingdoms

The last will be first. The consumer is consumed. The power of love takes over the love of power. Life springs forth from death.

Glennon Doyle Melton

Mom, wife, sister, author, addict and truth-teller.

Shauna Niequist

Author & hospitality junkie.

I Am Present

An Advent benediction.

Matter Matters

Barbara Brown Taylor on why our flesh matters.

Rene Padilla

Preeminent Latin American theologian.

God's Grace Comes to us

In the deepest dark, God's greatest grace comes to our lives.

Parker Palmer

Writer, speaker, and activist.

Moving Onwards Towards

Ilia Delio thoughts on Advent.

Rudy Rasmus

Pastor, author, and global humanitarian.

The Big Box

Kathy Khang on what we can find in our differences.

Walter Brueggemann

Old Testament theologian and poet.

Out of Tune

Kathy Khang on what the white church needs to be liberated from.

Barbara Brown Taylor

Beloved author and professor.

Esther's Voice

Kathy Khang talks about how Esther, the biblical character, helped Kathy grow into her own voice.

NT Wright

Author. Theologian. Smart.

Cocreation Credentials

Kathy Khang on the "un-credentialed."

Richard Rohr

Franciscan and internationally known speaker.

Let Them Dance

Kathy Khang on why the Church doesn't seem to be the most fertile space for nurturing voices.

Claudio Oliver

Friend and Prophet.

Building Empires

Kathy Khang on what the dominant, white, Western, Christians learn from marginalized voices.

Shane Claiborne

Author, activist and new monastic, peace dude.

Communal Suffering

Kathy Khang on that concept of Han and communal suffering and lament.

Ilia Delio

Franciscan and theologian, with interests in evolution, physics and neuroscience.

Through A Woman

Kathy Khang on the role of women in the church.

Alexander J. Shaia

Author, guide, speaker, psychologist, anthropologist, and mystic.

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