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When God Imagined Me

You are not a spare rib.

When God Imagined Me

Migratory God

An immigration benediction.

Migratory God

We Bow Before the One

Saint Paul's Prayer.

We Bow Before the One

Violence and Travail

Walter Brueggemann Advent prayer.

Violence and Travail

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Enlarge Life

Jean Vanier on growth based on the capacity of your heart to be broken.

Enlarge Life
Resurrection Now

Christ Be With Me

Music by The Brilliance

Christ Be With Me

A Huge Shift of Epoch

Mercy, not sacrifice.

A Huge Shift of Epoch

In You Alone

In your living, dying, and rising, I AM.

In You Alone
Hospitality & the Stranger
Lanecia Rouse Tinsley

Lanecia Rouse Tinsley

Artist, theologian, and healer.
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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

All Shall Be Well

A few revelations from Julian of Norwich.

All Shall Be Well

Deny Yourself

Does our addiction to militarism, consumerism and entertainment reflect Jesus' call?

Deny Yourself

Dismantling Patriarchy

Salvation is never understood apart from justice.

Dismantling Patriarchy
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Are You Living?

Thoughts on living from Anthea Butler.

Are You Living?
Covenantal Restoration

Hoarding Love

Emilie Townes on the cultural production of evil.

Hoarding Love
Soong-Chan Rah

Soong-Chan Rah

Professor and author.
Sara Miles

Sara Miles

Author and Jesus Freak.
Kallistos Ware

Kallistos Ware

One of the best-known Eastern Orthodox theologians.

A Joyful Noise

A prayer for shared liberty.

A Joyful Noise

Life in the Spirit

Acts 2

Life in the Spirit

At One Ment

Dave's thoughts on the atonement.

At One Ment

But Not Held

A prayer by Walter Brueggemann.

But Not Held

Preserve and Serve

Ellen Davis on food and salvation.

Preserve and Serve
Rowan Williams

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.

Visual Liturgy
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Maggy Barankitse

Maggy Barankitse

Opus Prize-winning humanitarian.

Table Memory

Table fellowship leads to resistance.

Table Memory

Preferential Option for Freedom

How do you measure freedom?

Preferential Option for Freedom

Back From The Dead

Life is hard because love is hard.

Back From The Dead

As If

Jesus' invitation to imagine.

As If

in this Newborn Light

A prayer from John Philip Newell.

in this Newborn Light
Mayra Macedo-Nolan

Mayra Macedo-Nolan

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

A Constant Outgoing Love

Kallistos Ware's thoughts on Christ's love.

A Constant Outgoing Love

System Conditioned

Theologian and missiologist René Padilla discusses Christian loyalty and the Confessing Church during Nazi Germany.

System Conditioned

Your One Wild and Precious Life

A benediction that opens us to the power of gratitude and how it can shape our one wild and precious life.

Your One Wild and Precious Life
Guided by Grace, Light & Love

When God Imagined Me

You are not a spare rib.

When God Imagined Me
Lisa Sharon Harper

Lisa Sharon Harper

Speaker, author and Director of Mobilizing at Sojourners.
Brene Brown

Brene Brown

Speaker, author and professor.
The Ridiculous Journey

Story Is Love

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

Story Is Love
Father Greg Boyle

Father Greg Boyle

Founder, Homeboy Industries.
Doubt: A Sign of Faith & Life

Look at Jesus

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

Look at Jesus
Marlon Hall

Marlon Hall

Author, pastor, artist and Kingdom entrepreneur.
A New Place To Be
Glennon Doyle Melton

Glennon Doyle Melton

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

Shauna Niequist

Author & hospitality junkie.

Rene Padilla

Rene Padilla

Preeminent Latin American theologian.

Upsetting the Pyramid

Diana Butler Bass on seeing the Advent stoa a new.

Upsetting the Pyramid
Parker Palmer

Parker Palmer

Writer, speaker, and activist.
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Interrupted By Hope Volume Two

Christ Be With Me Loop

Scenes of a man reflecting and dancing.

Christ Be With Me Loop
Rudy Rasmus

Rudy Rasmus

Pastor, author, and global humanitarian.

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Opening: A Season of Beginning

Where Can I Go?

Psalm 139:7-12

Where Can I Go?
Walter Brueggemann

Walter Brueggemann

Old Testament theologian and poet. 

Marching from Pain to Possibility

Psalm 130

Waiting for redemption.

Psalm 130
Barbara Brown Taylor

Barbara Brown Taylor

Beloved author and professor.

Living Fully Expressed in Love

The Risk of Indifferrnece

James Alison on small spaces of possibility and the risk of indifference.

The Risk of Indifferrnece
NT Wright

NT Wright

Author. Theologian. Smart.
Creating Our Way Through

The Gift of Faith

Relax. You are being held. You are on solid ground.

The Gift of Faith
Richard Rohr

Richard Rohr

Franciscan and internationally known speaker.
Allegiance to Empire

God Doesn't Need Worship

James Alison on worship and fake forms of togetherness.

God Doesn't Need Worship
Claudio Oliver

Claudio Oliver

Friend and Prophet.
Eucharistical: Growing by Reciving

Not Run on Power

A few thoughts on Jesus.

Not Run on Power
Shane Claiborne

Shane Claiborne

Author, activist and new monastic, peace dude.
Becoming: A Season for Rebirthing

A Table of Gifts

Keep inviting people to the table.

A Table of Gifts
Kathy Khang

Kathy Khang

Writer, speaker, and yoga teacher.
In This Together

Forgive Us Our Debts

Jesus' prayer instructions to dismantle.

Forgive Us Our Debts
Ron Rolheiser

Ron Rolheiser

Catholic priest and theologian.
The Divine Dance
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