--- title: "Rooted: Stories of Dwelling and Belonging" date: 2025-11-04T07:00:00-06:00 author: Jennifer Vermeer canonical_url: "https://www.dordt.edu/in-all-things/rooted-stories-of-dwelling-and-belonging" section: In All Things --- [ View All Articles](https://www.dordt.edu/in-all-things) [Series](https://www.dordt.edu/in-all-things?category=series) Nov 4, 2025 # Rooted: Stories of Dwelling and Belonging What does it mean to belong somewhere? This series invites reflection on place as something we build, remember, mourn, and seek. Places of hope and hurt, real or imagined. ![](https://d3evso2dxyohou.cloudfront.net/generalUploads/iat-rooted-series.png?mode=crop&pos=center-center&w=66&h=57&f=webp&c=0f2b67d9&v=a4a6609d335a91e23c84c5792b5afef45b515c927da822a8c93b0631904088fd) ![]() ![](https://d3evso2dxyohou.cloudfront.net/generalUploads/iat-rooted-series.jpg?mode=crop&pos=center-center&w=40&h=25&c=21bf79e6&v=051dfe812f758d20c611177030d5956aeecfa457a3b7484763194ddd5865e783) ## Rooted: Stories of Dwelling and Belonging How does place shape the way we perceive, interpret, and inhabit the world around us? [### Where Rivers Meet: Cultivating Connection to Place How does a deeper knowledge of place better equip and enable us to fulfill our call to stewardship? Learn More ](https://www.dordt.edu/in-all-things/where-rivers-meet-cultivating-connection-to-place) [### Cultivating a Legacy Amid shifting cultural concerns, the enduring call of agriculture remains: to care well for the land, creatures, and for one another. How does the ongoing work of tending cultivate a lasting sense of purpose and belonging across generations? Learn More ](https://www.dordt.edu/in-all-things/cultivating-a-legacy) [### Counting Blessings and Tomatoes: Life in an Ecological Community In a restless world, a commitment to stay, tend, and grow is a tangible expression of care and belonging. How does planting ourselves deeply in community embody the slow, faithful work of loving God and His creation well? Learn More ](https://www.dordt.edu/in-all-things/counting-blessings-and-tomatoes-life-in-an-ecological-community) [### People and Places: The Evidence of Holiness In moments of shared beauty—through music, place, and connection—we glimpse the holiness that permeates all creation. Recognizing that same sacred presence in our everyday lives invites us to live in awe and gratitude. Learn More ](https://www.dordt.edu/in-all-things/people-and-places-the-evidence-of-holiness) [### More Than a House True belonging is found not within walls or under roofs, but in the care, presence, and love shared among people. What happens when we lose sight of the place of family in our sense of home and belonging? Learn More ](https://www.dordt.edu/in-all-things/more-than-a-house) [### No Place to Call Home but One How can we recognize our inherent homelessness and restlessness as part of the way we were created to yearn for the fullness of God? Learn More ](https://www.dordt.edu/in-all-things/no-place-to-call-home-but-one) [### A Place for Dreams: Beloit Children's Hospital The Beloit Children’s Home may be gone, but how has its legacy continued to live on? Learn More ](https://www.dordt.edu/in-all-things/a-place-for-dreams-beloit-childrens-hospital) [### Becoming the Stranger Putting ourselves in the place of the stranger cultivates genuine empathy. How does embracing the unfamiliar deepen our understanding of Christ’s call to love beyond comfort? Learn More ](https://www.dordt.edu/in-all-things/becoming-the-stranger) [### Welcoming the Stranger Learn More ](https://www.dordt.edu/in-all-things/welcoming-the-stranger) [### The Place of Imagination in Being Placed Renewing our imagination invites us to see ordinary landscapes as sources of relationship and possibility. How might our sense of belonging shift if we approached place with more curiosity? 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