Rooted: Stories of Dwelling and Belonging

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?

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?

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?

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.

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?

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?

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?

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?

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?