WITHIN THIS

Stories from the middle of faith & life.

Essays, stories and perspectives exploring what faith looks like within the life we’re actually living.

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ISSUE 01 / SEPTEMBER 2026

Woman running past a weathered building wall

MIND

SOMETIMES FINISHING BECOMES THE WIN.

A run that was supposed to be about getting faster became something entirely different.

JORDAN LEE

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Young woman looking out a window thoughtfully

FAITH

THE QUIET WORK OF BECOMING SOMEONE YOU CAN LIVE WITH.

What changes when grace stops being an idea and starts becoming the way you tell the truth about your own life?

MARA ORTIZ

Woman holding pen over a notebook beside coffee

MIND

THE SACREDNESS OF AN UNREMARKABLE MORNING.

ELENA PARK

RELATIONSHIPS

WHAT LOVE ASKS WHEN CERTAINTY LEAVES.

MICAH WELLS

FIELD NOTE

“What if the ordinary life you’re living is not keeping you from God, but holding the place where you meet him?”

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BODY

THE BODY REMEMBERS WHAT THE MIND TRIES TO OUTPACE.

ANIKA REED

PURPOSE

WHEN THE NEXT RIGHT THING ISN’T THE MOST IMPRESSIVE THING.

JONAH KIM

Black and white editorial portrait of a woman

LIFE

THE THINGS WE CARRY STILL.

A woman learns to stop mistaking the weight she carries for evidence that she is failing—and starts to notice the God who has been carrying her all along.

MARIA ORTIZ

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