https://40orchards.org/read daily 0.75 2025-12-18 https://40orchards.org/read/a-christmas-gift-reclaiming-the-nativity monthly 0.5 2025-12-18 https://40orchards.org/read/colettes-story-a-breath-of-fresh-air monthly 0.5 2025-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ab937d2399a34b8b56f6fa/637f779f-c165-491f-b921-833a1dc0ec84/Colette%2Bfall%2B2019%2Bpic.webp read - Colette’s Story: A Breath of Fresh Air - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://40orchards.org/read/claires-story-rebuilding-faith-on-my-own-terms monthly 0.5 2025-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ab937d2399a34b8b56f6fa/c670b9f2-62a9-4993-942f-b501d0216570/claire_wyatt_headshot.jpg read - Claire’s Story: Rebuilding Faith on My Own Terms - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://40orchards.org/read/sanas-story-reclaiming-my-faith-with-40-orchards monthly 0.5 2025-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ab937d2399a34b8b56f6fa/1d8ab582-d898-4def-b5bb-ce85ad1bd603/IMG_5824.jpeg read - Sana’s Story: Reclaiming My Faith with 40 Orchards - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://40orchards.org/read/meagans-story-finding-footing-again-after-loss monthly 0.5 2025-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ab937d2399a34b8b56f6fa/b58183be-7ee8-447d-92b5-de810c687960/99a49508-5817-484c-8e3b-02e3b84eb9b4.jpg read - Meagan’s Story: Finding Footing Again After Loss - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://40orchards.org/read/keep-this-work-alive-into-2026 monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ab937d2399a34b8b56f6fa/80bd72cc-33a4-40c4-9e70-ce621fddd559/PXL_20251106_231357505.jpg read - 40 Orchards’ Story: Keep This Work Alive Into 2026 - Make it stand out Steph & Lisa at the Minnesota Multifaith Conference in Oct 2025. https://40orchards.org/read/from-anxiety-to-action-reclaiming-jeremiah-2911 monthly 0.5 2025-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ab937d2399a34b8b56f6fa/1763998734091-ZL6U8UYM1UUYKFKYIPNA/unsplash-image-J4coHtrn24A.jpg read - From Anxiety to Action: Reclaiming Jeremiah 29:11 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://40orchards.org/read/when-a-comfort-verse-stops-comforting monthly 0.5 2025-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ab937d2399a34b8b56f6fa/028a71d2-a04f-4217-ae6c-d26c67eb9cd5/unsplash-image-fQ2XuWjSzfE.jpg read - When a Comfort Verse Stops Comforting - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://40orchards.org/read/when-the-bible-has-been-weaponized-against-you monthly 0.5 2025-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ab937d2399a34b8b56f6fa/1762556027345-WIYA00XC67CGKYF5WK1K/unsplash-image-vyLCmzpxR8c.jpg read - When the Bible Has Been Weaponized Against You - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://40orchards.org/read/compost-for-the-garden-garden-shed-edition monthly 0.5 2025-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ab937d2399a34b8b56f6fa/1743612818342-YMHR7WOMT6BB1SSS1M4V/unsplash-image-m2_eBXP66g8.jpg read - Compost For the Garden: Garden Shed Edition - Make it stand out from @frommarwool on Unsplash https://40orchards.org/read/for-those-who-are-weary monthly 0.5 2025-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ab937d2399a34b8b56f6fa/89a8a413-a774-48c8-8c2b-07865df6d24f/unsplash-image-Pt9JWmvHbGw.jpg read - for those who are weary - Make it stand out Photo by Paul Jai on Unsplash https://40orchards.org/read/a-special-reflection-from-holly monthly 0.5 2025-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ab937d2399a34b8b56f6fa/1734109224034-JF6S58KJ89JURH1N6OR5/PXL_20241103_181953885.MP.jpg read - A Special Reflection from Holly - Make it stand out a picture of Cohort Zayin. Holly is in the front row, fifth from the left. https://40orchards.org/read/this-is-not-the-time-for-unity monthly 0.5 2025-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ab937d2399a34b8b56f6fa/08ac7d37-771e-45b3-8a7d-11e293e0bc61/james-lee-XzrUCGx5diI-unsplash.jpg read - This is not the time for unity - Make it stand out Photo by James Lee on Unsplash https://40orchards.org/read/is-hope-a-bird-or-a-rat monthly 0.5 2025-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ab937d2399a34b8b56f6fa/1feba69a-496b-447d-9e2f-7eafef6a24d4/unsplash-image-zFOVEGC0UCE.jpg read - Is hope a bird or a rat? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://40orchards.org/read/if-you-were-stuck-on-a-desert-island monthly 0.5 2025-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ab937d2399a34b8b56f6fa/cf87626b-2924-4d6a-b092-b57687373f78/unsplash-image-vNul2VjA8aU.jpg read - If you were stuck on a desert island... - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://40orchards.org/read/plant-gardens-and-eat-their-fruit monthly 0.5 2025-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ab937d2399a34b8b56f6fa/1724877873975-GWL6FQ93C3KIJ7SWFYHR/unsplash-image-BduDcrySLKM.jpg read - plant gardens and eat their fruit - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://40orchards.org/read/what-do-we-do-with-difficult-questions monthly 0.5 2025-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ab937d2399a34b8b56f6fa/1715629885605-SI2PXEISPIWBXQV0M6G5/image-asset.jpeg read - What do we do with difficult questions? - Make it stand out Photo by Ana Municio on Unsplash https://40orchards.org/read/why-choose-the-wrestle monthly 0.5 2025-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ab937d2399a34b8b56f6fa/7a16937d-bb77-405c-9e6f-5125dbb9f529/image-asset.jpg read - Why choose the wrestle? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://40orchards.org/read/why-the-cohort monthly 0.5 2025-07-03 https://40orchards.org/read/what-does-it-mean-to-center-on-the-bible monthly 0.5 2025-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ab937d2399a34b8b56f6fa/1696266141721-LMOZE4QK2JA163NDHBSR/image-asset.jpeg read - What does it mean to center on the Bible? - Make it stand out Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash. https://40orchards.org/read/it-feels-more-like-dying-than-deconstructing monthly 0.5 2025-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ab937d2399a34b8b56f6fa/1596577337613-SW3RJZY3PRSB6MH4DF5R/1.png read - It feels more like dying than deconstructing - Are you ready to wrestle with some old scripts and enter into the cycle of life-death-rebirth in how you hold the Bible? Are you ready to wrestle with some old scripts and enter into the cycle of life-death-rebirth in how you hold the Bible? There is a Sons of the Torah Roots group starting up- next week. It is a virtual 10-session program that will meet on the 2nd Tuesday of each month from 7:00-9:00 pm CST, starting April 11 2023 and ending January 9, 2024. This program will be looking at the characters identified as male in the Scripture, but in a way that honors the story of people of all genders, and even works to combat toxic masculinity. Each study will look at someone commonly thought of as a patriarch of faith, but look at them in light of their interaction with an “other” or “others.” Find more information and register here. https://40orchards.org/read/looking-for-some-sparkle monthly 0.5 2025-07-03 https://40orchards.org/read/ancestors-of-advent monthly 0.5 2025-07-03 https://40orchards.org/read/psalms-is-the-language-for-deconstruction monthly 0.5 2025-07-03 https://40orchards.org/read/lookingbackandlookingahead monthly 0.5 2025-07-03 https://40orchards.org/read/there-is-a-snake monthly 0.5 2025-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ab937d2399a34b8b56f6fa/1654726915419-9U4ILUGHVABJ6XXSIKA2/unsplash-image-HaGwCk2AD84.jpg read - There is a Snake in the Garden - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://40orchards.org/read/the-work-of-the-garden monthly 0.5 2025-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ab937d2399a34b8b56f6fa/f11f8c7f-3e56-4c88-9152-17ae74109a80/the-garden-of-eden.jpg%21Large.jpg read - The Work of the Garden - Make it stand out The Garden of Eden, Thomas Cole, 1828 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ab937d2399a34b8b56f6fa/1654030277587-D1XUJ2VZXXRD8INS93PP/unsplash-image-xAVwzEWcf28.jpg read - The Work of the Garden - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://40orchards.org/read/remembering monthly 0.5 2025-07-03 https://40orchards.org/read/the-importance-of-and monthly 0.5 2025-07-03 https://40orchards.org/read/thevulnerabilityoflent monthly 0.5 2025-07-03 https://40orchards.org/read/whereislifenarrow monthly 0.5 2025-07-03 https://40orchards.org/read/my-cohort-story-brooke monthly 0.5 2025-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ab937d2399a34b8b56f6fa/88090f28-756b-47b0-a06c-91bc17f17648/brookeslettertoself read - My Cohort Story: Brooke - Make it stand out The letter Brooke wrote to herself at the beginning of her Cohort journey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ab937d2399a34b8b56f6fa/1637612381385-9RO9Q26H707HR34Z5NG6/unsplash-image-k2BDz7QXuJM.jpg read - My Cohort Story: Brooke - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://40orchards.org/read/perspectives-meet-pang-moua monthly 0.5 2025-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ab937d2399a34b8b56f6fa/44ed4b3a-4e23-45c0-9392-93bb61ada04f/Pang.jpeg read - Perspectives: Meet Pang Moua - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://40orchards.org/read/my-cohort-story-sarah monthly 0.5 2025-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ab937d2399a34b8b56f6fa/cb6c77c0-c6c0-4d03-9b27-05f73919a142/HEY.jpeg read - My Cohort Story: Sarah - Make it stand out October 30, 2021 - Cohort Hey Closing Retreat at St Jane House in North Minneapolis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ab937d2399a34b8b56f6fa/39c51984-44bd-4442-a2fb-31303d62231c/IMG_2363.jpeg read - My Cohort Story: Sarah - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ab937d2399a34b8b56f6fa/e2b3030c-ff60-46ac-b288-c971a0d6194a/IMG_2337.jpeg read - My Cohort Story: Sarah - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ab937d2399a34b8b56f6fa/64bedd8f-56d0-4d80-958c-62e82e4a03f1/SMA_6101.jpg read - My Cohort Story: Sarah - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ab937d2399a34b8b56f6fa/019b005d-73c9-4421-9290-e6c9ffe6fe97/SMA_6078.jpg read - My Cohort Story: Sarah - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ab937d2399a34b8b56f6fa/bc56cd1e-b69e-45d6-96dd-004d93b35c8b/SMA_6072.jpg read - My Cohort Story: Sarah - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ab937d2399a34b8b56f6fa/490c373d-1532-4453-804e-11fe1217e64e/SMA_6111.jpg read - My Cohort Story: Sarah - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://40orchards.org/read/what-stories-do-we-tell monthly 0.5 2025-07-03 https://40orchards.org/read/year-in-review monthly 0.5 2025-07-03 https://40orchards.org/read/kicking-at-the-tires-of-heresy monthly 0.5 2025-07-03 https://40orchards.org/read/why-study-torah monthly 0.5 2025-07-03 https://40orchards.org/read/perspectives-meet-kiah-glenn monthly 0.5 2025-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ab937d2399a34b8b56f6fa/1614625000277-3PYQP04GWFKL19MOD53D/Kiah.jpg read - Perspectives: Meet Kiah Glenn https://40orchards.org/read/when-the-wilderness-drags-on monthly 0.5 2025-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ab937d2399a34b8b56f6fa/1613064444040-P3PACTYW27JJB87NWXY0/image-asset.jpeg read - When the wilderness drags on - Join us in the wilderness of Lent. During Lent this year, we will be offering a series of Scripture Circles called “Why the Wilderness.” Join us as we wrestle together through some Old Testament wilderness encounters and see how they might shed light on the bigger narrative Jesus was entering into with his life and work, and on our own lives today. https://40orchards.org/read/perspectives-meet-kelly-sherman-conroy monthly 0.5 2025-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ab937d2399a34b8b56f6fa/1607039122868-YGLR4DHAZ222UP6YMUCK/KSC%2BBio%2BPhoto.jpeg read - Perspectives: Meet Kelly Sherman Conroy https://40orchards.org/read/am-i-enough monthly 0.5 2025-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ab937d2399a34b8b56f6fa/1605826954272-1LC99NJR85X9O7UGG3AO/image1.jpg read - Am I enough? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ab937d2399a34b8b56f6fa/1605826615946-U7UTQTG70VEOQVKVDXS5/image2.jpg read - Am I enough? https://40orchards.org/read/what-if-rest-doesnt-mean-what-you-think monthly 0.5 2025-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ab937d2399a34b8b56f6fa/1605223990783-IT6Z2CYVUYP4JQGT5GW0/Tammy+Headshot.jpeg read - What if "rest" doesn't mean what you think? 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At the same time, we don’t make anyone in our circles believe any certain thing about that text. We see the Bible as a multi-faceted gem containing stories of the Divine and humanity. The Bible continues to reveal new beauty as we look at it from different angles. Learning from each other. Many people believe that there should be a leader and an answer key when they study the Bible in a small group. At 40 Orchards, we are all learners together. There are no answer keys and no hierarchies. We seek questions, knowing that questions are better than answers. The way we see it, since every human is made in God’s image, every human has something to teach us about who God is. There is communal wisdom in every circle. Expecting goodness. We believe goodness is at the center of who God is and how humans are made. Every human is inherently valuable and worthy of love. As we affirm what is already in us, we also celebrate the potential of the goodness we can bring through how we live. We hold on to hope, together. Wrestling together. We believe there is value in uncomfortable conversations and vulnerable questions. In our circles, we wrestle with the difficult parts of our own stories, as well as those in the history of Christianity. We struggle through the -isms (racism, anti-semitism, sexism, and more) that have been embedded in what we’ve been taught, and continue to look for new perspectives. While we believe God is good, we also talk about the times that might not feel true. Tension is a necessary part of moving forward in freedom and wholeness. Searching for more. Deconstruction and faith shifts can easily lead to cynicism and despair, feeling like we no longer belong to traditions that have been meaningful in our lives. We search the Bible and our lives through the lens of sacred possibility. We assume there is more to be discovered, questioned, and applied as we listen for how God is still speaking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ab937d2399a34b8b56f6fa/cd7d4d12-a634-4455-a92b-93b900860840/PXL_20221113_170948282%7E2.jpg about - Make it stand out Left to right: Stephanie Spencer and Lisa Adams. Taken after they both preached at a local congregation in 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ab937d2399a34b8b56f6fa/5c39c71e-e1a9-41de-8b82-5bca30e6f810/image.jpg about - Make it stand out Left to right: Todd Bratulich, Lisa Adams, Stephanie Spencer, and Jason Steffenhagen. 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