Join in a new take on the altar call. With churches off-limits, consider creating a small piece of church in your own home by creating a small altar. Share a picture and the story behind your altar with our community using the #787homealtar hashtag. Here’s our first taker: “I set up this small altar in…
Dear Ones, Another week draws slowly to a close! Sometimes it feels like time has taken on another sensibility. Many moments and days seem interminably slow (will we ever be through this?) and then others seem to pass like a flash in a cycle of news, online meetings, multitasking, figuring out, not figuring out, and…
Hello friends! Hope this finds you on the other side of some genuine Sabbath time. Now that our homes are the site of so much work and external connection, it can feel hard to separate the two. We’re sharing this brief collection of ideas for contemplative practice and creative engagement in the hopes it might…
I wrote this poem as a love letter to the U.S. border town of Douglas, AZ in reference to its sister border city Agua Prieta, MX. Douglas and Agua Prieta for the most part act as one single place for me and many people. But, the increase in border militarization and organized crime has allowed…
Mi nombre es James Martin y soy el estudiante trabajador en el 787 Colectiva. Estoy en mi primer año de seminario, y antes de venir al seminario, era profesor de ciencias naturales en una secundaria de un pueblo llamado Douglas, AZ, en la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México. Los últimos cinco años viví en…
My name is James Martin, and I am a student worker at the 787 Collective. I am in my first year of seminary, and before coming to seminary I was a middle school science teacher in a small town called Douglas, AZ on the U.S./Mexico border. The past five years I lived in the border…
REGISTER HERE BY OCT 5TH FOR THE ODYSSEY WORKS DESIGN INTENSIVE The 787 Collective is proud to present this not-to-be-missed studio experience. From Odyssey Works Artistic Director Abraham Burickson: What is the one key to really great design? What is required for us to understand each other better? Work together better? A product or live…
The 787 Collective is pleased to announce that it will be offering a second wave of grants centered on the creative ventures and passions of young adults in mutual relationship with congregations. Read the Call to Congregations and Young Adults to understand the requirements and benefits to both participating young adults and congregations. If your…
During our March Communal dinner, we did a tiny art/reflection project around the things that we felt called to let die in our lives during the Lenten season. Collective Member Caitlin Parsons shared that she was working to let go of negativity in her life, and shared this article about releasing “junk emotions” with the…
Once in a while things come across our radar from all sides, and so it was with Priya Parker’s book The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters. The day after ordering my copy, I walked into my colleague Mikala’s office and saw it sitting on her desk. Mikala McFerren coordinates all…
