Substacks recommended by Othered

Recommended by Othered

I Read Something Bad Podcast

Where spicy fantasy novels meet spiritual formation topics

Take What You Need with Aundi Kolber

Musings, resources, & prayers for the courageous & tender work of healing anyway.

Community Care Leaders

By Pastor Jon

Maintaining soul health Beyond Sunday.

Found Family with MaryB. Safrit

Celebrating the creative communities we make in our actual lives and providing tips to help you find yours. Get my free Found Family Cheat Sheet when you subscribe!

STRONGWILLED

By Krispin Mayfield

Reclaiming autonomy and exploring the long-terms impacts of religious authoritarian parenting.

Beautiful Discipleship

By Tabitha McDuffee

Helping you live out your convictions with creativity and beauty, because snark is not a fruit of the Spirit.

Shari A Smith: Running On Faith And Coffee

My personal Substack

Lessons from Lydia

By Nicole Mason

thoughts, reflections, and adventures of a lady church planter

SHAE THE HISTORIAN

By Shae O.

Making knowledge more accessible to all one book recommendation, essay, and podcast at a time.

Transforming Words

By Michelle Van Loon

The newsletter of author and speaker Michelle Van Loon

Soul Care with Esther Joy Goetz (aka the Dolly Mama)

By Esther Joy Goetz

This newsletter offers gentle invitations to tend to your soul, explore your inner landscape, and embrace the unfolding journey of your life.

Walking the Middle Path

By Dr. Camden

Searching for "both/and" in a faith and culture of black & white / Critical thinking over certainty / Heal your faith from toxic beliefs

Who is My Neighbor?

By Kevin Nye

kevin's writings and updates on ending homelessness and the role people and communities of faith play in it

After Faith with Joy Vetterlein

Reimagining life and spirituality after Christianity.

For those forging a new path forward while detoxing from toxic faith.

- Othered

Dorina’s Glorygram

By Dorina Lazo Gilmore-Young

Helping you feast on the glory of God on life's unexpected trails

The Son Do Move

By Trey Ferguson

Meditations on a hard-won faith.

For those looking for perspective and truth

- Othered

Jokien with Tolkien

By JRR Jokien

"Lore, Laugh, Lord of the Rings" is the unofficial motto of this weekly, often humorous, sometimes earnest, always genuine "2023 Substack Featured Publication" concerning hobbits, faith, and culture by a lifelong Tolkien fan. Subscribe & get a FREE eBook!

For those who need a laugh & hold a deep appreciation of Tolkien

- Othered

Jesus, Justice & Joash

By Rev. Joash P. Thomas

Thoughts on Justice, Theology & Faith.

For those who want to learn how Jesus & Justice go hand-in-hand

- Othered

Heal Your Story

By Megan Febuary

Weekly notes on writing hard stories and healing trauma through the creative process with Trauma-Informed Writing Coach, Megan Febuary

Sanctuary by Pricelis

By Sanctuary By Pricelis

Words, resources, and thoughts from a girl from the Bronx who wants to help the Body of Christ be healthy and holy sanctuaries.

For Flourishing

By Liz Daye

Following God in sandals towards Hope, flourishing, and embodied faith

The Poet Farmer

By Gracie the Poet Farmer

Writing from the blisters on my farmer fingers, to the blisters on your weary heart—poetry, personal essays, and recipes—that you might become more whole and human in a haunted world.

Shalomsick Notes

By Tasha Jun

Notes on living shalomsick. * Shalom /SHəˈlōm/ : wholeness, restoration, completeness, flourshing *Homesick /ˈhōmˌsik/ : a longing for home *Shalomsick /SHəˈlōm,sik/ : a deep longing for wholeness, restoration, completeness and flourishing

My Blue Peninsula

By Cait West

Writing about Life after Christian Patriarchy

For those reclaiming their lives after living in high-control religious spaces, especially those fleeing from Christian patriarchy.

- Othered

The Spacious Way

By Colette Eaton

For honest seekers, craving a faith with room to breathe | Offering reflections on doubt, wonder, and walking with God in the second half of life.

Du Mez CONNECTIONS

By KKDuMez

Exploring connections between religion, gender, & politics and defending our democracy.

writing wholefarted

By Marla Taviano

A short original poem every Thursday. Paid subscribers get juicy, petty long form posts every Tuesday and Friday.

The In-Between

By Monica DiCristina

For ending your week, and starting another, or any other moment in-between.

Kids + Faith

By Meredith Miller

Theology & the Bible for grown ups, so we can better nurture healthy faith in our kids.

Fleeing Tarshish

By Ryan Ramsey

Vocational Integrity. Religious Abuse Recovery. Navigating Grief.

We'll All Be Free

By Caroline J. Sumlin

A newsletter by Caroline J. Sumlin dedicated to exposing, healing from, and dismantling white supremacy.

Caroline writes with specificity and clarity on how we can all live a more liberated life.

- Othered

FALLOW

Weekly letters of creative invitation and inspiration.

G is for Goal

By Tracey Gee

G is for Goal is a personal development newsletter dedicated to the cure for the common goal. I write from my insights in coaching to help you be enchanted with your own life, reclaim imagination and agency, and creatively live what you were made for.

Small Affairs

By Leslie Trovato

Deepening the practice of love and living beloved in everyday affairs.

Bitter Scroll

By Sara

Decoding the culture swaying American Christian identity.

For those who hold to faith in Jesus, but see how his name is taken in vain by cultural Christianity

- Othered

A Gentle Landing

By rose j. percy

A poetic playground for restless dreamers. For the ones asking deeper questions, recovering from burnout, or wondering if softness still has a place in the world.

For those who need a gentle landing space to explore faith & healing with a soft heart.

- Othered

Ebullition

By Sarah Southern

A (mostly) monthly, (sometimes) weekly newsletter exploring the convergence of place, preservation. Currently pondering the multitudinous practices of fermentation, and how these living traditions root, sustain, and endure.

For those looking for a gentle voice finding her way through deconstruction.

- Othered