Substacks recommended by Othered

Recommended by Othered

Community Care Leaders

By Pastor Jon

Maintaining soul health Beyond Sunday.

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.

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.

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

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 Joash 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

For Flourishing

By Liz Daye

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

The House of Rest

By Grace E. Kelley---The House of Rest

Between you and me, the cup and the steam—let's name what aches, so we can learn to be free.

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

Courage & Candor

By Colette Eaton

I write for deconstructed Christians looking for new ways to reconnect with God through nature and contemplative practice.

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.

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

The Fallow House

By The Fallow Letter

Weekly letters of creative invitation and inspiration.

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

Poetic playground for restless dreamers.

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

- Othered

Wild + Waste

By Sarah Southern

A bi-weekly (sometimes weekly) newsletter exploring the practice of wonder and our connectivity to place, people, and the divine.

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

- Othered

S A Y A B L E

By Lore Ferguson Wilbert

For the believers, the doubters, the halfway in or outers. Saying the quiet part out loud.

Life Reconsidered

By Judy Wu Dominick

Exploring the full implications of Christian discipleship

Human Together

By Sarah E. Westfall

essays + episodes on the communal life, where we explore the intersection of faith, belonging, and being an actual person

For those who are looking for a gentle voice who offers belonging.

- Othered

Footnotes by Jemar Tisby

Offering historically informed perspectives on race, faith, and social issues to help you become a lifelong advocate for racial justice

Gen B

By Jennifer Magnano [The Barefoot Preacher]

The best thing about flowers is that they don't ask for permission to bloom. They just do it. And the world gives thanks.

SLANT LETTER

By Stephanie Duncan Smith

A newsletter on writing craft and style—from an editor in publishing who believes in the spiritual practice of the creative process.

Creaturely

By Lyndsey Medford

You are not a machine; you're an ecosystem. Creaturely is spirituality and social justice at human scale.

The Soup

By Shannan Martin

Balancing the beauty and terror. (Abundance means we get it all.)

The Liminality Journal

By Kaitlin Curtice

thoughts on the in-between

Slow Faith

By Drew Brown

Pursuing Jesus in a world of flash.