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Our You Version Plans are based on our weekly lectionary reflections called Word from Below.

Curious about what our Word from Below reflections looks like? Here are some recent examples:

If We Treated Dogs This Way

By Chris Hoke | August 12, 2025

I work with men in American prisons. Mostly gang-affected guys, often spoken about as savages, animals, less than human.

Our work at Underground Ministries is to empower communities to befriend and embrace precisely these neighbors of ours: men and women sacrificed to the criminal legal system who have been released from prison cages and are re-entering our communities.

So, while this story is about Jesus physically healing a woman in a public space, his choice of words — “untie,” “set free,” “bondage,” “eighteen long years” — speaks to me on another level.

Living in Expectation

By Miriam Medina | August 3, 2025

“Do not be afraid,” Jesus says, and honestly, I pause. I pause because “Do not be afraid” is easier said than done. I pause because fear is real, especially for those that stand at the margins.

I work as a Family Advocate and Chaplain at a transitional housing program. We serve unhoused and migrant families journeying towards stability. In this setting—waiting on food stamps, a possibility for permanent housing, or an immigration court date—fear isn’t theoretical. It lives in the body, and it lingers in trauma responses. It sticks around and warns the families I work with that one wrong move could potentially mean starting all over again.

Come Inside, The Feast Has Already Begun

By Mario Luis Matos | March 18, 2025

I have spent much of my life feeling like the prodigal son who squandered his Father’s gifts. I was raised in a Christian tradition that often made me believe my worth depended on how well I followed the rules. Like many emerging leaders I serve in the barrios of Santo Domingo, I learned to see God as a strict master who expected perfection, not as a loving father who runs toward his lost child with open arms. I was always trying to earn my place, afraid that I had already lost it.

Symbolic Universe

By Kris Rocke | February 28, 2025

He was asked to lead a seminar for urban youth. A young lady walked in just as it was about to start and asked what the topic would be. When he told her it was about how to survive in the city, she immediately replied, “Oh, that’s easy! You only need three things…”

Searching for Grace in the Maha Kumbh

By Angelika Gier | February 19, 2025

Let me paint a picture for you: On a single day, a crowd of more than 76.4 million, called by their immovable faith, took a dip in the holy waters of the river ‘Sangam’, which is a confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati rivers. While the Ganges is clear and shallow, the Yamuna River is greenish, deep and one of the most polluted rivers in India. The Saraswati River is invisible and considered mythical.

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Our You Version Plans are based on our weekly lectionary reflections called Word from Below.

Curious about what our Word from Below reflections looks like? Here are some recent examples:

If We Treated Dogs This Way

Are you looking to go deeper with a global community called to form and shape incarnation leaders?

Read the Street Psalms Case Statement