peace by piece

Social movements start with our own bodies. Our disabled bodies, queer bodies, black and brown bodies, and, and, and… The ways we engage with others are so much about the body.

In 2012, Rev. Melissa Guthrie created “sensory worship” for a faith community that centers disability and seeks to “worship beyond words.” In 2022, Guthrie published Colors of Hope: A Devotional Journal from LGBTQ+ Christians, defining “hope” as “an act of resistance.” The book was a call to action, with invitations to wonder, resist, embody, create, hope, stretch, and share.

The Colors of Hope Net(work) weaves together these and other innovative practices and writings that celebrate the diversity of our human family and the inherent worth of every body, especially marginalized bodies.

“Hoping in color” is embodying our beliefs. We are called to transform narratives of injustice and write the next chapters of liberation. To paint the world with beauty and love. Guthrie’s current research and writing with The Tehom Center calls us to imagine moving “Beyond Hope.”