How about some Good News?

Let's celebrate the good stuff.

When we started this Substack, we envisioned creating a safe community where people can authentically engage with like-minded people and find support through the good and the bad. It’s felt like a lot of bad lately, yes?

The church *should* provide space for congregants to grieve, to mourn, and to process difficult emotions, but this is often not the case. In the churches of my childhood, grief was seen as distrust of God. I remember seeing people (mostly women) stepping out of Sunday services when their emotions overtook them, being left to process their pain alone in the lobby or, worse, a bathroom stall. If God cares for us in our grief, the church should have better spaces and processes to care for us, too.

We all know life is heavy— if we can’t be honest about that on a Sunday morning, what’s the point? And what do we do if the churches available in any given city or town are no longer safe? Restore has purposefully created space for people to bring all parts of themselves into our Sunday services. We want to offer the same opportunity for all of you here.