Jia Starr Brown

Growing Roots: The Guidance of a Starfish

By Jia Starr Brown July 9, 2026

There is a well-known tale about a person who was walking along the beach after a storm with..

Growing Roots: Trusting the Seed

By Jia Starr Brown June 11, 2026

June is often known as the month of HAPPY - school endings, summer vacations…water-everything.

Growing Roots: Intentionally Planted and Fully Adored

By Jia Starr Brown May 21, 2026

As our “ism-ridden” nation routinely “hocks and spits” out Black, Brown, immigrant, and LGBTQIA+..

Growing Roots: Built-In Peace

By Jia Starr Brown April 23, 2026

Every time I go on vacation, I feel the need to find a souvenir - some small (or large!) trinket to..

We Must Let the Tears Fall: Building Empathy and Talking with Children about Living in a Broken World

By Jia Starr Brown February 26, 2026

In true parenting and caregiver fashion, we spend a lot of our hopeful time pointing our young..

Sankofa - Reaching Back to Move Forward

By Jia Starr Brown February 5, 2026

Believe it or not, Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. As I looked at my calendar, I thought..

Growing Roots: God's Timing and the New Year

By Jia Starr Brown January 15, 2026

One of my favorite examples of God’s timing is the Winter Jasmine flower. Blooming sunny, yellow..

Growing Roots: Celebration as Resistance

By Jia Starr Brown December 4, 2025

For many of us, it feels wrong to celebrate anything with all that is going on, and going wrong, in..

Growing Roots: Advent, Thanksgiving, and the Not Yet Seen

By Jia Starr Brown November 6, 2025

We live in a society that rewards finish lines - deliverables, story endings, and checked boxes.

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