SPRING 2026
Radix 16—Prophetic Voices in Scripture
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Scripture rings with the voices of prophets, and this spring, we'll hear stories of Miriam, Jeremiah, Isaiah, Micah, Hannah, Mary, and Jesus. In Radix groups, we find the ways that stories of our own lives connect with the Biblical story, and through conversation, reflection, and prayer we wonder together about what God is saying to us now. The prophetic pattern challenges us to a reality check, offers the opportunity to grieve and lament, and encourages us to turn toward hope as we envision new possibilities, always rooted in God's mercy and oriented to the most vulnerable.
FALL 2025
Radix 15—“I have called you by name, and you are mine”: Stories of Recognition in Scripture
Download a pdf of the Radix 15 Booklet, containing scripture selections, artwork, and discussion questions. Download the slides from the opening plenary here.
Radix 15 takes up the theme “Stories of Recognition in Scripture.” The theme could not be more timely or essential: we are called to recognize in everyone we meet both our common humanity and the spark of divinity within—a recognition that grounds our shared identity as beloved children of God. Within the Radix small group format, participants practice active listening and respectful communication as they form and deepen relationships with one another.
EASTERTIDE 2025
Radix 14—Health, Healing, and Shalom: Stories in Scripture
Download the Participant Packet here. Parishioner and emergency medicine physician Dr. Jen Younggren offered the theological reflection for the Opening Plenary. Download the presentation slides here. Download a transcript of Dr. Younggren's reflection here.
Dean Thomason, explaining the topic of this series of Radix gatherings, writes, “The conflation of “health” with the narrower concept of “medicine” as the dominant model in western industrialized nations is a thoroughly modern phenomenon. The vast majority of human history has functioned with a different model, and although the scientific contributions of modern medicine cannot and should not be forsaken, there is a role for the church in the societal discourse about how health might be redefined in broader terms—physical, mental, spiritual, economic, and political—for the individual, family, community, society, nation, and world. From this perspective, we have a great deal to learn from Biblical stories of healing—it is the idea and ideal of shalom.”
FALL 2024
Radix 13: The Shalom of God
Towards a True and Lasting Peace
In this time when our hearts long for peace in the world, this Radix series will look to scripture passages that address what is means to be peacemakers, and the nature of peace in its various forms—brokered peace, imperial “peace,” inner peace, and the nature of “shalom” which is the replete peace of God to which the world leans in a long, hopeful arc.
Download the participant packet, containing readings, art, and discussion.
EASTERTIDE 2024
Radix 12—Holy Movement: Exploring Journey and Pilgrimage in Scripture
Our Scriptures abound with stories of holy movement—people guided by the Spirit’s call to strike out on a journey to discover God, discover oneself anew, and to see the world with fresh eyes. Radix 12 will draw from six scripture passages that bear witness to how a journey changed their lives, and by extension, all who have followed in their footsteps as people of faith.
Click here to download the participant packet (pdf), containing guidelines, scripture selections, discussion questions, and accompanying visual art.
FALL 2023
Radix 11—Courageous Ancestors of Faith: Ruth & Esther
We will encounter two parts of the Hebrew Scriptures that may be unfamiliar to participants—the books of Ruth and Esther. They are the only two books in the Bible named for women and each tells an important story of ancestry that we can claim as our own.
Download the participant packet, containing guidelines, scripture selections, discussion questions, and accompanying visual art, here. Read the theme introduction from The Rev. Canon Jennifer King Daugherty here. Watch the video invitation from Dean Thomason here. Read the opening and closing prayers shared by Radix Planning Team members here.
EASTERTIDE 2023
Radix 10: Gratitude
Click here to download the participant packet (pdf), containing guidelines, scripture selections, discussion questions, and accompanying visual art.
WINTER 2023
Radix 9: Hope in Hard Times
As Christians, we are called to be people of hope, but what does that mean? In the face of so many challenges—globally, ecologically, economically, socially, and individually—it can be difficult to avoid falling prey to cynicism or even despair. Our scriptures are replete with words of encouragement that do not deny the struggles and suffering of life while also offering a buoyant resilience that is nourished by expectant hope—not that God will swoop in and sweep it all away, but that God is stirring in this world with us, and has endowed us with gifts that sustain us until we are primed to see (really see!) the brilliant inbreaking of the holy and healing presence of God’s hope in us, for us, and for all creation. We discover this beautiful truth in community, and Radix groups are designed to help us consider what that looks like. All are welcome and encouraged to participate in a Radix small group.
Click here to download the participant packet (pdf), containing guidelines, scripture selections, discussion questions, and accompanying visual art.
FALL 2022
Radix 8: Creation, Community, and Connection
This fall, the theme for Radix 8, Creation, Community, and Connection, will draw from scriptures that invite us to consider how creation itself may inform our relationship to God and each other.
Click here to download the participant packet (pdf), containing guidelines, scripture selections, discussion questions, and accompanying visual art.
EPIPHANYTIDE 2022
Radix 7: Doing Justice, Loving Mercy
The seventh iteration of The Radix Project, Doing Justice, Loving Mercy, draws inspiration from selected scripture stories and accompanying artwork to invite reflection on current events and how we live and move and have our being in this time.
Click here to download the participant packet, containing scripture selections, discussion questions, and accompanying visual art.
FALL 2021
Radix 6: Encounters with God in Times of Transition
The theme for Radix 6, Encounters with God in Times of Transition, draws inspiration from selected scripture stories and accompanying artwork to invite reflection on current events and how we live and move and have our being in this time.
The slides from the plenary presentation can be downloaded here. Click here to download the participant packet, containing scripture selections, discussion questions, and accompanying visual art.
SPRING 2021
Radix 5: Centering Women's Voices
The theme draws on the inspiring stories of six women from Scripture as they speak their wisdom into our lives today.
EPIPHANYTIDE 2021
Radix 4: Stories of Salvation
The Easter Vigil is the apical liturgy of the entire year, weaving a rich tapestry of scriptural stories, the ritualized confluence of grace found in Baptism and Eucharist celebrated on this most holy night, and a textured choreography of music and movement meant to inspire us for the journey. Radix small groups will meet on zoom to unpack the scriptural stories of salvation heard each year at the Easter Vigil, tell the story of God’s engagement with humanity and all creation. We need these stories now as ever—what is God up to in all “this?” What does scripture have to say about our experiences and the meaning we make as we turn into a new year.
"Let us hear the record of God’s saving deeds in history, how he saved his people in ages past; and let us pray that our God will bring each of us to the fullness of redemption." —from the Easter Vigil liturgy
Click here to download the participant packet , containing scripture selections, discussion questions, and accompanying visual art.The slides from Dean Thomason's presentation may be seen and downloaded here.
FALL 2020
Radix 3: The Role of Surprise in the Spiritual Journey
To launch the third series of Radix Project meetings, Dean Thomason offered some theological reflections on the element of surprise in scripture and in our lives.
Click here to download the participant packet , containing scripture selections, discussion questions, and accompanying visual art.
SPRING 2020
Radix 2: Post-Resurrection Narratives
To launch the second series of Radix Project meetings, Dean Thomason explored the context of various post-resurrection narratives in the Gospels and explored the value of small groups, then and now.
Click here to download the participant packet for the Spring 2020 Radix series, containing scripture selections, discussion questions, and accompanying visual art.
WINTER 2020
Radix 1: Small Groups, Deep Roots
The first iteration of The Radix Project, pre-pandemic, was not organized around a specific theme. The six weekly meetings were organized around the topics of: Belonging, Listening, Hardship, Belovedness, Living Stones, and Radical Inclusion.
View the participant packet for this series here.