The DUST+GLORY Letters Begin…

To the Weary Who Still Show Up,

Thank you for being here…

Why?

Because DUST+GLORY was shaped through lived experience — through seasons of deep mental health struggle, burn out, trauma, recovery, soul anguish and the long —oh so long — journey of learning what it means to be held by God when life does not feel safe. It was shaped through encounters in global missions, local church, peer support spaces, orphan care, and communities where compassion was not theoretical — it was essential for survival.

And it was shaped through the tension of loving Jesus deeply while also grieving how often religious culture fails the very people Jesus ran toward. Therefore, DUST+GLORY is a response to that tension. (And there is tension: we feel it, and we know you do too.)

Our first response will be to write in this space for encouragement, instruction and teaching with the hope of inspiring aching hearts, heavy hearts, jaded hearts, fragile hearts, broken hearts, compromising hearts, lonely hearts (every heart under the sun) to continue believing in the kindness and goodness of Jesus.

And then we desire to creatively diffuse the fragrance of Christ by designing wearable messages that provoke, promote and proclaim the anthem of the forgiven: we are loved and unashamed.

The DUST+GLORY Letters, will be a modern-day series of epistles/letters to our readers but not written from a distance, but from the middle of struggle, calling, doubt and conviction. We don’t want to write you fluffy, feel-good, church-y anecdotes that land too soft for the ones who have lived or are living hard lives.

Our hope is that when you read our contemporary epistles you will feel the intention and communal meaning that we want them to carry from our hearts to yours.

SO STAY TUNED — for a blog series + merch as we start building and then launching more updates. We’ll be under construction for a moment but we’re so happy you’re here to watch it unfold.

With conviction not perfection,

Imelda — DUST+GLORY