give peace a voice in washington
When you become a Liberatus Advocate for as little as $5 a month, you give professionals in politics and government a creative home to explore the peace of Christ through creative writing.
But it’s not only for them. Giving the peace of Christ a voice in Washington can give all of us peace. 20% of future donations* made in support of the print volume will fund our partners giving peace a voice across the United States.
how can the peace of christ remake politics?
Contemplation
As children of God, led by the Spirit of God, we can know ourselves as beloved and seek wisdom instead of ideology and partisanship.
Community
Living life from the Divine Center, we can advocate for and build inclusive communities instead of using fear and anger to drive us apart.
Creativity
Together we can find new solutions instead of partisan talking points, and create beautiful work that artistically reflects the goodness of God.
creative writing as a path to healing
To leverage creative writing as an avenue for healing and explore how the peace of Christ can remake politics at deeper levels, we’re compiling our first print volume, a coffee table-style journal of more than 100 pages printed on thick matte paper with beautiful photography. The theme for Volume One is Refuge: Advocating for refugees, the displaced, and marginalized, and through this lens we hope to offer a new paradigm for how we craft political communication.
Since our founding in 2015, we’ve published 118 journal entries across seventeen journal series from twelve writers. Along the journey, writers who have inspired us include Henri Nouwen, Laura Hillenbrand, and Robert Ludlum.
What Liberatus offers is a new category for political engagement. It’s not about a political agenda, it’s art. It’s not a call for a mass movement, it’s community. And it’s not a party platform, it’s a creative home to explore the peace of Christ.
“Writing is not just jotting down ideas. Often we say: “I don’t know what to write. I have no thoughts worth writing down.” But much good writing emerges from the process of writing itself. As we simply sit down in front of a sheet of paper and start to express in words what is on our minds or in our hearts, new ideas emerge, ideas that can surprise us and lead us to inner places we hardly knew were there.
One of the most satisfying aspects of writing is that it can open in us deep wells of hidden treasures that are beautiful for us as well as for others to see.”
Theme of volume one: refuge
Advocating for refugees, the displaced, and marginalized
The peace of Christ can heal not only how we craft political communication, but also the mindsets driving the words that we choose. Through Volume One’s theme of Refuge, we hope to offer a different paradigm, shifting from exclusion and fear to inclusion and hospitality. By learning the stories of the displaced, we hope to break apart the illusion of separateness and instead remember our shared humanity. Read more.
give $5 monthly
To fund printing costs for Volume One and build a grassroots support network for long-term sustainability, we plan to launch a Kickstarter campaign in the near future. We’ve been conceptualizing journal entries included in the volume over the past four years outside of our full-time jobs, and we’re excited to roll out the final product.
When you become a Liberatus Advocate for as little as $5 a month, we’ll include your name on our list of contributors for Volume One, right alongside our writers, photographers, and board members. You’ll also receive behind the scenes updates on the creation process for each volume and get an exclusive invitation to participate in the annual Liberatus Ultramarathon and pizza party.
“I came to Washington with high ideals and big dreams, but the reality of Capitol Hill culture came close to making me give up. However, through Liberatus I have had the opportunity to view my work through a new lens. I no longer see the workday devoid of meaning, but instead, I see it as an opportunity to speak truth and beauty into our broken system. Ideas are powerful, and I believe that God is working through Liberatus to change Capitol Hill.”
Liberatus—A new anthem rises
Out of three hundred million calls
To revolution.
Unity—when a community prizes
Wisdom, Wholeness, abandons all
But restoration—
Reflects beauty. Politics despises
Peace, but truth starts our upward fall
Now—we are set free!
Liberatus is a 501c3 tax-exempt, public charity. EIN: 47-3553715. Checks can be mailed to Liberatus, PO Box 4897, Alexandria, VA 22303.