As our first-place winner of the Storytellers Poetry Contest, Jessie Flowers shares “When Water Climbed a Mountain.” This piece was written in honor of the victims of Hurricane Helene and helps us find our own sense of resilience and community in the face of suffering.

In her poem, “As Pilgrims,” Kristine Amundrud embarks on a profound spiritual journey following her grief.

In her poem, “Dear Lord, Only You: A Prayer of Surrender,” Deborah Rutherford shares her journey from bitterness to faithfulness and grace.

Sit around a morning campfire and take in the surroundings with Edward Holmes as your guide in “Coffee at the Campsite.”

Journey with Noah Bartley to significant mountains in the Bible in his poem “Three Mountains.”

In her poems, “Lowly, at the Panorama,” “How to Conquer a Mountain,” and “Squinting through Cumulonimbus,” Courtney Moody discovers awe in the mountains.

A. A. Kostas inverts our perspective of the mountaintop experience, both in the deep, reflective content of his poem, “Peak Experience,” and in the poem’s unique form.

Find the place where your “Soul Grows Quiet” in this meditative poem by Tanner Olson.

In her poem “God of the Mountain, Lord of My Cave,” Kayleon Dortch-Elliott shares of the God who isn’t afraid to step into our shame or our hiding.

With masterful attention to the form of the sonnet and the condition of humankind, Matthew White calls us to stand at the base of the mountain with him in “Eyes Up.”

Jessica Hanke brings us to the foot of the cross in her moving poem, “The Mount of Olives.”

In her poems “Waking Thoughts” and “Testament,” Chelsea Fraser reflects on glimpses of hope, knowing there’s more as magic and faith unfold.

In Amy Hall’s poem, “Mount Zion,” she draws us to see parallels between Greek mythology, Christ’s journey to Golgotha, our own pilgrimages, and the eventual hope we find in Christ’s future return.

Christel Jeffs expresses her counselor’s heart, as she takes us up her mountain, seemingly alone, in “Nobody’s Everest.”

In “Waiting with the Mountain,” poet Courtney Siebring contemplates waiting room artwork, with rich references to the images that steady us in our pain.

In her poems, “I Left It All for Vistas” and “From This Time Forth,” Kristine Amundrud reflects on grief and her spiritual transformation journey.