The Story Vault @ Christians for Social Action
Welcome to the Story Vault.
At CSA, we hold fast to the belief that stories are seeds of transformation, carrying within them the power to name what is broken while also unveiling what is possible.
The Story Vault is a gathering place for stories of hope, a treasury where beauty rises out of hardship, where reconciliation slowly takes root, and where faith becomes flesh and bone in the ordinary rhythms of human life. In the days to come, you will find here articles and news, films and podcasts, essays and reflections, and more — all of them bearing witness to the God who redeems and restores, who surprises us with goodness in the very places we least expect it.
As you wander through these stories, we invite you not only to listen but to be reshaped, to let the voices you encounter enlarge your imagination for what God is doing, and to consider how your own story might join this great chorus of witness. For when we lift up these glimpses of redemption together, the Church learns again how to see more clearly and live more faithfullyc
Christians for Social Action Marks Year One of Storytellers Collective, Rolling Out Stories of Gospel Hope
Christians for Social Action Marks Year One of Storytellers Collective, Rolling Out Stories of Gospel Hope
(October 8, 2025, Philadelphia, PA) Christians for Social Action (CSA), a center at Palmer Seminary of Eastern University, is marking the first year of the Storytellers Collective, a multi-year effort to surface, craft, and share stories of Christian faith and life from often-overlooked communities.
Common Hymnal: How Songs of Praise and Protest Are Reshaping Christian Worship Music
Common Hymnal: How Songs of Praise and Protest Are Reshaping Christian Worship Music
What happens when worship music tells the truth?
In a new episode of 20 Minute Takes, Nikki Toyama-Szeto sits down with Malcolm du Plessis and Jalen Seawright from Common Hymnal — a collective of artists and misfits reshaping Christian worship.
Creative Justice: Art, Storytelling & the Prophetic Imagination
Creative Justice: Art, Storytelling & the Prophetic Imagination
By AnaYelsi Velasco Sánchez
“The task of prophetic ministry is to nurture, nourish, and evoke a consciousness and perception alternative to the consciousness and perception of the dominant culture.” —Walter Brueggemann
Liberation Starts in the Imagination
For me, justice begins with radical imagination.
Storytelling Can Activate Justice in Troubling Times
Storytelling Can Activate Justice in Troubling Times
By Melanie Springer Mock
Textbook orders for the spring semester were due in a few days, the 2024 presidential election still a month away.
Meet the Storytellers Collective
Behind many of the stories you’ll find in The Story Vault is the Storytellers Collective — a national network of grassroots Christian organizations, community-rooted leaders, and creative voices working together to capture what God is doing in unexpected places. Through film, podcasts, essays, and art, the Collective lifts up stories that might otherwise go unheard — stories that name injustice while also testifying to redemption, reconciliation, and hope. Together, these storytellers are helping the church see more clearly and live more faithfully.
👉 Learn more about the Storytellers Collective and explore how communities across the country are bearing witness to God’s renewing work: Visit the Storytellers Collective.