One Story Family is a creative collaborative that develops resources like free Bible studies, lessons, and homeschool curricula to help families explore the Bible and follow the way of Jesus.
Our resources invite generations to connect with Jesus and one another while discovering how Jesus understood and lived into this story. They also train our imaginations to recognize the unique ways He invites us to live into His story, individually, as families, and as communities of Christians.
We help families explore the Bible and follow the way of Jesus.
Our Story
A story with three beginnings.
For Mike McDonald, the story started when he was talking to homeschooling parents about Bible curriculum. As BibleProject’s Chief Strategic Relations Officer, he wondered what a homeschool curriculum based on BibleProject’s library of explainer videos might look like.
For Nicole Howe, it started with a season of saying “yes” after completing her master’s degree in cultural apologetics. As a writer and a homeschool mom of four, the opportunity to design this curriculum captured her imagination.
For Amber Mann Riggs, it started with a prayer. As a Bible college co-director who also homeschooled her four daughters, she was asking God to give direction to her passion for developing resources that help multiple generations explore the meta-narrative of the Bible together.
Find out about how all of these stories came together to form One Story Family in a transcript of a conversation between Mike, Nicole, and Amber.
Navigate Scripture with our StoryMap
Studying the Bible can become overwhelming. After all, it’s hard to remember how all of it fits together, not to mention all of the wisdom it contains. Therefore, our resources use a simple StoryMap to help Bible students of all ages visualize how each piece of Scripture fits inside the big picture.
One Story Family’s StoryMap helps us see how the Bible tells one huge story about how God is partnering with people for His will to be done “on earth as it is in heaven.” It also helps us recognize how this huge story recounts how God and Humanity live out one story over and over again—until Jesus changes the ending! And finally, it helps us imagine how we can find unity and wholeness as we follow Jesus through the twists and turns of this story in our own lives.
As we follow Jesus, we pray these resources will help frame our lives in an epic adventure story, with life in God’s presence as the treasure at its center.
To explore the StoryMap as a family, download our two-part One (Echoing) Story lesson.
One Story Family approaches the Bible through the paradigms identified by BibleProject.
Here are the seven aspects of the paradigm that guides how we design our resources.
The Bible is Human and Divine Literature
A collaboration between God and human writers.
The Bible is Unified Literature
With many authors, literary styles, and themes that tell one story about God rescuing humanity so that we can be his partners in ruling the world.
The Bible is Messianic Literature
Telling a story that reaches its climax in Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection and the gift of the Spirit.
The Bible is Communal Literature
Designed to be read and studied within a community that is learning to live by its story.
The Bible is Ancient Literature
Written in another time and culture with different assumptions and approaches to life (and writing!) than our own.
The Bible is Meditation Literature
Artistically designed to interpret itself through a lifetime of rereading and reflection.
The Bible is Wisdom Literature
Revealing God’s wisdom and inviting us into a journey of character transformation.