About OneStory

We help families explore the Bible and practice the way of Jesus.

OneStory is a creative collaborative that develops resources like free Bible studies, lessons, and homeschool curricula to help families explore the Bible and practice 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 imaginations to recognize the unique ways He is inviting us to live into His story, individually, as families, and as communities of Christians.

The Story Behind OneStory

It’s 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 OneStory in a transcript of a conversation between Mike, Nicole, and Amber.

Our Resources

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.

OneStory’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.