PsalmOneThreePsalm 1:3

A mountain retreat and a free Bible study app

Deeply rooted in God. Connected to one another.

Life moves quickly. We make room to pause, explore Scripture, and reconnect—with God and with each other—through a riverfront retreat home in the Blue Ridge Mountains and a free Bible study app, now in its Ephesians beta.

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Two expressions of one purpose

The retreat creates room to pause and reconnect. The app helps Christians explore Scripture across traditions and discover shared beliefs. Each is its own work, with its own next step and its own needs.

The Bible study app on a phone, showing Ephesians 2:8–9 with Tradition, Historical, and Scholarly tabs and a row of tradition names beneath.

Bible study app · free · Ephesians beta

Go deeper. Make room for another perspective.

Read a passage, then see how eight Christian traditions interpret it, what the historical record shows, and where scholars agree and differ—with cited sources you can check. Built with curious small-group leaders in mind.

Explore the Ephesians beta
A three-story house with a blue metal roof and deep porches, set among trees on a hillside above a shallow rocky river.

The retreat

Room to rest by the river.

A riverfront home in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina with space for 17, available for stays of up to seven days. Families who could not otherwise afford time away receive priority. Lodging is by donation, if you are able; guests cover their own food and a small cleaning fee.

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App spotlight

Three lenses on every passage of Ephesians

Open any passage and the text appears first. Beneath it, three tabs: how eight Christian traditions read it, how it was understood across history, and where current scholarship agrees and differs. Every passage lists its sources.

  • All six chapters of Ephesians, divided into 36 passages.
  • Eight traditions compared: Catholic, Orthodox, Lutheran, Reformed, Methodist, Baptist, Anglican, and Pentecostal.
  • AI-assisted research, not yet independently reviewed. Funding a scholarly review team is our next priority.
  • Free, in any browser, with no account and no advertising.
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Desktop screenshot of the Bible study app showing Ephesians 2:8–9 with the Tradition tab selected and the Catholic tradition's reading beneath.
The beta as it looks today. Native app-store versions are planned but not yet released.

The retreat

What a stay includes

Deep porches over a clear, shallow river. A fire pit under string lights. Room for 17, with the basic household necessities provided, and walking trails and river access on the surrounding property.

  • Up to seven days. Lodging is by donation, if you are able.
  • Guests cover their own food, travel, and a small cleaning fee.
  • Families who could not otherwise afford time away receive priority; church small groups and ministers are welcome as availability allows.
  • Inquiry, not instant booking. Need is discussed privately. No one is asked to tell their story or to give.
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Bare feet stretched toward a stone fire pit at night, string lights overhead, while someone adds a log to the fire.
Evenings around the fire pit.

“He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.”

Psalm 1:3, King James Version

Why we're called PsalmOneThree

While considering whether a home beside a river could serve a greater purpose than rental income, our founder was given this verse by several people, independently, within a few days. The picture of a tree planted beside water became the anchor for the decision—and for the ministry's name.

Read the story and what we hold

Help make room for others.

Support improvements that keep the retreat home welcoming and available, or help develop a free Bible study resource with careful scholarly review. Choose the part of the work you would like to support.

The Bible study app

Your gift can advance research beyond the Ephesians beta, improve the experience for small-group leaders, and establish scholarly review of AI-assisted findings.

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The retreat

Renovating aging bathrooms addresses recurring maintenance problems and helps keep the home available for families who could not otherwise afford a retreat.

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