Year: 2021

Faith and Religion
Perspective

An Airing of Grievances and the Re-tuning of my Heart

I’ve been deconstructing, and reconstructing. Deconstructing religion, faith, faith practices, religious language, Christian culture and the ways of the American Christian church. The institution, the implementation; the choosing and framing of information.  I’ve been reconstructing my relationship with the whole thing – faith, church, God, religion, history.  I’ve come to a point in my faith […]

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Feel Good
Mental health

Writing it Out

The truth has been bubbling up to the surface lately – I’m not well.  I’m not fully unwell, but I am on the brink of sliding from surviving to spiraling.  It’s taking all my effort to maintain the day to day expectations and every disruption to this effort inches me closer to the edge.  I’ve […]

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Books and Writing
Culture
Faith and Religion
Perspective
Uncategorized

Breaking Free Book Thoughts: Ch. 1&2

I’m reading Breaking Free from Body Shame by Jess Connolly and it’s bringing a lot of thoughts and feelings to the surface so I’m sharing some of them here as I work through the book. I honestly wouldn’t have even picked up this book if it wasn’t that I’ve followed the author for a long […]

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May There One Day Be No “Other”

I took my kids to a coffee shop in a nearby town I used to work in. It’s in an old house and full of local art and has a huge wrap around porch. I remember coming here with a woman who chain smoked and we would sit outside and have our sessions there, sipping […]

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