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Welcome to the CoR blog. I pray it will be encouraging and perhaps shine some light on the path you are walking.
One goal for this blog is to allow you to read my thoughts with their rough edges. Significant to all our health and well-being is the ability to face the monsters under our bed. This takes a courage I often lack but which trauma has rudely without permission invited. I share the “posts in the raw” to perhaps help you name the monsters under your bed.
A Terrible Sonnet, a Reflection on Giving and Taking
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Don’t Blame Billy Collins
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Accidental Hope Podcast Pt. 2
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Accidental Hope Podcast Pt. 1
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When Every Limb Feels Thin
It all begins with an idea.
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Welcome to Cities of Refuge
Welcome to the CoR blog. One of my first realizations after the accident was that we, in the church (and maybe everywhere), tend to privilege “resurrection” stories over stories from the midst of suffering and sorrow.