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Incarnation: Embodied Love & Longing
Christmas conjures up a lot of associations for me. A mountain of presents piled under a tree. Family trips to the movie theater after...

Karyn Resch Brackney
Dec 23, 20238 min read


Original Goodness: There Is No Slippery Slope
When I was a child, my father taught me catechism. The catechism he used had been written in 1689 and, to my knowledge, had never been...

Karyn Resch Brackney
Dec 9, 20238 min read


The Magic of Being Human: Oxytocin
You are snuggling with your new baby in the hospital, just hours after his birth. The blood pressure cuff beeps as it turns on, but you...

Karyn Resch Brackney
Sep 7, 20237 min read


Oppenheimer: Integration vs. Damnation
I saw Oppenheimer last Saturday. Seeing movies in the theater was one of the things I missed the most during COVID. The first movie I can...

Karyn Resch Brackney
Aug 1, 20237 min read


The Neurobiology of Freaking Out: The Window of Tolerance
Lest any of you think therapists are better at life than you are, here is a true story that just happened last week: I’m driving my...

Karyn Resch Brackney
Mar 4, 20237 min read
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