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Rage Poetry & Protest Prayers
Informed Consent Let me start by saying, this world is a mess. We are in dire straits—and in the face of such extreme threat, only...

Karyn Resch Brackney
Jan 2010 min read
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What I've Learned About God from Writing Fiction: Love & Suffering
In my previous blog post, I used my experience as a writer of fiction to engage with the question of whether God gives us free will, or...

Karyn Resch Brackney
Apr 14, 20249 min read
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What I’ve Learned About God from Writing Fiction: Free Will vs. Determinism
I began this year with a blog post about rest. Throughout the month of January, I rested aggressively and with intention. One of the...

Karyn Resch Brackney
Apr 5, 20247 min read
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Red or Blue?: The Violence of Dichotomous Thinking
We are entering an election year. I confess, I stepped into 2024 with a feeling of dread. For years now, I’ve had clients citing stress...

Karyn Resch Brackney
Feb 29, 20249 min read
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Rest: Our Way Back Home
I have been resting. I have been resting hard, resting audaciously, resting with gusto. I have been giving myself permission to do less....

Karyn Resch Brackney
Jan 21, 20248 min read
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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
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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
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Belonging: Queer Spirituality
You were always meant to belong without fear. ----- I attended a retreat in Breckenridge earlier this month. Though I didn’t know it...

Karyn Resch Brackney
Oct 23, 20238 min read
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Motherhood: Practicing an Unholy Spirituality
In 2021, I was asked to give a blessing at my church on Mother’s Day. It was my first Mother’s Day, just a few months after I had become...

Karyn Resch Brackney
Sep 19, 20237 min read
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Coming Out, Coming In: Queer & Christian
It was those cute little genderbread men. I was attending a trans awareness event put on by PFLAG of Lafayette, CO (PFLAG is a large...

Karyn Resch Brackney
Jun 9, 202311 min read
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Self-Compassion: Flourishing Through Failures
I was supposed to write this blog post last weekend. I’ve been so proud of my consistency in creating posts every two weeks. But last...

Karyn Resch Brackney
Apr 7, 20235 min read
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The Ability to Trust: Attachment & Spirituality
I am the oldest of five children. One of my earliest memories is of cuddling my mother’s belly when she was pregnant with my brother. I...

Karyn Resch Brackney
Jan 22, 20236 min read
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