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Empowering Women Through Circle Work: Building Community in a Post-Inauguration World
In a world that seems increasingly intent on silencing women's voices, the simple act of gathering together has become a radical...
Cindy Koistinen
Jan 223 min read
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Shame, trauma and creativity
I was out walking in the river valley this morning. Trying to find my church. My head has been full to bursting the last few days with...
Cindy Koistinen
Nov 25, 20213 min read
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Tired
I've seen many people in my Facebook feed talking about their exhaustion, and have had conversations with two girlfriends about the...
Cindy Koistinen
Nov 25, 20213 min read
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Sour wine gums as self-medication
I went to the grocery store this afternoon and while I was there I remembered that I wanted to buy a sympathy card for my friend whose...
Cindy Koistinen
Nov 25, 20212 min read
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"The Work"
Recently I was privy to observing a situation online where someone said something racist and was called out for it. They made an apology...
Cindy Koistinen
Nov 25, 20212 min read
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Grief
I've written about grief before. Experiencing loss, death - well, it isn't new to me. This time is different. At the beginning of July,...
Cindy Koistinen
Nov 25, 20212 min read
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Sunday morning and the world is...
Sunday morning. I woke up early today feeling refreshed. I made some coffee and got dressed and headed outside to finish planting my...
Cindy Koistinen
Nov 25, 20212 min read
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For allies. A question and an offer.
It's been just over two weeks since George Floyd was murdered. In the days following his death, I saw a flood of people vowing to become...
Cindy Koistinen
Nov 25, 20213 min read
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Everything sucks - part two
Today is May 29th and nearly everyone on my social media feed is incensed about the events that took place in Minnesota recently, and...
Cindy Koistinen
Nov 25, 20213 min read
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Everything sucks
There were some terrible things in the news yesterday. My social media feed blew up with articles about it and about racism and how to be...
Cindy Koistinen
Nov 25, 20212 min read
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Puzzle Pieces
Life has been challenging lately. For everyone. I know I'm not alone in this experience and perhaps my challenges would seem minor to...
Cindy Koistinen
Nov 25, 20212 min read
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Deep Calm
In the wee small hours of the morning I woke up with words echoing in my head. I tried to ignore them and go back to sleep but they...
Cindy Koistinen
Nov 25, 20211 min read
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Messy, messy
I sat down tonight with the full intention of writing a blog post. It started like this: I cried today. And yesterday, and the day...
Cindy Koistinen
Nov 25, 20213 min read
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Courage in the darkness
I can't get this idea out of my head. The darkness is coming. The forces of darkness are gathering. The darkness is here. Darkness. ...
Cindy Koistinen
Nov 25, 20214 min read
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Shining a light
The forces of darkness are gathering. Those word struck me as rather dramatic when I heard them uttered by my husband last week, but he's...
Cindy Koistinen
Nov 25, 20212 min read
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Reflections
Well, it has indeed been a while. Almost every morning for the last month and a half, I've been making my pilgrimages. But when being in...
Cindy Koistinen
Nov 25, 20213 min read
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Here I go again...
So last week my walking buddy had surgery to repair the ligaments in both her knees. Our jaunts and church are therefore on hiatus until...
Cindy Koistinen
Nov 25, 20213 min read
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Fire
I love fire. Sitting around a roaring campfire is one of my favourite things in the world to do. Fire can nurture and it can spark...
Cindy Koistinen
Nov 25, 20212 min read
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Gratitude, and my little dog too
Tonight I got some not so good news. My little walking companion has a torn ligament in her knee that requires surgical repair. Yet in...
Cindy Koistinen
Nov 25, 20211 min read
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I spit it back
Sometimes I feel so full of rage, I feel I will explode. That I will have to vomit up all the bullshit I've internalized because I can't...
Cindy Koistinen
Nov 25, 20212 min read
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