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Hope Rising
The Earth's Heartbeat, the Mexican Repatriation, and Rebuilding on Hope
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Elisa S. Johnston

March 2024

Navigating Hard Church
An ethnography of the American Church, Church is like hockey and hospitals, and what to do when you don't feel safe
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Elisa S. Johnston
The God Who Sees Me in My Mental Health
Behind the scenes of publishing an article, all about Hagar, and debunking the myth that Divine love is demonstrated by our wellbeing
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Elisa S. Johnston
Goodbye Baby
On flourishing beyond trauma, an unwanted pregnancy, the pendulum of healing, and walking the line
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Elisa S. Johnston
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February 2024

On Parenting: The Story of All of Us
On facing our regrets and the pursuit of flourishing
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Temple in the Trees
A poem.
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Elisa S. Johnston
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January 2024

The Systems That Fail Us - Order Pt.1
A day in the life, anxiety, and embracing the poetry of Psalm 23
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Elisa S. Johnston
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Reflections of Finding Your Creative Voice
On being a vegetable and a shepherdess, an anniversary, and lessons learned too slowly learned over nineteen years of public writing
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Elisa S. Johnston
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December 2023

MAGNIFICAT
Passages that become our anchors
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Elisa S. Johnston
Mary's Yes and Our Good Judgement
Grasping at God's gift of good judgement, calling, religious anxiety, and teenagers like Mary, the mother of Jesus.
Taming the Fortress
On being "the company," the number of chairs around the table, relearning trust, red nail polish, and why hustling to become less is also damaging

November 2023

My cute bookstack doesn't mean you're bad (and the Happy Booksgiving Giveaways)
Facetiously reducing bookish hustle and two giveaways you might want to enter ASAP!
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Elisa S. Johnston
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