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A Field Guide for Sorrow

a publication of Juniper House Spiritual Direction

By A Field Guide For Sorrow

· Launched 3 years ago

Weeping Willows and What the Memory Cannot Let Go

The power of place

Longing, The Concept Vs. Longing, The Act

"Longing is momentum in disguise." -- Susan Cain

Mar 31•A Field Guide For Sorrow

Building a Way Out

a bit on "thrownness"

Mar 2•A Field Guide For Sorrow

The salvific power of seeing

The salvific power of seeing is that it not only leads to justice, but it is, in and of itself, a form of resistance.

Nov 20, 2025•A Field Guide For Sorrow

A blessing for Advent

Advent starts in two weeks!

Nov 16, 2025•A Field Guide For Sorrow

How Truth, Goodness, and Beauty Can Usher in ‘Healing Remembrance’

Sin and salvation through an intersectionality lens

Nov 14, 2025•A Field Guide For Sorrow

Consider the crickets

'a cricket’s song is a beacon of connection to his kind'

Aug 10, 2025•A Field Guide For Sorrow

A theology of trauma and grief

alternate title: How Shelly Rambo blew my mind

Jul 22, 2025•A Field Guide For Sorrow

The necessity of wonder

practicing wonder in times of despair

Jun 28, 2025•A Field Guide For Sorrow