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Author: Kristeen Bruun

For Me

New Year’s Resolutions I Will NOT Be Making, and One That Maybe I Will

3 Jan 2021
By Kristeen Bruun New Year’s Day has come and gone, and I am struggling to convince myself that I will not fall apart when I go back to work on…
Advent…

Dear Jesus, I Have Survivor Guilt

13 Dec 202014 Dec 2020
By Kristeen Bruun Over the past ten days, I have been working on writing my annual Christmas letter, something I have sent out for at least the past 30 years.…
For Me

Saying Good-bye to Beany Malone

16 Nov 202016 Nov 2020
By Kristeen A. Bruun When I was in junior high, I began reading a series set in Denver whose heroine was Beany Malone. Lenora Mattingly Weber’s first book was published…
For Me

Reflections from the White Bubble

28 Oct 2020
By Kristeen A. Bruun I am a Caucasian, born and raised in northern Wisconsin, the product of a union between a Dane and a German. You can’t get much more…
For Me

A Fresh Start, Every Day

7 Aug 20207 Aug 2020
By Kris Bruun I am a CASA (court-appointed special advocate). I work with a pre-teen who just turned twelve. She’s been in the system since she was 8. She just…
Cultural Studies…

Faithful In Small Things

2 Aug 2020
By Kris Bruun Like many people, I’ve had somewhat more time on my hands during these Covid days, and I’ve soaked up some it in my favorite escape: reading. Many…
For Me…

The Eleventh Hour

29 Jun 2020
By Kris Bruun I spent five days in a silent retreat recently, and somewhere in the middle of my days, I got a new insight on a passage of scripture…
For Me…

He Breathed On Them

26 May 2020
By Kristeen Bruun “He breathed on them...”  (John 20:22) I don't think I’ve ever understood this passage as completely as I do now, when we’re doing our best not to…
For Me…

The Tide Has Turned

4 May 2020
By: Kristeen Bruun In these days of “shelter at home,” I’ve been re-reading (for the tenth or so time) The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. I thought now…
Cultural Studies…

A Different Vision of Value

9 Apr 2020
By Kristeen Bruun A couple of weeks ago, the lieutenant governor of Texas, Dan Patrick, age 70, made the interesting statement that he would be willing to die to save…
For Me…

Keeping Vigil

29 Mar 202028 Mar 2020
By Kris Bruun Louisa May Alcott’s classic, Little Women, begins with the sentence, “Christmas won’t be Christmas without any presents.” I understand how Jo March feels. As the weeks wear…
Cultural Studies…

Preparing for Holy Week in the Age Covid-19

12 Mar 2020
By Kris Bruun I have always loved Holy Week. I grew up in a small town in northern Wisconsin when the culture in such places was still imbued with religious…
For Me…

Taking a Step Back

17 Feb 20206 Sep 2020
By Kristeen A. Bruun I just wrote a memo to my Board of Education that I will no longer be teaching children's Sunday school. It wasn't an easy decision. I…
For Me…

When the Plates Come Crashing Down

31 Jan 202023 Oct 2020
By Kristeen Bruun I come from a long line of hardy stock who emigrated from Austria and Denmark to work in the north woods of Wisconsin. My mother, who died…
Cultural Studies…

A Pedicure to Ponder

22 Jan 20206 Sep 2020
By Kristeen A. Bruun I went into a salon for a manicure and a pedicure a couple of weeks ago. This pursuit is mostly a “girl thing,” although every so…
For Me

Advent: Season of Waiting

20 Nov 20193 Sep 2020
By Kris Bruun Of all the responses from God that I might receive in prayer, no word is less welcome than “WAIT.” During her last illness, I prayed that the…

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