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Karen Ruth Shock

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March 2023

March 09, 2023

Living in Fear is Exhausting

Living in fear is exhausting. I've spent too much of my life being afraid. Driven...

September 2022

September 22, 2022

I Wore Yellow

Bright, sunny, yellow. To a hipster church. What was I thinking? I guess… Maybe, I...

August 2022

August 21, 2022

Winning At All Costs

  I couldn’t play the game anymore. Honestly, I didn’t even know what game I...

August 08, 2022

Is My Faith Being Destroyed?

Destroyed or Deconstructed. I just noticed these are two different words… Although I would say...

August 01, 2022

Compared to What?

Let’s talk about ants. Two stories. Two different perspectives. Both of them inspiring.    Story...

July 2022

July 25, 2022

When You Just Don’t Fit In

Everyone longs to belong. I’ve spent my life longing to belong. To fit in. The...

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