Joan Stockbridge

Storyteller, Spiritual Director, Human Being At Large. Blogs at http://www.joanstockbridge.com/blog/

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My Father’s Body

My father died a month ago, and his remains have taken up residence in my office in California.

Joan Stockbridge10 min read

Coming Alongside

When Tragedy Strikes, Church Can Matter

Joan Stockbridge4 min read

Six-Word Stories From Rehab

Ernest Hemingway’s poignant six-word story launched a genre that’s popular with writing teachers.

Joan Stockbridge2 min read

An Elephant Pilgrimage

We are in Africa so my mother can see elephants. She has a special reason for loving elephants.

Joan Stockbridge3 min read

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Scenes from the New American Dustbowl

Political conspiracies, water witches, Exodus-quoting priests, and angry, defeated farmers in California’s dying, droughted Central Valley.

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What Do Christians Bring to a None’s Funeral? The Funeral.

By Joan Stockbridge | A spiritual director helps a religiously unaffiliated family ritualize loss.

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The Teenage Suicide That Could’ve Been

I was fifteen when I tried to take my own life. It was the Ides of March, the day sixty co-conspirators famously assassinated Julius…

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