by Rae Halder | Mar 12, 2015 | Free, Our Stories Untold Blog
Walking back to the retreat house from a morning mass service at St. Benedict’s Snowmass monastery, Buzz saddled up to me and asked if he could disrupt my silence. It was day 5 of a 10 day semi-silent centering prayer meditation retreat. Buzz and I had conversed...
by Our Stories Untold | Apr 21, 2014 | Healing Free, Our Stories Untold Blog
by Angela Marie Carter Butterfly in Reverse (a poem from my upcoming book, Memory Chose A Woman’s Body) I had wings. Once. They seemed no different than human hands until plucked. Reluctantly. Along the mantelpiece, beside a twenty dollar bill— the world,...
by Rae Halder | Jun 5, 2013 | Free, Healing Free, Our Stories Untold Blog
It’s been one year today since the launch of Our Stories Untold. When I chose to pursue this Website I didn’t know what to expect. Deep inside I understood this was something I had to do, for both my personal healing and for others who I knew were out there....
by Our Stories Untold | May 30, 2013 | Features, Healing Free, Our Stories Untold Blog
by Catherine Woodiwiss This is the third in a Sojourners series on sexualized violence in Christian communities. Looking at Our Stories Untold, as well as other individuals and organizations creating an awareness about sexualized violence in Christian communities,...
by Rae Halder | May 8, 2013 | Healing Free, Our Stories Untold Blog, Stories
I first read this story at an open mic night in April 2013 at Prairie Lights bookstore in Iowa City, Iowa. The theme of the evening was violence against women, and it was the first time this story had ever been shared in written or spoken form. There were a lot of...
