Over the past few days several friends of mine have blogged pieces that capture their vulnerable moments. \u00a0I don’t know what it is about the timing of things, but here are a few posts that talk openly about daily struggles that people face. \u00a0It is a litany of honesty and thoughtfulness from people who otherwise need to project a more solid image to the world.<\/p>\n
Laurie Kingston<\/strong>, an old friend from university days has been blogging for years about her life with cancer. \u00a0A couple of weeks ago, she published a letter<\/a> about where she is in her journey which is powerful in its confronting of fear and uncertainty.<\/p>\n Charles LaFond<\/strong> is the Canon Steward of the cathedral of St. John’s in the Wilderness in Denver Colorado. \u00a0Our friendship and colleagueship has blossomed over the years as we have served congregations together and explored the applications\u00a0of the spiritual resources of hosting. \u00a0He keeps a daily blog on the cathedral’s website. \u00a0He writes today on despair<\/a>.<\/p>\n Back in 2002, I kept a blog about the Toronto Maple Leafs, and through that writing I met Jordon Cooper<\/strong> who was the editor of a blog called The Hockey Pundits. \u00a0I wrote there for a couple of years until the NHL lockout destroyed my interested in hockey in 2004. \u00a0Jordon’s writing ranges from spirituality to sports, culture and to his family and personal struggles with health and the medical system. \u00a0Today he shares a peek under the hood<\/a> of struggling with a chronic health condition and being in relationship.<\/p>\n Lesley Donna Williams<\/strong> is a colleague based in South Africa. \u00a0We met once,\u00a0but I feel like we know each other better from our social media connections over the years then from the one time we met! \u00a0She works as an entrepreneur and documents her experience as a mixed race woman living in a country that struggles everyday with integration. It’s a fertile, bewildering, energizing and anxiety provoking context, and so it’s not surprising that once in a while she will experience burnout. \u00a0This post today captures\u00a0what the journey with burnout is all about.<\/a><\/p>\n Tenneson Woolf<\/strong> is one of my closest friends and professional colleagues. \u00a0We tumble through the world together in mutual admiration of each other’s gifts, and we bring so much that’s different, that we complement each other beautifully. \u00a0It’s easy working and hanging out with him (we’re doing both this weekend in Salt Lake City and next week in New Mexico!). \u00a0Tenn writes his heart at his blog called Human to Human, and today he writes about those days when you just have to put one foot in front of the other.<\/a><\/p>\n Rebecca Contant<\/strong> and I know each other because we are both Vancouver Southsiders, devoted supporters of the Vancouver Whitecaps Football Club. \u00a0The Southsiders are a group of a couple of thousand of us that sing, chant, cheer and create art together in support of our team. \u00a0It is a participatory and inclusive activity, and we actively embrace social inclusivity in our activity. \u00a0Rebecca uses this awareness opening as a jumping off point for how to create inclusive spaces for\u00a0gender identity issues to be considered in the craft of teaching physical education<\/a>. \u00a0The post is a vulnerable exploration of what it feels like to confront these issues with compassion and thoughtfulness.<\/p>\n