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Category Archives: Chaos

Desert Guilt

Posted on March 28, 2024 by Carolin M. Paradis
Desert guilt and sorrow.

The burden of my choice weighed heavily. An impulse decision to help an aged friend had landed me in a desert landscape riddled with desert guilt. My insides gnawed. I Continue Reading →

Posted in Blog, Chaos, Choices, Faith, Tense Times, Trial & Tribulation | Tagged Desert, Guilt, Lent, Meditation

Blog Uncommon Chaos: The Untruth of Self-Sufficiency

Posted on December 17, 2017 by Carolin M. Paradis
Self-sufficiency

Dwight Thomas’ Harvest Thanksgiving homily (https://wp.me/p89n5f-bO) drilled down past thanksgiving reaching further to the anatomy of gratitude. He was unraveling a lie–the lie of self-sufficiency. Inherent in gratitude is the Continue Reading →

Posted in Blog, Chaos | Tagged chaos, self-sufficiency

Blog Uncommon Chaos: Chaos Laid Bare

Posted on December 3, 2017 by Carolin M. Paradis
Chaos

The Aftermath of Chaos And the winds stop. Chaos settles. Devastated landscapes, destruction beyond comprehension, lives peeled to the bone remain in the wake of chaos. All that is familiar Continue Reading →

Posted in Blog, Chaos | Tagged chaos

Blog Uncommon Chaos: The Focus of Chaos

Posted on November 19, 2017 by Carolin M. Paradis
Chaos

Mis-Placed Focus And it wasn’t over. Like the aftershocks of the September earthquake in Mexico the ground reverberates. An unsettled earth continues to channel turbulent energy touching lives near and Continue Reading →

Posted in Blog, Chaos | Tagged chaos, focus

Blog Uncommon Chaos: The Middle of Chaos

Posted on November 5, 2017 by Carolin M. Paradis
Chaos

Chaos Churning And the chaos isn’t done (refer: http://carolinmparadis.com/2017/10/22/blog-uncommon-chaos-churning/). And my question waits for an answer: “What, dear Lord, are you trying to show me?” Yet, still it comes on Continue Reading →

Posted in Blog, Chaos | Tagged chaos

Blog Uncommon Chaos: Chaos Churning

Posted on October 22, 2017 by Carolin M. Paradis

Midnight Chaos Agitated thought drifted through my dreams. Like tendrils of rising mist creeping through a landscape cloying unease displaced a healing rest. Not again but too late, I surfaced Continue Reading →

Posted in Blog, Chaos | Tagged chaos

Carolin M. Paradis – Stories that Bridge Heart and Heaven

Fascination with peopled stories, passion for writing and questing spirituality collide at a life crossroad. Out of the melee pops the unexpected: a business professional turned story-teller, a blog, and two narrative non-fiction books.

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