The Rest Of Us
by Lauren Cibenein ⛪ Faith & Spirituality
The Rest Of Us
About the Substack
A place for the spiritually homeless. Traveling through trauma, de/reconstruction, and healing. Writing about it (and about writing) as I go. Check out my debut memoir, Tiger in a Lifeboat, wherever you buy books.
About Lauren Cibene
Writer and tenderfoot poet. A thirty-something, doubtful-yet-hopeful Jesus person. Making my bed in the wilderness and writing my way through despair towards a better way.
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