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Stephen Jenkinson and Kimberly Johnson in Oxford, UK
Posted August 21, 2025 - Orphan Wisdom Newsletter
Stephen Jenkinson and Kimberly JohnsonLive in Oxford, UK September 15 &16, 2025 What becomes of us when sovereignty is the prize, autonomy the moral code,and AI is a stand-in for...
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Banyen Books Hosts Stephen Jenkinson to celebrate his new book: Matrimony
Posted August 18, 2025 - Orphan Wisdom Newsletter
Banyen Books and Sound presents: Free Livestream Discussion with Stephen Jenkinson on his new book Matrimony: Ritual, Culture and the Heart's Work. Wednesday Sept. 10th 12 noon PT (60 mins)...
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Stephen Jenkinson and Kimberly Johnson LIVE in Oxford
Posted August 9, 2025 - Orphan Wisdom Newsletter
Stephen Jenkinson and Kimberly Johnson Live in Oxford September 15 & 16, 2025 Things we deem 'inevitable' we rarely credit with merit or worth. In my corner of the world...
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Matrimony book launch event this Sunday 12 noon ET
Posted August 8, 2025 - Orphan Wisdom Newsletter
Livestream celebration of the release of Matrimony: Ritual, Culture and the Heart's Work This Sunday, 10 August, noon ET "… start with your poverty. Let the kids see you doing...
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All. Most.
Posted August 5, 2025 - Orphan Wisdom Newsletter
What follows is an aside of sorts. I was asked to write something about how I'm doing, about the lay of the land, with my book on Matrimony about to...
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The Holy State
Posted July 29, 2025 - Orphan Wisdom Newsletter
THE HOLY STATE Love is all there is. Love is all you need. Two forgivable extremes. Ordinary life suffers when compared to that kind of certainty. Maybe a bit of...
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Matrimony
Posted July 23, 2025 - Orphan Wisdom Newsletter
FROM THE INSIDE There are odds, and there are likelihoods. And then there's what happens. The odds were against the Matrimony book from the early going. The publisher I counted...
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Last Wave of the Scriptorium Fundraiser
Posted July 16, 2025 - Orphan Wisdom Newsletter
The last Wave of the Scriptorium Fundraiser opens today. In celebration of Stephen Jenkinson's forthcoming book Matrimony: Ritual, Culture, and the Heart's Work, we are including a few venerable Indigo...
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Matrimony: Ritual, Culture, and the Heart’s Work
Posted July 14, 2025 - Orphan Wisdom Newsletter
Made To Measure Some things it isn't wise to get used to. Saying goodnight to a loved one. Having children at your feet. Breathing. Rising in the morning of your...
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