Category: Reflections
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Pride 2026
When reflecting on what I wanted to share for Pride Month, I really found it through my work with others and a simple line from George Strait’s You’ll Be There: “You don’t know where you’re going ‘til you know where you’re at.” All the lives around us—past, present, and future—are together in this world and…
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Quiet Streets, Honest Conversations: What Amsterdam Taught Me in 72 hours.
Roots & the Long Arc of Leaving Home To imagine traveling the world as a little farm boy raised from the roots of rural East Tennessee wasn’t something I grew up knowing was possible. I don’t particularly remember growing up with nothing, nor do I carry vivid memories of having everything. Much of life still…
Khristofer Johnsen 