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Help Us to Pray
There is too much pain I cannot understand I cannot pray I cannot pray for all the little ones with bellies bloated by starvation in...
Lorien Cockman
Jan 31, 20215 min read
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Made to Be
Where did you come from, baby dear? Out of the everywhere into here. Where did you get your eyes so blue? Out of the sky as I came...
Lorien Cockman
Jan 21, 20214 min read
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The Sacrifice
Moloch! Solitude! Filth! Ugliness! Ashcans and unobtainable dollars! Children screaming under the stairways! Boys sobbing in armies! Old...
Lorien Cockman
Jan 16, 20214 min read
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Innocent's Song
Who's that knocking on the window, Who's that standing at the door, What are all those presents Laying on the kitchen floor? Who is the...
Lorien Cockman
Jan 8, 20214 min read
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The Risk of Birth
This is no time for a child to be born, With the earth betrayed by war & hate And a comet slashing the sky to warn That time runs out &...
Lorien Cockman
Jan 1, 20214 min read
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Bangalore Orphanage, Chapter Six
Minute one, Time for some real talk. These past few days have been pretty rough. Four days before I was scheduled to fly home my phone...
Lorien Cockman
Oct 29, 20193 min read
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Bangalore Orphanage, Chapter Five
Minute One Actually, a collection of small minutes that take up much larger spaces in my heart. My English students are all very shy and...
Lorien Cockman
Oct 18, 20193 min read
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Bangalore Orphanage, Chapter Four
Please consider donating to Lorien's GoFundMe account for this mission trip As I write this I am in recovery, so this note will be short...
Lorien Cockman
Oct 9, 20192 min read
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Bangalore Orphanage, Chapter Three
Please consider donating to Lorien's GoFundMe account for this mission trip Minute One I think that life is a little prejudiced when it...
Lorien Cockman
Sep 30, 20193 min read
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Bangalore Orphanage, Chapter Two
Please consider donating to Lorien's GoFundMe account for this mission trip Minute One And life has smoothed her ruffled feathers and...
Lorien Cockman
Sep 23, 20194 min read
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Bangalore Orphanage, Chapter One
Minute one, And life is perfect, but there are tears in my eyes. I don’t think small children or animals know how to say goodbye and I...
Lorien Cockman
Sep 16, 20194 min read
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When Death Comes Calling
When Death Comes Calling By Lorien Cockman and Emma Harwell Introduction It’s not that I hate life, it’s just that life hates me. I’m...
Lorien Cockman
Jun 15, 201815 min read
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One Day More
Dasy Sixteen and Seventeen: Europe or Bust Last day in the UK!!!!!! We stayed with a lovely French family in their London apartment. They...
Lorien Cockman
May 29, 20182 min read
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FRIENDS!
Day Thirteen: Europe or Bust This morning we got up bright and early to get to Bro. Wan Mekwi’s church in Glasgow, making one quick stop...
Lorien Cockman
May 20, 20181 min read
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Steel Rails
Day Twelve: Europe or bust Saturday was a day filled with trains, which are - in my opinion - the best mode of transportation possible....
Lorien Cockman
May 20, 20181 min read
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Tae the bonnie highlands!
Days Ten and Eleven: Europe or Bust These past two days have been filled with hiking and driving mostly, so I'll fill in briefly and get...
Lorien Cockman
May 18, 20183 min read
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Mountains, Gandalf!
Day Nine: Europe or Bust So... we basically just hiked around in the Lake District today. Amazing for us, but probably pretty boring for...
Lorien Cockman
May 16, 20181 min read
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The World of Peter Rabbit
Day Eight: Europe or Bust WE GOT TO SLEEP IN THIS MORNING!!! And yes, it was wonderful. I'm not exactly adjusting to the time zone very...
Lorien Cockman
May 15, 20183 min read
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MR. DARCY!!!!!!! (Need I say more)
Day Seven: Europe or Bust This morning I woke up with sunlight streaming through the window, glinting off polished wood and lighting up...
Lorien Cockman
May 15, 20184 min read
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In the Home of the Inklings
Day Six: Europe or Bust It was hard to get up this morning. I mean, really, really hard. But I know I have no right to complain, because...
Lorien Cockman
May 14, 20183 min read
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