About Hope Wood, writer
hoping to finally get a book published!
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Hope is a writer & photographer expressing how she came to the place of no longer believing in the evangelical Christian god of her entire life. She now finds herself as an agnostic with no belief in a personal god or personal jesus. She now views life through a non-religious lens and is figuring out what it means to still be a deeply spiritual person and a seeker of truth outside the walls of organized religion.
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She knows there is still magic and mystery and beauty in the world. She rejects the toxic theology that told her all of her life that without Christ she was worthless, and that her heart was deceitful above all else. She is seeking a healthy self concept, to love herself, to trust herself, to listen to her own heart.
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She loves to mix conceptual, contemplative, and nature/landscape photography with her writing, and is especially partial to black and white photography. She adores macro/micro photography.
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She believes everyone has a voice worthy to be heard and that beauty can be found anywhere. She is an advocate for those who have experienced clergy abuse, spiritual abuse, or religious trauma in & outside of churches. She is also an advocate as well for those women who find themselves swallowed up in the grief of pregnancy loss of any kind, or widowhood. She knows profound grief and joy, both intimately. She is a mental health therapist and coach.
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She is a neurodivergent queer solo mom of two neurodivergent teens, one of which is a non-binary trans masculine autistic person with ADHD. She was married to her best friend for 12 years 8 months until he died suddenly and tragically by suicide in 2017.
