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Sunday Reflections

July 31, 2022 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Sunday Reflections: What Do We Mean Both Sides of the Holocaust?

Teen librarian Karen Jensen talks about her recent visits to the Holocaust museum and reading The Assignment with her youngest teen

June 26, 2022 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Sunday Reflections: On being a Librarian and a Christian parent to an LGBTQ kid with a uterus in 2022

Teen librarian Karen Jensen talks about parenting an LGBTQ teen in this time of book bans

August 8, 2021 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Sunday Reflections: Endings and Beginnings

Teen librarian Karen Jensen reflects on the ending of high school and the beginning of college as a mother during a deadly global pandemic

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Sunday Reflections: Reflecting on My Reflections. On a Sunday, of course.

February 23, 2020 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Reflecting on 9 years of Sunday Reflections. On a Sunday, of course.

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February 9, 2020 by Karen Jensen, MLS

If you are an adult who works with you, please consider how the way you talk about your body and diet can have a negative impact on the youth you serve.

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A personal medical emergency and reflections on trauma informed librarianship.

Sunday Reflections: How the Language of Deconstructing One’s Faith Helped Me Understand Adolescence

March 31, 2019 by Karen Jensen, MLS

One of the most fundamental tasks of adolescence is to figure out a self-identity. And often, this involves the deconstruction of faith.

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