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Featured Posts

February 17, 2026March 3, 2026

Don’t allow ICE to expand in CO

January 29, 2026January 29, 2026

Open Letter to NPS: Support Already Approved Signage and Storytelling

January 1, 2026January 29, 2026

A parable for Broomfield

A Syrian refugee camp on the Turkish border for displaced people of the Syrian civil war. Taken last September. (Henry Ridgewell of Voice of America via Wikimedia Commons)
February 28, 2013February 21, 2017

Need in the News, Vol. II, Issue 2

I summarize local, national and international “stories of need” from news sites, blogs, press releases and editorials at the end of every month so readers of EverydayEpics.com don’t have to!

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The Century 16 Theater in Aurora, Colo., where a July 20, 2012, shooting killed 12 people and wounded 58. This photo was taken the day after the shooting. (Photo by Algr via Wikimedia Commons)
February 22, 2013March 7, 2013

Top 150 Song-Poems

I have a love-hate relationship with this one particular list of “top 150” song-poems. The songs themselves are known simply as the “Psalms.” They were written a few thousand years

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Photo by Marrton Dormish
February 8, 2013December 27, 2020

Shadows & Dust, Vol. I, Issue 4

I’ve been bugging my kids lately to tell me one thing they learn each day at school, so I thought I would do something similar for this month’s “Shadows &

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This photo of Nile crocodiles was taken at the Le Bonheur Crocodile Farm near Stellenbosch, South Africa. (Dewet via Wikimedia Commons)
January 30, 2013February 21, 2017

Need in the News, Vol. II, Issue 1

I summarize local, national and international “stories of need” from news sites, blogs, press releases and editorials at the end of every month so readers of EverydayEpics.com don’t have to!

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Recommended

  • Broomfield Community Service Network — Local advocates, social workers and clergy serving our neighbors in need.
  • Broomfield Housing Solutions Forum More than 40 participant organizations working toward local housing stability and affordability.
  • Broomfield Housing Stability Task Force I help lead this local effort to generate new sources of funding to meet our most urgent housing-related needs.
  • Built For Zero — A promising approach to ending homelessness in the United States, one community and one group at a time.
  • Center for Action and Contemplation Founded by Fr. Richard Rohr in 1987, CAC integrates everyday contemplative practices into social action. The most important word in their name is “and.”
  • Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery Podcast Sarah Augustine and Shari Hostetler uncover the influence of church doctrine on current laws and policies that continue to justify the oppression of Indigenous Peoples.
  • Elevated Denver A local non-profit working toward a just, equitable and high-functioning social safety net that promotes the enduring well-being and dignity of all Denver community members.
  • Equal Justice Initiative — Working to end U.S. mass incarceration and racial and economic injustice.
  • Homebrewed Christianity Theology nerd Tripp Fuller facilitates conversations between friends, theologians, philosophers, and scholars of all stripes.
  • Mestaa'ehehe Coalition — A Cheyenne- and Arapaho-led effort renaming sacred Colorado landmarks.
  • MHAction — Advocating nationally for affordable housing and economic security for residents of mobile home communities.
  • On Being — Thought leaders interacting about spirituality, social change, and inner and outer renewal.
  • RAWtools — Forging peace and disarming hearts, one dismantled firearm at a time.
  • Sand Creek Massacre Foundation — Raising awareness of the 1864 Massacre at Sand Creek in Eastern Colorado.
  • Severe Weather Activation Program — Providing life-saving shelter for people experiencing unsheltered homelessness in Broomfield and Adams counties.

Welcome

My name is Marrton Dormish. I'm a non-denominational Christian minister serving the Broomfield and North Denver Metro area through my non-profit advocacy project Everyday Epics. I companion people on the margins of accepted society and history (and attempt to amplify their voices and stories), I catalyze local housing stability and basic needs efforts, and I help facilitate the Broomfield Sister Cities partnership with the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, headquartered in Concho, Okla.

I'm a fourth-generation Coloradan, born and raised in Denver. I've lived in Missouri, New Mexico and Spain, and now, along with three of my four young-adult children, I live in a Broomfield, Colo., bilevel on the treaty-recognized homelands of the Hinono'eiteen (Arapaho), the Tsitsistas (Cheyenne) and the Nuu-ci (Ute) nations. Since we're not far from some beautiful, city-designated open space, we sometimes hear coyotes howling at night.

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Favorite Posts

Poses by Sassie

May 2, 2020March 31, 2022

Sand Creek is all around us

May 24, 2019March 31, 2022

Blown to Broomfield

November 1, 2011May 4, 2021
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, everyone, courtesy of the Denver (Colo.) City and County Building. (Marrton Dormish)

Bleeding Places Below

February 1, 2011March 12, 2022

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