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Tag: Health

Examining issues that relate to health: access to medical care, disease, a holistic understanding of the physical, spiritual and emotional aspects of health, etc.

Is there a middle way for U.S. health care? (Marrton Dormish)
May 22, 2012February 21, 2017

“Health Care Via Media”

It might be a peculiarity of the American psyche, a rugged individualism and pioneering determination that has made the United States “the land of the free and the home of

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The front signage of a new Family Medical Center in Broomfield, Colo. (Marrton Dormish)
May 11, 2012February 4, 2017

Reid’s Healthcare Mirror

In order to better conceptualize the approach and function of the U.S. healthcare system compared to others around the world, consider the following summary based on journalist T.R. Reid’s The Healing

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Habitat For Humanity volunteers building a house during the 2007 Fremont Fair in Seattle, Wash. (Joe Mabel, Wikimedia Commons)
April 17, 2012February 4, 2017

Habitat home repairs

The well-known non-profit Habitat for Humanity does more than build new homes for people in economic need. Habitat also repairs homes for qualified families. Flatirons Habitat for Humanity is currently

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April 15, 2011December 14, 2011

10-year-old Abdou

Last year, we profiled Joe and Mame Starke who are serving at a mission hospital in Galmi, Niger. They recently mailed us a story about 10-year-old Abdou that I’d like to

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Recommended

  • Broomfield Community Service Network — Local advocates, social workers and clergy meet monthly to enhance services for clients in need.
  • Built For Zero — How communities across the United States are ending homelessness.
  • Equal Justice Initiative — Working to end U.S. mass incarceration and racial and economic injustice.
  • Mestaa'ehehe Coalition — A Cheyenne- and Arapaho-led effort to rename sacred Colorado landmarks.
  • MHAction — Advocating for affordable housing and economic security for residents of mobile home communities.
  • On Being — Krista Tippett interviews contemporary thought leaders about spirituality, social change and inner and outer renewal.
  • RAWtools — Michael Martin and a growing network of creative, nonviolent activists forge peace and disarm hearts, one dismantled firearm at a time.
  • SWAP — Almost Home’s “Severe Weather Activation Program” provides life-saving shelter for people experiencing unsheltered homelessness in Broomfield and Adams counties.

About Me

Welcome! My name is Marrton Dormish. (If you're curious about the spelling of my given name, click here.) 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.

I serve in Broomfield and the North Denver Metro area as a minister, advocate and writer. Among other things, I companion people on the margins of accepted society and history and attempt to amplify their voices and stories, I catalyze local housing stability efforts, and I help facilitate the budding Sister Cities partnership between Broomfield and the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, headquartered in Concho, Okla.

Thanks for taking time to visit my site.

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Poses by Sassie

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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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