by Emily Wierenga | Apr 22, 2013 | author, book, brokenness, eating disorders, giveaway, healing, Hollow, hope, identity, Jena Morrow, The Love Dare
(Guest post by author Jena Morrow)All my life I had dreamt of becoming a mommy. It wasn’t my only dream, but it was certainly the most important dream in my little girl heart. I was the child who never went anywhere without a baby doll tucked under my arm... by Emily Wierenga | Apr 19, 2013 | doubt, father, fault, forgiveness, God, mother, Purity Culture, self-loathing, sexual abuse, shame, suicide
(Guest post by Anonymous*) The blogosphere has been discussing the Purity Culture a lot lately. I’ve heard all sides from how it hurt those who did and didn’t “wait,” how harmful it is to all sexes and genders and races, and so on. Having been... by Emily Wierenga | Apr 17, 2013 | abuse, apology, book giveaway, brennan manning, christian, convictions, feminism, gender issue, imperfect prose on thursdays, Jen Hatmaker, manhood, prayers, servanthood post, stories, trigger, womanhood, writer
I’m not sure but that there isn’t a time in every one’s life when we’re called–To stand up for what we believe in. But before we stand, we have to know what we believe, and before I became a wife and a mother, I didn’t really know.I didn’t know the way I would... by Emily Wierenga | Apr 16, 2013 | anger, brain cancer, British, family, forgiveness, grandmother, heaven, mum, nanny, prodigal magazine, suicide
Sometimes it’s easier to feel angry.It’s easier to feel angry than it is to admit how much you miss her.It’s easier to feel angry than it is to stare at that urn with its Chinese markings and to know that your British grandmother died from a razor... by Emily Wierenga | Apr 15, 2013 | Alise Wright, church, depression, God, hobbies, identity, lies, life, love, music, passion, piano, self-worth, The Love Dare, titles, truth, value
I spent two years not touching a piano. And when playing music is where you feel the most like yourself, two years is a long time to go without feeling completely you.I was told that everything I was doing was wrong in the area where I was the most passionate and the...