by Emily Wierenga | Jul 29, 2012 | camp, eternal, forgiveness, grace, laughter, life, love, relationships, sarah styles bessey, tea, young life
what is it that makes life worth living?we sit on the couch in the young life lodge with cups of tea, and we laugh like people do, and we’re blog friends, sarah and i, but now we’re real friends, too. she’s come to visit me here. at camp, where trent... by Emily Wierenga | Jul 22, 2012 | aids, bible, book, cancer, children, colorado shootings, dad, greatest, journey, love, message, mum, parents, poverty, salvation, story
we didn’t get along but i wanted to be like him.every morning without fail my dad would bow on the carpet and pray to a God i longed to see, and he read his bible and we weren’t allowed to disturb him.mum would scribble bible verses on little pieces of... by Emily Wierenga | Jul 20, 2012 | a deeper story, boys, differences, gender, girls, laugh your way to a better marriage, marriage, men, sex, similarities, women
well, besides the obvious, they are innumerable. for example, did you know men have “nothing boxes”? mental boxes, in which they sit and do, well, nothing? trent and i learned this while watching laugh your way to a better marriage, and women cannot have... by Emily Wierenga | Jul 18, 2012 | babies, breakfast, cancer, chocolate toast, flooding, God, hard, love, miracles, mum, toast
just thought you all could use a little laugh :) but seriously, this is what breakfast looks like, here. chocolate toast, or homemade strawberry jam toast, or eggos and blueberry syrup, on the deck. and yes, sometimes with babies in the nude. (begging grace as... by Emily Wierenga | Jul 13, 2012 | books, children, literature, reading, salvation, story, writing
three things i hope of my children: that they will love God with all of their heart, soul and mind; that they will love their neighbors as themselves; and that they will love to read.because books are doorways to the soul, and when the world is unfriendly, books say,...