by Emily Wierenga | Apr 13, 2012 | children, feature posts, guinea pig, laughter, life, photos, spring
the thing about spring is, everywhere you look, there are signs of new life.thank you, dear loves, for linking up with us this week… every friday we’re going to shine some light on posts we believe deserve extra notice, either for their transparency,... by Emily Wierenga | Apr 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
by Emily Wierenga | Apr 9, 2012 | children, church, Easter, God, holiness, Jesus, risen, sled, snow, snowmobile, wilderness
sometimes there is a rightness to the world. as though the earth is humming with angels’ songs and all you have to do is hush, to hear it.we attended church this easter sunday, and the sermon was good and convicting and solid. but we also rode for half an hour... by Emily Wierenga | Apr 6, 2012 | brown skin, children, cross, Easter, Jesus, love, peace
My foster son is sitting at the white table, the little one I bought at Superstore. He’s coloring. “When I’m old, Jesus is going to make me a Fisher of Man,” says Joey. I listen from my laptop. “Like Opa, or Uncle Phil. Uncle Phil likes fishing.” Joey is new to church... by Emily Wierenga | Apr 1, 2012 | cross, death, disappointment, Easter, hope, Jesus, killed, Palm Sunday, sadness
Jesus was destined to disappoint.he says this from the pulpit, and i see her, the girl who sits in the front row with her mother. the girl with no hair and no leg, who’s lost everything to chemo, and yet, she’s in church.the children march in with palm... by Emily Wierenga | Mar 26, 2012 | anne lamott, candles, children, disciples, Jesus, vietnam war
anne lamott writes of a man who once stood outside the white house, holding a candle every night, for weeks on end, during the vietnam war.a reporter finally asked him, “do you really think you’ll change the world by holding a candle?” to which this... by Emily Wierenga | Mar 21, 2012 | (in)courage, conference, encouragement, friendship, God, hope, love, marriage, real, webcast, women
grandma jo comes on wednesdays. angela on tuesdays, miss carla on thursdays, to help me dress the boys and to read to them. they go swimming with auntie karen, feed chickens with judith, make forts with juanita, color with jen, and play trains with amber. other women... by Emily Wierenga | Mar 17, 2012 | bravery, children, courage, faith, fathers, fear, God, hope, love, mothers
my palms are rough and i don’t feel very brave, sobbing into them.trent has hurt my feelings because we’re both tired, and there are four pairs of eyes watching and it’s too much sometimes. so i go to my room and sit on our feather tick and cry. ask... by Emily Wierenga | Mar 14, 2012 | food, forever, husband, love, marriage, wife
he loves me with glasses of strawberry wine and cheese sticks arranged pretty on a plate. he loves me by waking early and frying pancakes for the kids, with bacon and strawberries, and making eggs for me, with peppers and onions, even though the onions make him cry.... by Emily Wierenga | Mar 12, 2012 | family, father, fostering, grace, Jesus, love, mother
it’s more than singing these days. “Jesus” is something Joey says all of the time, now, like water, or bread, or Lego, like he’s learning a new word and he doesn’t want to forget it. but then there is everything else.like the fact that he...