by Emily Wierenga | May 24, 2013 | Abercrombie and Fitch, anorexia, anorexic, CEO, God, identity, love, Mike Jeffries, self-esteem, worth
Dear Mr. Mike Jeffries,You’ve gotten a lot of flack lately. And it’s been well-deserved.But I feel sorry for you.I feel sorry because at the end of the day, you don’t know the hurt you’ve inflicted, because you’ve never been so wounded... by Emily Wierenga | Jan 20, 2013 | anorexia, children, Facebook, identity, looks, motherhood, mothers, pounds, single, size, the abba project, weight, womanhood, women
Add captionwe are the heartbeat of the home. but more than that, sisters…we are the heartbeat of the world.i see a woman’s Facebook status rejoicing that she’s lost 45 pounds, and multitudes are clicking “like” and it’s... by Emily Wierenga | Nov 27, 2012 | anorexia, brain cancer, christianity, church, dad, hypocrisy, Jesus, ministry, mum, parenthood, pastor's daughter, redemption, sermons, servanthood
Me descending the church steps on the right; my dad, shaking people’s hands on the left.I can still picture the van we drove, rusted and worn at the edges kind of like our family, and sometimes we drove half the morning’s hours to church because my parents... by Emily Wierenga | Nov 17, 2012 | anorexia, blog talk radio, Christ, holiday, interview, marriage, st. teresa of avila, thanksgiving
I will be sharing my story, the one in which I relapse as a young married woman, the one in which Trent becomes Christ incarnate for me, on Blog Talk Radio HERE, tonight; will you pray for me, that God be glorified? Thank you friends.Also, I will be taking the next... by Emily Wierenga | Oct 17, 2012 | anorexia, attention, boy, brother, bulimia, chasing silhouettes, duane scott, eating disorders, family, giveaway, imperfect prose on thursdays, starvation
(guest post by duane scott)He’s not a tall boy, I notice, and so thin. Almost sickly. His arms look like a boy half his age. We’re in Canada at a boy’s retreat and my heart goes out to him so I look him square with empathy because I’m ready to hear his story, whatever... by Emily Wierenga | Oct 8, 2012 | allison vesterfelt, anorexia, body, body image, christians, God, hard, love, marriage, mum, myths
Before I got married I thought I could do life on my own. Well, with God, of course, because that’s what good Christians do, but mostly, on my own. I dated guys because they were fun but my mum always said I’d have a hard time getting married because I couldn’t...