by Emily Wierenga | Feb 20, 2013 | ann voskamp, art, grief, imperfect prose on thursdays, joy, Kelli Woodford, link-up, One Thousand Gifts, poetry, prose, redemption, sorrow
Welcome to Imperfect Prose on Thursdays. This week’s prompt is JOY, and today’s guest post is written by our lovely Imperfect team member, Kelli Woodford.”Within the Everlast”The sun shone in my eyes that day last week when... by Emily Wierenga | Jan 14, 2013 | art, blogging, courage, fear, fearless, inspiration, overcoming, self-help, Stephen King, tips, writer's block, writing
Seeking Light, www.etsy.com/shop/canvaschildstephen king describes writer’s block as a physical sickness, something that violently overtakes him if he even tries to approach the keyboard and i’ve never experienced this. no, but i’ve experienced fear,... by Emily Wierenga | Dec 22, 2012 | 2012, art, blessing, born, children, christmas, family, foster children, free, gifts, Jesus, jin, joey, love, madeleine l'engle, manger, nativity, prayers, printable
this is no time for a child to be bornwith the earth betrayed by war and hateand a comet slashing the sky to warnthat time runs out and the sun burns latethat was no time for a child to be born,in a land in the crushing grip of Rome;honor and truth were trampled by... by Emily Wierenga | Sep 28, 2012 | art, chasing silhouettes, creation, etsy, free, gift, giveaway, printable, thank you
(to thank you for all of the love you’ve shown me this week, with the release of Chasing Silhouettes and so many of you helping me to promote it… i want to share these pieces of art with you. feel free to “steal” them for your desktop, or to... by Emily Wierenga | Sep 5, 2012 | amazing, art, beer, believers, children, church, community, ed cyzewski, festival, grace, hippies, hymns, imperfect prose on thursdays, parenting, synchroblog, wild goose festival
it’s a collapse of child and mother, the after-supper kind of collapse. we haven’t seen each other all weekend because i’ve been away and we have joey and jin here too. and sometimes this having other people in our home feels a bit like the curtains... by Emily Wierenga | Sep 3, 2012 | art, artist, calling, conference, creation, creator, identity, imperfect prose on thursdays, justice, love, salvation, weight, wild goose festival
following are some photos, and a snippet of my talk, which i gave this sunday at the Wild Goose Festival… taking some time now, to recuperate and reconnect with my boys, but we will be starting Imperfect Prose again, this Wednesday… hope you can join us!It...