by Emily Wierenga | Nov 24, 2013 | bible, children, church, faith, family, feminism, Jesus, manhood, men, patriarchy, servanthood, single mothers, womanhood
The little girl was crying.She’d been sitting beside her grandma in church but when she turned sad her grandfather scooped her up, a big burly man who barely fit in the pew, and he held her so tender and she leaned her head against his chest and I broke, right... by Emily Wierenga | Nov 4, 2013 | bible, church, daddy issues, doubt, father, God, gospel, heresy, infallible, Jesus, new testament, old testament, questions, scripture, sin, trinity, truth
via Emily Jay photographyI love Jesus. I’ve loved him since I was a little girl in a mushroom cut with round plastic glasses and pink sweatpants. He was there for me when I had no friends because we moved ten times before I turned seven. He was there for me when... by Emily Wierenga | Oct 7, 2013 | bible, children, discipline, doubt, faith, freedom, guilt, judgement, mother-guilt, motherhood, preschool, pride, television, vegetables, working mom
Aiden waves at me from the water. His eyes look green today; other days they’re brown, like his father’s. He blows bubbles and kicks and the teacher leads them out of the big pool and into the kiddie one.I sit with my knees tucked to my chest, watching... by Emily Wierenga | Aug 9, 2013 | bible, Diane Bailey, faith, grief, hymns, It is well with my soul, prayer
Thank you for your patience and grace, as I’ve been away this week enjoying time with family. I’ll be back this coming Monday, blogging as-per-usual. Please join us next Wednesday for Imperfect Prose. e.Today I’m welcoming Diane Bailey, a mentor and... by Emily Wierenga | Jun 3, 2013 | bible, faith, guilt, kids, mom, motherhood, motivation, parenting, pregnancy, school, summer
So it’s summer.The kids are out of school, or soon they will be, but the housework doesn’t end and their needs don’t either.And maybe you’re pregnant and hormonal like me.Maybe you’re missing your evening glass of wine and your morning... by Emily Wierenga | May 29, 2013 | bible, burned, church, control, devotions, evangelicalism, imperfect prose on thursdays, motherhood, prodigal magazine, religion, self, the me generation
…For a while, I became so burned by the church that I decided I would take things into my own hands.I would not get hurt again. I would make the Bible what I wanted it to be and I would apply only the parts of it that I wanted to believe in. I would play god....