by Emily Wierenga | Dec 11, 2013 | Bethlehem Star, discouragement, doubt, faith, Haiti, Nelson Mandela, prison, prodigal magazine
I walked to the edge of my faith tonight. Looked down and was tempted to jump.Because sometimes there are no stars or moon, just an ink black sky and when you step outside in your sneakers and run the country mile, you can’t even see the white of your... 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 | Sep 4, 2013 | #imperfectprose, bike, children, confidence, doubt, hurt, imperfect prose link-up, love, pain, parenting, redemption, training, trust
Aiden asked us to remove his training wheels this week. He’s three and a half and he’s growing weed-like and it scares me, but we took the wheels off.And that first night, Trent bent low and guided the bike long down the hamlet road, back and forth and... by Emily Wierenga | Jul 24, 2013 | #imperfectprose, camping, compromise, doubt, faith, gospel, hard, imperfect prose on thursdays, love, tenting, theology
I’m not sure when tenting got hard.We go every summer with our blue Coleman tent and our blow-up mattress, our matches and our firewood and we drive the west with its snowy peaks and its turquoise lakes. Black bear sightings on the side of the road and cars... by Emily Wierenga | Jul 10, 2013 | bride of Christ, christianity, divorce, doubt, faith, God, marriage, Zena Neds-Fox
I met Zena Neds-Fox through the Imperfect Prose link-up and have been smitten with her words and her love for Christ. So delighted to have her here while we take a much needed week off, camping in Banff and Jasper and enjoying the smell of each other’s skin....