by Emily Wierenga | Mar 13, 2013 | calvary, cross, crucifixion, Easter, imperfect prose on thursdays, Jesus, mary, mexico, pilgrimage, resurrection, savior, the passion of the Christ, virgin, wal-mart
Welcome to Imperfect Prose on Thursdays! Please feel free to link up your posts, below.”Sacrifice, Jesus’ Gift to Eve” by e. wierengaWe had a guest speaker on Sunday, and she was talking about Mexico, how only 2 percent of Mexico City believes in... by Emily Wierenga | Feb 27, 2013 | 40 Days of Water, alcohol, brennan manning, coffee, death, drink, Easter, eating disorders, Emily Maynard, food, guilt, Lent, numbers, poverty, sacrifice, sin, theology
Welcome to Imperfect Prose on Thursdays! This week’s prompt is FOOD. Recently, an editor asked me to compile all of my stats: numbers from Facebook and Twitter and blog, etcetera.Numbers undo me. I’m an eating disorder survivor. For seven years of my life,... by Emily Wierenga | Jun 25, 2012 | a deeper story, children, crucifixion, death, Easter, God, hungry, hurting, Jesus, repentance, world
when i was a little girl in big plastic glasses and corduroy dresses, i would scrunch my eyes shut and imagine the crucifixion and try to feel the sadness i knew i was supposed to feel. i’d try to feel repentant but it was so much easier not to, because Jesus... 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...