by Emily Wierenga | May 27, 2013 | Aiden, disappointment, discouragement, doubt, faith, God, Oklahoma, prayer
The women I was honored to share the stage with in Nashville: Iora (Kirsten Haglund’s mother), Kirsten Haglund (Miss America 2008), and my co-author and friend, Dr. Dena CabreraIt was windy last week, the kind of windy that reminded me of Oklahoma and the nine... by Emily Wierenga | Apr 23, 2013 | art, belief, children, dreams, faith, God, Jumping Tandem retreat, prayer, speaking, spirituality, workshop, worship
“When I was a little girl, I dreamed that I could touch God,” she says in a soft voice.We’re in a room at the Carol Joy Hollings Center, at the Jumping Tandem Retreat, and I’m leading a workshop on giving birth to our dreams. I’ve... by Emily Wierenga | Apr 3, 2013 | belief, Christ, doubt, faith, Gideon, God, incarnation, Jesus, manifestation, persecution, spiritual, truth, vision, visitation
The light, falling through broken blinds on our unmade bed and the books piled up, dog-eared and clothes on the floor and laundry folded in a basket waiting to be put away. It was early morning and the boys, all four of them this Easter weekend, were doing a... by Emily Wierenga | Mar 19, 2013 | books, children, christianity, faith, Fifty shades of grey, integrity, libraries, literature, parenthood, pornography, reading, sex, values
I learned recently of a girl in grade three who was found flipping through a copy of Fifty Shades of Grey, the pseudo-masochistic, erotic book which has topped all bestseller lists, and is, to put it blatantly, literary pornography.Apparently the girl told her teacher... by Emily Wierenga | Feb 23, 2013 | bad week, blues, childloss, crying, daughter, depression, faith, miscarriage, motherhood, poo, prayer, sadness, shit, swearing
Tuesday was one of the hardest days I’ve ever experienced, as a mother.It was the kind of day that found me hunched over carpets, muttering and scrubbing, because my youngest son, whom I thought was potty-trained, decided he wasn’t anymore and pooped and... by Emily Wierenga | Feb 17, 2013 | daughters, definition, faith, femininity, feminism, God, identity, marriage, relationship, self-esteem, self-worth, womanhood
**A video recording of this post can be found HERE.As a woman living in the 21st century I will live as though I have a thousand daughters, even though I have none, because every girl is my daughter and when she sees me, or engages with me, she’s looking to me...