by Emily Wierenga | Mar 22, 2013 | children, church, drinking, feminism, leaders, men, rape, Savanah, sons and daughters, Steubenville, submission, women
Abigail Batty, and Felicity DeVries, born March 19, 2013This morning I greeted life with a bouquet of flowers and a Jesus Storybook Bible, in hospital room #33, where my friends had both given birth on the same day, and both to girls.And one, the sister to Savanah... 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... by Emily Wierenga | Oct 29, 2012 | a year of biblical womanhood, bible, biblical, feminism, gender issues, gender roles, God, grace, rachel held evans, wild goose festival, womanhood
From the moment I met Rachel Held Evans at the Wild Goose Festival this summer, surrounded by throngs of believers from all ethnicities and sexual orientations and denominations, she redefined for me what it meant to be a feminist. Because she didn’t look the way I... by Emily Wierenga | Oct 27, 2012 | a deeper family, a deeper story, feminism, gender issues, gender roles, identity, response, womanhood
Warning: This post is not to answer all of your questions. It is not to provide a universal equation. It is not to defend feminism or complementarianism or anything else. It is to share my story.Up until a few months ago I had stretched ears, a piercing in my chin,... by Emily Wierenga | Oct 23, 2012 | a deeper family, a deeper story, female, feminism, gender issues, Jesus, males, men, ministry, rachel held evans, womanhood, women pastors
what grieves me most is the thought of not seeking the truth, and please understand, that’s all i’m striving for. i’m not trying to be political or controversial or anti-cultural.i’ve realized recently, since having more and more disordered eaters and their families... by Emily Wierenga | Oct 11, 2012 | black, brian mclaren, cherokee, ego, feminism, God, grace, homosexual, irish, lesbian, nadia bolz-weber, praise, wild goose festival, yvette flunder
It’s a blue moon tonight and my agent and I are drinking Blue Moon beer to celebrate. Around me are Pentecostals and Unitarians and Lutherans and lesbians and heterosexuals and males and females and Richard Rohr who’s encouraging us to abandon all labels and put on...