by Emily Wierenga | Feb 3, 2012 | God, Gypsy, heaven, Jesus, King
My children,Your mama loves this man named Jesus, the same name you’ll hear outside. And yet, like with a lot of things, names mean different things to different people. It doesn’t necessarily make one right, or one wrong, just different I guess. So when mama says she... by Emily Wierenga | Feb 1, 2012 | children, giveaway, God, hurting, print, yahweh
“can we really do it?” trent says and he looks at me terrified, and it’s two a.m. and kasher won’t calm. “can we really take care of four boys?”the bedroom sighs, as though turning in its sleep and i’m jealous. it’s been... by Emily Wierenga | Jan 25, 2012 | eternity, flowers, fostering, God, love, space, time
so we live here, but also, there, straddling earth and heaven, and dr. cicely saunders calls it “the hour of love.” the eternal hour in which we skin our knees in prayer and fumble with forgiveness. all the while struggling to believe that we ourselves are... by Emily Wierenga | Jan 18, 2012 | faith, God, homeless, hungry, hurting, streets
it seems as though winter is making up for lost time, lady frost seated in our windows, and i remember him. the man with the plastic beads around his neck, and i wonder if he is warm tonight. his sign was crammed with black ink. it asked for spare change, but then it... by Emily Wierenga | Jan 16, 2012 | devotions, family, God, how-to, prayer, sabbath, sunday, toddler
sunday morning and it’s eggos and syrup and snow outside. we don’t often eat breakfast together. trent normally wolfs down peanut butter and bikes off to school, me shoving lunch at him and spooning pablum and making porridge and trying to brew some coffee...