by Emily Wierenga | Sep 26, 2012 | book launch, book release, chasing silhouettes, death, dying, eating disorders, giclee print, giveaway, hope, imperfect prose on thursdays, meal, nurses, she loves magazine, skinny
Rachel Naomi Reimer wrote, “What a blessing it is to outlive your self-judgement and harvest your failures.”I think it’s a blessing just to outlive something.Because the nurses said I should have died. Funny, I didn’t feel like I was dying. I didn’t really feel like I... by Emily Wierenga | Sep 19, 2012 | book giveaway, chasing silhouettes, fear, giclee print, giveaway, God, imperfect prose on thursdays, meditation, prodigal magazine, running, Stephen King, writer, writing
It’s the seventh day of vacation and I’m resting after six days of creating, like God did in the beginning, only I suspect God wasn’t drinking a beer and reading Stephen King’s Bag of Bones.But he may have been sitting by the water like I am. Staring at the way it... by Emily Wierenga | Sep 12, 2012 | bills, book giveaway, cara sexton, children, hope, imperfect prose on thursdays, joy, lamp, light, peace, politics, whimsy smitten, winner
I am tired and too delicate for this world. It all seems to fly at me at once today, an assault of worldly concerns and it feels like just too much and I whisper for Jesus to come and come soon and all the while I feel like a hopeless lunatic just waving my arms as... by Emily Wierenga | Sep 5, 2012 | amazing, art, beer, believers, children, church, community, ed cyzewski, festival, grace, hippies, hymns, imperfect prose on thursdays, parenting, synchroblog, wild goose festival
it’s a collapse of child and mother, the after-supper kind of collapse. we haven’t seen each other all weekend because i’ve been away and we have joey and jin here too. and sometimes this having other people in our home feels a bit like the curtains... by Emily Wierenga | Sep 3, 2012 | art, artist, calling, conference, creation, creator, identity, imperfect prose on thursdays, justice, love, salvation, weight, wild goose festival
following are some photos, and a snippet of my talk, which i gave this sunday at the Wild Goose Festival… taking some time now, to recuperate and reconnect with my boys, but we will be starting Imperfect Prose again, this Wednesday… hope you can join us!It... by Emily Wierenga | Jun 20, 2012 | abide, beauty, doing, God, idleness, imperfect prose on thursdays, joy, laughter, proverbs 31, sewing, suzannah paul, tea, the smitten word, woman
(post and photo by suzannah paul)When she said, “Where better to look than Proverbs 31?”my heart sunk hard and I lifted tea to lips in lame disguise.I am Suzannah’s complete lack of enthusiasmIn this sorority, we’re tested veterans,survivors of...