by Emily Wierenga | Dec 2, 2013 | boys, character, church, faith, fatherhood, integrity, Jesus, manhood, masculinity, men, MOB Society, motherhood, mothers of boys, Ron Swanson, Titanic
Dear Sons,Your father and I watched all six seasons of Parks and Rec over the past three months, and while Leslie Knope makes the show, Ron Swanson is its backbone.And boys? I like Ron. I like him, the same way I like your father because they’re not afraid to be... by Emily Wierenga | Nov 1, 2013 | Billy Ray Cyrus, change, daughters, Destiny Hope, difference, faith, influence, integrity, Jesus, letter, Miley Cyrus, MTV
Dear Miley,What happened, honey?Was it when you ranked number 13 on Forbes’ 2010 Celebrity 100?Or perhaps long before that? Perhaps it was the thousands of girls that flocked to your concerts when you were Hannah Montana, and the boys who suddenly saw you up... 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 | Nov 28, 2012 | church, gospel, human, hypocrisy, imperfect prose on thursdays, integrity, Jesus, lies, love, pastors, priest, sin
The Last Supper by e. wierenga (http://www.etsy.com/shop/canvaschild) Church wasn’t safe for me growing up. It was a place where we all had to pretend to be something we weren’t. On the drive home each Sunday, we would all be so cranky and tired, Dad would often have... by Emily Wierenga | Feb 7, 2012 | boys, costa concordia, faith, God, good, integrity, men, parenting
we’re driving home from playing cards with friends. the night looks as though someone has dumped tar on the world. fields of black.and i think about the 30 people who are missing. the ones the captain abandoned, the man who ran the costa concordia into a rock...