by Emily Wierenga | Apr 30, 2013 | anger, blogging, community, criticism, dialogue, feminism, hurt, Jennifer Dukes Lee, Jesus, michelle derusha, prodigal magazine, servanthood post
“It’s not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood;... by Emily Wierenga | Apr 24, 2013 | abandonment, betrayal, christian, church, Churchian, congregation, forgiveness, grace, hurt, hurting, Jesus, pain, people, salvation, suffering
Welcome to Imperfect Prose on Thursdays. Today’s post is written by IP team member Elizabeth Stewart of Just Following Jesus. Link up your posts below!I read the words and I see the wounds behind them. The words weep with hurt and ooze with the putrid... by Emily Wierenga | Apr 12, 2013 | brokenness, calvary, church, depression, duane scott, eating disorders, future, hell, human, Jesus, love, past
We’re in the Taco Bell driveway, just two famished college boys getting something to eat, when I mention it. My past, that is. And he stops diving deep in his backpack for scrunched dollar bills; stops and just stares at me with somber eyes, like he has witnessed... by Emily Wierenga | Apr 7, 2013 | Emily Wierenga, feminism, heartache, humility, Jesus, joy, Philippians, prodigal magazine, servant, servanthood post, update
Hi friends.I’m still here.Just a bit quiet these days.It was a hard week. A heartache week, knowing I hurt some people (unintentionally) through THIS post, yet knowing too that I was trying only to be obedient, so I haven’t had many words to say as of... 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 25, 2013 | a dare to love yourself, acceptance, alive, art, art journal, dreams, Elora Nicole Ramirez, Jesus, little girl, makeup, mom in the mirror, The Love Dare
I wrote a letter to my body once.It was something suggested to me by my therapist – something I never in a million years thought I’d be able to finish. It was a post written in the middle of as opposed to after the fact. I did not see...