by Emily Wierenga | Nov 20, 2013 | falling in love, heartache, imperfect prose, love, meme, prodigal magazine, relationships, truth
The pastor is praying and the woman in the pew in front of me has an oxygen tank.She’s breathing in and out and it’s soothing, but also jarring, because you don’t realize how much you need oxygen until you stop being able to breathe.And I reckon the... by Emily Wierenga | Nov 9, 2013 | art, blog, editing, eucharisteo, faith, family, grace, hope, links, love, pastor's wife, poetry, publishing, women, writing
Yellow Sunflowers Against Abstract Background, print on CANVAS. All of my prints are now 50% off for a limited time only on my Etsy site–originally $60, down to $30, with $15.50 shipping in Canada, $21.75 shipping to the States. Order HERE. Today I’m... by Emily Wierenga | Nov 8, 2013 | acceptance, compassion, deformed man, Jesus, love, love making, Pope Francis, redemption, sex, sleeping stranger subway picture
Trenton and I, married July 9, 2003Trent holds me in the hallway, my head against his chest and he tells me it’s going to be okay. Because I’m an author who struggles with anxiety, and Trent’s heartbeat is a promise through his shirt.And he tells me... by Emily Wierenga | Oct 30, 2013 | cancer, death, faith, funerals, imperfect prose, love, marriage, romance
My dad (left) with his older brother, Uncle Dennis, who passed away this week.It was spring and we’d just finished dinner.We were living in Blyth, a small theater town and Mum still sick with brain cancer. Uncle Dennis and Aunt Marion were over, and they’d... by Emily Wierenga | Oct 23, 2013 | gospel, homeless, hungry, inner city, love, mission, poverty, prodigal magazine, street person
I can’t walk into a fast food restaurant bathroom anymore without seeing her legs, the way they stuck skinny beneath the door that day in old man pants, with white socks and black slippers. A little girl and her mother were in front of me and we all froze and I said... by Emily Wierenga | Sep 25, 2013 | fashionABLE, foster boys, generosity, God, jin, joey, love, prodigal magazine, voice
I don’t normally spend money on myself. But when my blogger-friend went on a trip to Africa with #blogABLE, and I learned of their fashionABLE scarves, I had to have one because, goodness, it was helping someone, and it was gorgeous. I didn’t mind spending...