by Emily Wierenga | Sep 16, 2013 | (in)courage, #mominthemirror, beauty, book giveaway, create, creator, femininity, forgiveness, life, love, sexuality, women
Dear Daughter of Eve,You carry the seed of life in you. You are muscle and mind and heart. You walk with the calm of the hills. There is beauty in your gait, in the way you hold your shoulders, in your bending to hold a child close, in your rising for those who are... by Emily Wierenga | Sep 11, 2013 | #duckdynasty, #imperfectprose, cancer, Duck Dynasty, family, hunting, kay, love, marriage, phil, prayer, Robertsons, squirrels, vows, wedding, willie
Please note, I do not approve of guns or hunting or squirrels being killed. My father in law, however, does.So when you’re sitting down at a table beneath the trees five hundred yards from your inlaws’ house and it’s Sunday, and you’ve said... by Emily Wierenga | Sep 4, 2013 | #imperfectprose, bike, children, confidence, doubt, hurt, imperfect prose link-up, love, pain, parenting, redemption, training, trust
Aiden asked us to remove his training wheels this week. He’s three and a half and he’s growing weed-like and it scares me, but we took the wheels off.And that first night, Trent bent low and guided the bike long down the hamlet road, back and forth and... by Emily Wierenga | Sep 3, 2013 | anorexia, brain cancer, caregiving, faith, God, hollywood, homeschooling, Jesus, love, marriage, mum, virginity
This, friends, is what I wish the world knew about love. I wish I could take the world on my knee and hold it close and then tell it stories of my life and my family and what they’ve taught me about the kind of love no Hollywood movie can capture.The kind of... by Emily Wierenga | Aug 21, 2013 | #imperfectprose, carpe diem, children, faith, family, fear, gardening, happiness, hope, imperfect prose link-up, joy, loss, love, miscarriage
“The glory of God is a human being fully alive; and to be alive consists in beholding God.” ~St. Iraneaus They eat peas by the handful, shelling them and tossing the green pods, the evening sun on their bathed heads and Kasher’s pajamas are already dirty from... by Emily Wierenga | Aug 19, 2013 | Boy Scout, celibacy, christian, church, community, faith, forgiveness, gay, grace, homosexual, LGBTQ, love, orientation, Pope Francis, sexual, sin
PLEASE NOTE: I wrote this post primarily for those within the church while still acknowledging the need to continue to grow in our capacity to love and dialogue with gay people outside of the church. I have spent the past month writing this post in cooperation with a...