by Emily Wierenga | Aug 16, 2013 | death, deidra riggs, faith, funeral, grief, husband, loss, love, mother-in-law, mourning, sadness
I had the privilege of meeting my dear friend Deidra Riggs in the flesh this past spring at the Jumping Tandem retreat, and she is every bit as authentic in person as she is on paper. I’m so happy to be able to host her today.My mother-in-law passed away in... by Emily Wierenga | Jul 24, 2013 | #imperfectprose, camping, compromise, doubt, faith, gospel, hard, imperfect prose on thursdays, love, tenting, theology
I’m not sure when tenting got hard.We go every summer with our blue Coleman tent and our blow-up mattress, our matches and our firewood and we drive the west with its snowy peaks and its turquoise lakes. Black bear sightings on the side of the road and cars... by Emily Wierenga | Jul 22, 2013 | Biblical womanhood, church, faith, fat, love, lust, modesty, objects, Purity Culture, shame, thin, womanhood
I’m thin. But I feel fat in a swimsuit. I feel very fleshy and obvious in a swimsuit. I can’t pretend away my curves. I can’t pretend away my stretch marks or my flat chest or the scar where I burned my calf on a scooter. I can’t hide and that’s hard for me. I... by Emily Wierenga | Jul 16, 2013 | boy scouts, church, deleting, faith, gay, letter, love
I chose this morning to delete my letter to the Boy Scouts and to the Church.Friends, my intention in writing the letter that I did was to speak the truth in love to the LGBTQ community, but many did not feel it was loving. So I decided to take it down out of respect... by Emily Wierenga | Jul 12, 2013 | Activist Faith, Bible Dude, book giveaway, children, Dan King, faith, giving, Haiti, love, orphans, parenting
My friend Dan King, or the Bible Dude, is one of the most generous, loving, talented and humble people I know. He writes books, he designs blogs (including this one!), he motivates the church, and he always has time for everyone–especially for his family.... by Emily Wierenga | Jul 9, 2013 | anniversary, anorexia, eating disorder, faith, inked, korea, love, marriage, tattoos, travel
Today is Trent’s and my 10th anniversary.To celebrate, we got inked. We got tats on our shoulder and shoulder blade. It is my husband’s first tattoo and my third, and it hurt, but we winced and held each other’s hand while our Young Life...