by Emily Wierenga | Aug 8, 2013 | alcoholic, alcoholism, book giveaway, faith, Heather Kopp, mercy, recovery, sober, Sober Mercies
I’m away this week, taking a break from blogging to spend time with family. Today I get to welcome my new friend, Heather Kopp, who writes beautifully and candidly about her struggle with alcohol in a powerful book called Sober Mercies. We’re giving away a... by Emily Wierenga | Apr 26, 2013 | book giveaway, dream, dreamers, God-sized dreams, grace, holley gerth, identity, Jumping Tandem retreat, lisa-jo baker, mercy, platform, shepherd, success, woundedness
I had the privilege of meeting Holley Gerth and Lisa-Jo Baker amongst dozens of other beautiful bloggers in the flesh this past weekend at the Jumping Tandem retreat, a weekend nestled in the fields of Ashland, Nebraska, a retreat which Lisa-Jo would describe as... by Emily Wierenga | Oct 21, 2012 | adoption, agency, anorexic, brothers, burnout, christian, family, foster care, foster children, mercy, weight
we’ve taken turns quitting over the past nine months, since taking these boys in, last february. and it’s been a ripping at the seams, of our finely hemmed lives. but with the ripping there comes mending. and we’ve found it in the mercy of each...