by Emily Wierenga | Mar 1, 2013 | Burma, children, compassion, documentary, education, justice, ministry, motherhood, Myanmar, poverty, schooling, wealth
I was a single mother this week. Trent was gone on a ski trip with his students, and on the second day of his being gone, my boys finger-painted nude.They made forts in the living room which I had to fix every two minutes and they threw play-dough... by Emily Wierenga | Nov 27, 2012 | anorexia, brain cancer, christianity, church, dad, hypocrisy, Jesus, ministry, mum, parenthood, pastor's daughter, redemption, sermons, servanthood
Me descending the church steps on the right; my dad, shaking people’s hands on the left.I can still picture the van we drove, rusted and worn at the edges kind of like our family, and sometimes we drove half the morning’s hours to church because my parents... by Emily Wierenga | Oct 23, 2012 | a deeper family, a deeper story, female, feminism, gender issues, Jesus, males, men, ministry, rachel held evans, womanhood, women pastors
what grieves me most is the thought of not seeking the truth, and please understand, that’s all i’m striving for. i’m not trying to be political or controversial or anti-cultural.i’ve realized recently, since having more and more disordered eaters and their families...