by Emily Wierenga | Jan 6, 2014 | babies, birth, death, grief, heaven, hope, loss, miscarriage, mothers, open letter
Dear Mothers Who Have Miscarried, I’ve lost two, and it’s near torn me apart, this longing to be in heaven with my babies, but I’ve learned the secret to staying on earth. I learned the secret, just weeks ago, and I want to share it here with you, if... by Emily Wierenga | Sep 30, 2013 | Brian Holloway, church, dream, faith, Generation X, generation Y, Generation Z, millenials, open letter, potential, prayer, Stephentown 300, yuppies
Dear Generation Y,You have been called Yuppies. You have been called Millenials and Echo Boomers and Generation 9/11. You’ve been called lazy and entitled and special and spoiled.And 300 of you proved the latter this past week when you broke into a house in... by Emily Wierenga | Sep 23, 2013 | abstinence, motherhood, open letter, parenthood, purity, rape, sex, sexuality, sons, teaching, virginity
Dear Son, Life for you right now is Legos and Thomas the Train and Winnie the Pooh, but one day it will be cars and sports and the girls across the meadow. You’re three years old and learning manners and how to make your bed but one day, there will be... by Emily Wierenga | Jun 24, 2013 | church, death, faith, humanness, loss, mourning, open letter, pain, pastor, pastor's daughter, sorrow
Dear Pastors,I am your daughter.I am the daughter of a reverend and I know what the inside of a church looks like. I know the hardness of the pew and the length of a Sunday morning and the visits: so many visits to so many strangers when all you want is for your daddy...