by Emily Wierenga | Sep 19, 2012 | book giveaway, chasing silhouettes, fear, giclee print, giveaway, God, imperfect prose on thursdays, meditation, prodigal magazine, running, Stephen King, writer, writing
It’s the seventh day of vacation and I’m resting after six days of creating, like God did in the beginning, only I suspect God wasn’t drinking a beer and reading Stephen King’s Bag of Bones.But he may have been sitting by the water like I am. Staring at the way it... by Emily Wierenga | Aug 23, 2012 | belief, bible school, buddhism, christianity, church, doubt, faith, lying, missions, prodigal magazine, religion
I stopped believing the day I entered a Buddhist temple on a mission’s trip. I stopped believing when I saw the men taking off their shoes before they entered their holy place. When I witnessed their reverent bows, the intimacy with which they kissed the floor... by Emily Wierenga | Jul 31, 2012 | eating disorder, God, hungry, prodigal magazine, starving
Funny how being thin is so important until you realize it accomplishes nothing but hunger. I wish I’d known this before I tried to starve myself to death.I wish I could have known how good and beautiful I was in spite of my mushroom-cut and big-rimmed plastic glasses....