by Emily Wierenga | Nov 18, 2013 | ads, advertisement, children, faith, malls, men, nudity, parenting, pornography, purity, violation, women
We’re in West Edmonton Mall and it’s November but the stores are crowded for Christmas.Teens in skinny jeans and middle aged women wearing Forever 21 and babies in strollers. I’m holding my boys’ hands and we’re following Trent who’s carving out a sort of path when we... 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 | Jan 22, 2013 | abstinence, boyfriend, marriage, prodigal magazine, purity, sex, virgin, virginity, waiting
Dear sixteen-year-old Emily,In a few days Brent will dump you. The coolest guy in school. A basketball star. And you will wonder if you should have let him. If you should have pulled the Kleenex from your bra and the bra from your body and let him.But you...