by Emily Wierenga | Mar 19, 2013 | books, children, christianity, faith, Fifty shades of grey, integrity, libraries, literature, parenthood, pornography, reading, sex, values
I learned recently of a girl in grade three who was found flipping through a copy of Fifty Shades of Grey, the pseudo-masochistic, erotic book which has topped all bestseller lists, and is, to put it blatantly, literary pornography.Apparently the girl told her teacher... by Emily Wierenga | Dec 7, 2012 | a light shining, book giveaway, books, dancing priest, fiction, glynn young, God, literature, novels, prayer, reading, writing
(Guest post by Glynn Young) I’m learning what fiction can do for people, and I’m learning it from people who read fiction.I was on an airplane in 2002, flying to San Francisco for a conference. The in-flight movies weren’t terribly appealing, and so I was... by Emily Wierenga | Jul 13, 2012 | books, children, literature, reading, salvation, story, writing
three things i hope of my children: that they will love God with all of their heart, soul and mind; that they will love their neighbors as themselves; and that they will love to read.because books are doorways to the soul, and when the world is unfriendly, books say,... by Emily Wierenga | Apr 20, 2012 | anne of green gables, books, classics, feature posts, imperfect prose on thursdays, library, literature, purpose magazine, reading, treasure island, winnie the pooh
The smell of ancient paper still makes me want to sob, the way spines line up like soldiers on the wooden shelves of small-town libraries. I know they would defend me if they could, those armies of words. I will never understand the intrigue of a bookless library, of...