by Emily Wierenga | Oct 29, 2012 | a year of biblical womanhood, bible, biblical, feminism, gender issues, gender roles, God, grace, rachel held evans, wild goose festival, womanhood
From the moment I met Rachel Held Evans at the Wild Goose Festival this summer, surrounded by throngs of believers from all ethnicities and sexual orientations and denominations, she redefined for me what it meant to be a feminist. Because she didn’t look the way I... by Emily Wierenga | Oct 27, 2012 | a deeper family, a deeper story, feminism, gender issues, gender roles, identity, response, womanhood
Warning: This post is not to answer all of your questions. It is not to provide a universal equation. It is not to defend feminism or complementarianism or anything else. It is to share my story.Up until a few months ago I had stretched ears, a piercing in my chin,... 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... by Emily Wierenga | Oct 15, 2012 | beauty, children, girl, grace, husband, kindness, love, marriage, mirror, motherhood, self-love, sin, wine, womanhood
the other night we had pudding. or rather, it had us, all covered and sticky and delicious, and we wondered about insisting on spoons. but then we remembered that sometimes grace feels like fingers covered in dessert.and i’m learning this for myself, as a... by Emily Wierenga | Oct 3, 2012 | conversation, devil's punch bowl, divine, female, femininity, God, nativity, oregon, she loves magazine, wild goose festival, womanhood
We’re sitting at the Devil’s Punchbowl in Oregon, watching whales breach and spout and the surfers are riding hard, waves frothing at the mouth and blue skies above.There’s a shine where the whales are surfacing, as the water glints off their backs, and we’re eating... by Emily Wierenga | Sep 25, 2012 | a deeper story, body image, cards, eating disorders, etsy shop, giclee print, identity, mary pipher, naomi wolf, virginia wolfe, womanhood
“All I could do was to offer you an opinion upon one minor point—a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction; and that, as you will see, leaves the great problem of the true nature of woman and the true nature of fiction...