GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED. THANK YOU! I’m honoured to have my dear friend and fellow Canadian writer, Emily T. Wierenga here today. Emily has been a friend to me for several years now as, in many ways, we’ve “come up” in our careers together with a special kinship. This past summer, we spent a weekend together [...]
The tinies filled our mantle with letters in childish printing and smudgy footprint butterflies or handprint bouquets in bright poster paint on construction paper. You gave me a gift and a beautiful card. We kissed in our pajamas on the couch but we were late for church, and I missed breakfast and a cup of [...]
image source link love Therefore by John Blase Seasons by Rachel Held Evans Simple Stories: An Invitation to Old Fashioned Blogging by Ashleigh Baker A Personal Revival by Nish Weiseth Shame-Based Sex Education: We Can Do Better by Kristen Howerton of Rage Against the Minivan A Christianity Too Difficult by Jamie Arpin-Ricci for Out of [...]
I often hear from men and women who are struggling with their traditional teachings on women in the Church, callings, vocation, and particularly the complementarian view of marriage. I don’t engage in debates online anymore because, well, they are exhausting and usually unhelpful plus it’s pretty time-consuming. But many people are genuinely searching because their [...]
After the rain and the low-hanging winter clouds, it’s every day another blue clear sky. In the forest behind our house, the sun rises over the eastern hills. Every other morning, I seem to pick up my camera and take a few pictures of the sun on the our gauged laminate floor or maybe the [...]
Sometimes, I’m just so tired of All the Reacting. Every one is always reacting to every one else’s work, and right now, I want to create. I want to create my own work, not react to or critique someone else’s work. I want to build something beautiful and true, I want to call things that are [...]
image source (download your own, too!) I’m spending the weekend at one of my heart-homes: the SheLoves Conference. Every year, I gather with this amazing group of women. This has become consecrated ground and a consecrated time for me. Every year, it seems, God meets me here. This year is no different. Words won’t suffice. [...]
