by Emily P Freeman | Mar 31, 2016 | books I've read (or want to read)
We crowded around the table in their tiny Brooklyn brownstone, eating gnocchi and reminiscing about our days as hall mates in our small Bible college. My friends were the “wild girls” – the ones who sometimes played silly pranks or secretly lit...
by Emily P Freeman | Mar 14, 2016 | blessings + benedictions
In a world where the rhetoric of leaders often sounds more like the taunts of a playground bully, it’s easy to lose hope for kindness. We admit it feels a bit like bringing flowers to a gun fight. Teach us, Father, how to respond in love and not in fear. Teach...
by Emily P Freeman | Oct 16, 2014 | 31 Artists Who Influence
I only met her once, at the end of an event in Charlotte back in August. She came up to my book table and we started to talk, somehow coming around to a website we both read and one she contributes to. I told her I wanted to attend their yearly gathering but I know...
by Emily P Freeman | Nov 19, 2019 | Spiritual Formation, The Next Right Thing
True story: when I was little, I thought Mister Rogers was talking directly to me. I watched his children’s program on public television, and at the time I wouldn’t have thought to mention that I thought he was talking directly to me. I wouldn’t have thought to say...
by Emily P Freeman | May 22, 2019 | The Next Right Thing
I recently finished reading a book called Visions of Vocation where author Steven Garber dives deep into the implications our vocation has on the wholeness of our lives, not only our work like we often think, but also our relationships and responsibilities in the...
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