by Emily P Freeman | Oct 9, 2014 | 31 Artists Who Influence
Today’s artist is a relatively new influence for me. I read her book, Breathing Room, at a time when I really needed some. She speaks the kind of soul language I’m always looking for but rarely find, the kind that comes from thoughtful silence, faithful...
by Emily P Freeman | Oct 8, 2014 | 31 Artists Who Influence
I don’t know a lot about G.K. Chesterton and I have only read one book of his. I thought I had a vague idea of what he looked like, so I google imaged him just to be sure and immediately saw he bore a striking resemblance to Mad-Eye Moody. No? Even so, I read...
by Emily P Freeman | Oct 6, 2014 | 31 Artists Who Influence
It’s hard to put into words what happens in the heart of a seventeen year old girl who longs for life to be poetry and beauty and then finally, someone comes along and says it’s true. For years after I first heard Sarah Masen sing that night in the youth...
by Emily P Freeman | Oct 6, 2014 | 31 Artists Who Influence
I first met Lysa six years ago after attending She Speaks, the training conference for writers and speakers that her ministry founded and hosts every summer. Lysa is the author of many books, her last three all landing on the New York Times bestseller list and let me...
by Emily P Freeman | Oct 5, 2014 | 31 Artists Who Influence
I may never see her again, but that day she made a difference for me. She led me to the exam room with a smile and a pat on the back. She was kind, patient, looked me in the eye. She reassured me when I didn’t even realize I needed to be reassured. She was...
by Emily P Freeman | Oct 4, 2014 | 31 Artists Who Influence
I spent a little time in my hometown last May. It was the first time I had visited there by myself as a grown woman. That also made it the first time I had ever driven those old familiar streets. I expected for it all to feel strange and dream-like. What I didn’t...
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