by Emily P Freeman | Feb 8, 2016 | blessings + benedictions
She has denied her gifting for too long. And today is the day to take it back. You have made her a writer but she sits on her hands. Pull her hands out into the light and show her what she needs to see to get them moving. Father, she is afraid and so many of us can...
by Emily P Freeman | Feb 1, 2016 | blessings + benedictions
Whether you’re caucusing in Iowa, teaching in Texas, serving in Omaha, or waiting in New York – If you’re dreaming, moving, staying, seeking, or reading in your own backyard – For those who are rocking the baby, washing the dishes, cleaning the...
by Emily P Freeman | Jan 25, 2016 | blessings + benedictions
We have traveled onto new roads and all our senses are heightened. They say it’s a new adventure! but we have our doubts. Though the landscape has all the familiar elements – the ground below, the sky above – everything else is in the wrong place. It...
by Emily P Freeman | Jan 18, 2016 | blessings + benedictions
Sometimes I think I want peace but what I really want is calm. Calm is quiet rooms and alone time. Calm is slow movements, deep breathing, and zero percent chaos. Calm, when you can get it, is a gift. But it’s not the same as peace. Peace is hard-won, the child...
by Emily P Freeman | Jan 11, 2016 | blessings + benedictions
We confess our longing to be the smartest person in the room. Reveal to us the true fear hiding beneath the surface. We are afraid of not having the answer. We are afraid of looking like a fool. We are afraid that perhaps they were right and we aren’t cut out...
by Emily P Freeman | Jan 4, 2016 | blessings + benedictions
We have all quietly stepped over the invisible threshold, the old slipping away into last year and the new presenting herself before us, waiting. In the turning of the year, no one is left behind. And so we begin another year-long journey, bags packed whether we...
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