by Emily P Freeman | Oct 25, 2016 | friendship, hope, ministry, rest
“What’s becoming clearer and clearer to me is that the most sacred moments, the ones in which I feel God’s presence most profoundly, when I feel the goodness of the world most arrestingly, take place at the table.” Shauna Niequist, Bread and...
by Emily P Freeman | Sep 20, 2016 | books I've read (or want to read), hope
I still remember the sick feeling I had the day I found out Edie’s house burned to the ground. It was 2010, only days before Christmas. Edie was one of those twenty-first century gifts, the kind we get now that we write online and can meet people from all over...
by Emily P Freeman | Sep 5, 2016 | faith, hope
My clogs and I have walked some foreign roads this summer. I’m still a little jet-lagged from my latest trip – a little weary and teary, a little wondering how to carry all the new experiences, new friendships, and difficult realizations with me into my...
by Emily P Freeman | Jul 21, 2016 | faith, family, hope
When I read this post by my new friend, Shawn Smucker, I cried. Not just oh my eyes blurred a little but full out, shaking shoulders, giant tears. Part of my life’s work is to teach people to pay attention to what makes them cry, because tears are tiny...
by Emily P Freeman | Apr 27, 2016 | faith, friendship, hope
A few days after Prince died, I read an article on Entertainment Weekly about actor Will Smith’s reaction to the news. “I am stunned and heartbroken. I just spoke with him last night.” When I was in college, one of my high school girlfriends died in...
by Emily P Freeman | Mar 2, 2016 | faith, hope
American astronaut Scott Kelly has been in space on the International Space Station for nearly a full year. Last night, at 11:25 pm EST, in the midst of coverage on the US election results on Super Tuesday, Scott Kelly and two other astronauts arrived safely back to...
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