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 28, 2016 | blessings + benedictions
We’ve developed a bad habit of praying for clarity. We want to know the plan before we agree to it, but we’re beginning to understand that’s not really how You roll. You never promised clarity. You told Abraham to leave his country, his people, and...
by Emily P Freeman | Mar 25, 2016 | faith
“He offered himself as a mirror they could see themselves in, and they were so appalled by what they saw that they smashed it. They smashed him every way they could.” Barbara Brown Taylor in Bread and Wine It is one thing to consider the events of the...
by Emily P Freeman | Mar 24, 2016 | family, marriage, rest
It’s the season of spring break and many of us have traveling on our minds. It can be easy, for me anyway, to romanticize places other than home. I have a mixed relationship with traveling. I would actually love to travel if it wasn’t for the travel. In...
by Emily P Freeman | Mar 21, 2016 | blessings + benedictions
We’re learning to see Christ in the boring, the painful, and the mildly ridiculous as well as in the beautiful small. We’re fighting for our moments and seeing ways He shows up in our right-now life. We’re grown-ups and we know the importance of...
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