by Emily P Freeman | Jan 2, 2012 | breathe
My oldest daughter (and when I say oldest, I mean by 3 minutes) told me last week that if she ever has two girls and a boy she will name them Chevon, Sabine, and Jeddel. We don’t know anyone with those names and I don’t think she’s read them in any...
by Emily P Freeman | Dec 20, 2011 | Tuesdays Unwrapped
It sounds simple: go outside, step into the quiet, if just for a few minutes, and see what rises to the surface. But we can’t do that! It’s almost Christmas! We must do that. It’s almost Christmas. This is perhaps one of the most frustrating...
by Emily P Freeman | Dec 1, 2011 | breathe, faith
“When we make room for silence we make room for ourselves … Silence invites the unknown, the untamed, the wild, the shy, the unfathomable – that which rarely has a chance to surface within us.” Gunilla Norris, Sharing Silence We have slowed....
by Emily P Freeman | Nov 14, 2011 | breathe
Sometimes we need to keep going no matter what, to sit and do the work no matter the distractions, the time constraints, the resistance standing strong with his arms crossed in the corner of the kitchen. I’ve worked with him breathing hot down my neck, and...
by Emily P Freeman | Sep 25, 2011 | (in)courage, friendship
“Every step on your life-journey can be a step of faith. Baby steps of trust are simple for you; you can take them with almost unconscious ease. Giant steps are another matter altogether: leaping across chasms in semidarkeness, scaling cliffs of uncertainty,...
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