Fear emanates throughout the Bible 336 times. Every character from Noah to Abraham and from Ananias to Paul experiences fear. No one is immune. Fear forces a decision: “Will I follow God more closely or nudge God further away?” Joseph’s world flipped upside down when...
The Christmas season is full of expectation from family visits to carefully chosen gifts to parties and get-togethers. We expect that special meal Mom makes, that silly tradition, the candlelight service on a quiet night. But Christmas began very unexpected. Oh, the...
Will you join me on a great ADVENT-ure? If you’re like me, the weeks leading up to Christmas become overloaded with lists and to-dos. But what I really ache for is those moments of tucking away in quietness, in stillness, to prepare for the arrival of a heartbeat, His...
No one every taught me that I was supposed to say this word aloud during the holiday season. I didn’t know that one word could mean so much during Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, and Christmas. No one told me this one word contained so much power. How did I miss this one word...
Every year before Christmas I received a fill-in-the-blank that I didn’t think mattered. I was so wrong. Leif and I have sponsored children though out the years for Compassion International—an organization who identifies children around the world in the most...
Emily T. Wierenga is an award-winning journalist, columnist, artist, author, founder of The Lulu Tree and blogger at www.emilywierenga.com. Her work has appeared in many publications, including Relevant, Charisma, Desiring God, The Gospel Coalition, Christianity...
