June 2011
1 post
April 2011
2 posts
deathiversary
today it has been 2 years since the day my dad passed away, so naturally because my name is emma i have too many thoughts and emotions and have to blog about them.
the first thing i need to say is that it’s funny to me that an anniversary like this dictates my emotions in such a huge way. like just because it’s april 12th, i’m sad, no questions asked. the past week or so...
“Being pregnant finally helped me understand what my true relationship was with...”
– Amy Adams
March 2011
2 posts
“How did a spirituality such as Christianity, a spirituality that speaks of...”
– Donald Miller
“I recalled the stillness of my father’s office when I’d first step...”
– Anne Lamott “Traveling Mercies”
February 2011
3 posts
January 2011
18 posts
“Do not discount what you have already accomplished. You have made important...”
– Henri J.M. Nouwen, “The Inner Voice of Love”
Tirzah: Some thoughts. →
classyliving:
You know those days when you are just filled with power. Joy and peace seem like they’re just overflowing. You get all eager to pray on the sick and read your Bible. You jump into the presence of God and are just real with Him about everything. You say “thank you” and mean it…
“Ill make you happy
in all of the ways you swore
you never deserved.”
– Daily Haiku on Love by Tyler Knott Gregson (via tylerknott)
makes my heart want to explode
“Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.” -Isaiah 43:1-2
“Do not remember the former things, or consider the things of old. I am about to do a...
Today is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day.... →
“His friendship was an amulet. When she told him things she was thinking, he said...”
– Anne Lamott, “Blue Shoe”
“The Bible that I read says that God did not send Jesus to condemn the world but...”
– Shane Claiborne (via mighty2save)
i'm not the average girl from your video
lately i’ve been more aware than usual of just how terribly men treat women. this in turn has made me EXTREMELY aware of how poorly women treat themselves.
somewhere along the line, probably shortly after the creation of the world, it became okay for men to objectify women. it became okay for men to look at us as sex symbols, as a pair of boobs and a great butt instead of an intelligent,...
“Some women choose to follow men, and some women choose to follow their dreams....”
– Lady Gaga
really don’t like lady gaga but i really LOVE this.
December 2010
18 posts
“Think about it. If you are single, after graduation there isn’t one...”
– Carrie Bradshaw
get it girl.
Watchstephen colbert…the realest talker
dedicated to every beautiful woman who thinks she...
“I just finished taking an evening class at Stanford. The last lecture was on the mind-body connection—the relationship between stress and disease. The speaker (head of psychiatry at Stanford) said, among other things, that one of the best things that a man could do for his health is to be married to a woman whereas for a woman, one of the best things she could do for her...
you need to read this book.
“Dear Child of God, I write these words because we all experience sadness, we all come at times to despair, and we all lose hope that the suffering in our lives and in the world will ever end. I want to share with you my faith and my understanding that this suffering can be transformed and redeemed. There is no such thing as a totally hopeless case. Our God is an expert at dealing with...
“The ministry of evangelization is an extraordinary opportunity of showing...”
– Brennan Manning, The Ragamuffin Gospel
Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I...
“I’ve got two daughters who will have to make their way in this skinny-obsessed...”
– J. K. Rowling
November 2010
48 posts
Winter Song- Ingrid Michaelson and Sara Bareilles
...
look harder
you have to look for beauty in the world. i promise it’s there. it may be far away or seemingly insignificant, but i promise there’s something good somewhere. God is the same loving God on sunny days and on rainy days, and that in itself is enough beauty for me to survive on. sometimes it doesn’t feel like enough, and i have to spend the better part of each bad day convincing...
"Violence shall no more be heard in your land,...
stephaobrien:
I S A I A H 60:18
“Through love, all pain will turn to medicine.”
– Rumi