Hello, friends! I'm back in the land of the living. I will blame my blogosphere disappearance on finals week. Three final projects, five pots of coffee, and 11,000 words later, I've polished off another semester, and I'm half way through my program. I've learned my lesson: Only take a 9-credit semester of grad school when... Continue Reading →
Good Friday—”Pleasing Grief and Mournful Joy”
You may recognize the name John Newton for his authorship of perhaps the world's most famous hymn, "Amazing Grace." He was prompted to pen those words after his conversion from a career as a slave ship captain. Newton wrote many other poems, some of which have since been put to music. The following is one... Continue Reading →
Spring and the Narnia of Your Soul
Just as suspected, the spring weather turned into winter weather again on and Tuesday morning, we found over an inch of snow on the ground. Today it is warm[er] and the snow is melting...bringing the mud. My favorite. [Read: NOT my favorite.] But the snow proved an apt reminder of the grueling winter, and why... Continue Reading →
Emily Gehman | Storytelling Coach 