by Emily Conrad | Sep 5, 2019 | Emily Conrad, encouragement, God's love, Roots in Unlikely Places
by Emily Conrad I’ve heard the morbid take on bouquets that there’s no point in enjoying cut flowers because they’re all dead as soon as they are clipped from the plant. Though I didn’t need much encouragement to enjoy cut flowers anyway, I picked one little...
by Emily Conrad | Mar 28, 2019 | Emily Conrad, encouragement, God sees and God Cares
by Emily Conrad I grew up thinking of Hagar as less-than, as a mistake Abraham and Sarah made when they should’ve waited on God’s promise. She represented sin and detours from God’s will and consequences that lasted for generations.But as I reread her story as...
by Emily Conrad | Mar 21, 2019 | Emily Conrad, encouragement, faith through trials, hope, the valley of broken dreams
by Emily Conrad On the way to urgent care, I told my husband the pain in my wrist was like the pain of holding a plank in Pilates class. Only, in Pilates class, I could drop to the mat when the burn got too intense. All the discomfort would dissipate. But as I sat in...
by emilyconrad@sbcglobal.net | Feb 21, 2019 | comfort, Emily Conrad, encouragement, Francis Chan, grief, Rethinking what it means to win
by Emily ConradIn a video study on the Gospel of Mark*, Francis Chan says that the disciples “were so used to winning,” they went into Jerusalem with Jesus that final time leading up to the crucifixion thinking, “We’re going to take this over.”What a very good point....
by emilyconrad@sbcglobal.net | Dec 28, 2017 | encouragement, God's love, Indivisible, new year, Sally Poyzer, Top Posts of 2017, waiting with Jesus, When a writer tries to help God with math, Why it's important to celebrate
by Emily Conrad I don’t write a Christmas letter, but I do enjoy reading the ones I receive. It’s so interesting to see how a year boils down into one or two pages.As a novelist, I’m not used to being so succinct. 2017 has meant approximately 100 new...
by emilyconrad@sbcglobal.net | May 4, 2017 | Emily Conrad, encouragement, Not What I had in Mind
by Emily Conrad It’s been quite a week, and as I type this, it’s only Wednesday.Here’s part of what has been going on:Praise God, Sadie seems to be on the rebound, no surgery required.But for this and other reasons, I’m a bit raw today, and...
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