by Merita Atherly Engen | Sep 7, 2016 | Fatherly, God of Our Ultimates, Identity, Points of Light, Shining on God's Character
WooOUUUwooo! Dad’s cow horn, found at some tacky souvenir shop somewhere along a tourist trap, blasted down the hall past my bedroom door. I scrunched my pillow over my ears. Dad had decided this was the best way to wake his family. It was time for breakfast. Time...
by Merita Atherly Engen | May 29, 2015 | Fatherly, God of Our Ultimates, Identity, Motherly, Points of Light, Saving, Shining on God's Character
A little box of baby things are tucked away wrapped in plastic, safe in a drawer. Whenever I open that drawer, I imagine a mother crocheting a blue sweater and booties, fashioning a delicate crocheted cap, and hand stitching simple flannel socks. I thumb through...
by Merita Atherly Engen | Oct 9, 2014 | God of Our Ultimates, Healer, Identity, Joyful, Points of Light, Shining on God's Character
Guest Blog, Poetry, and Photography by JerryAnn Berry Finding my way to identity while filled with the shame of sin and abuse was like a maze of mirrors. I never knew if what I was seeing was my reflection at all. In the end I realized God found me and He knew where I...
by Merita Atherly Engen | Sep 4, 2014 | God of Our Ultimates, Good, Identity, Points of Light, Shining on God's Character
“And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.” Romans 8:28 It had been a long seven years for Bobbi, but she never looked back. Schizophrenia, Parkinson’s disease, Age Related Dementia,...
by Merita Atherly Engen | May 29, 2014 | God of Our Ultimates, Identity, Loving, Shining on God's Character
“That’s your handwriting,” you say after two decades of no mail. Terrible handwriting. Too jerky, too tense. I’ve hated it. But you are glad and now I am a school girl practicing my name. This is mine. This is me and I am free. Loops rounding out the tails in letters...
