by Merita Atherly Engen | Sep 7, 2021 | Creative, Culture of Silence, Points of Light, Restoration from Abuse, Shining on God's Character
Compared to others, my family didn’t have much money, but one thing we shared with our community was the Culture of Silence. If something bad or questionable happened, it was all hush-hush or became part of the gossip mill in which I was seldom included. Hard...
by Merita Atherly Engen | Mar 19, 2019 | Creative, Points of Light, Shining on God's Character
March has hit a home run and is sliding into April. It even sprinkled a few early daffodils as it rounded second base. Sunshine ahead should get it well past third. It runs pell-mell down the last stretch toward spring. I must tag it now or it will be too late,...
by Merita Atherly Engen | Jul 28, 2016 | Creative, Healer, Points of Light, Shining on God's Character
Southern Appalachia isn’t the only place our ancestors eked out an existence clearing virgin timber and hauling rocks from new fields. Across our nation, across our world, survival usually depended on hardy folks with muscles hard. Folks in touch with nature and in...
by Merita Atherly Engen | Jun 14, 2016 | Creative, God of Our Ultimates, Grief, Points of Light, Relationships, Shining on God's Character
https://meritaatherlyengen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Womb-of-the-Wind-Penpoints-of-Light-—-WordPress.mp4 Heartache abounds. Slow and insidious or sudden and gut-wrenching While the wind roars its violence. Depression debilitates. Dark cloud suffocating heart and...
by Merita Atherly Engen | Sep 29, 2014 | Creative, Faithful, Forgiving, Loving, Points of Light, Respectful, Shining on God's Character
His heart burned with love and there was no cure. Night and day the glory of it consumed his being. Tortuous burning. White hot and pure. He longed to communicate, to reach out, to touch, and to finally know that he had been heard and perhaps, just perhaps, been...
by Merita Atherly Engen | May 1, 2014 | Creative, Shining on God's Character
Pulling folders out of the metal cabinet, I glanced at their tabs before tossing them into the trash bag. “Church Communications, Youth Ministry, Sermon Topic Ideas . . . .” “I won’t need these anymore, ever,” I gritted as the mound on the floor grew. “After what I’ve...
