by Merita Atherly Engen | Jul 20, 2021 | Childhood Abuse and Trauma, Healer, Points of Light, Restoration from Abuse, Shining on God's Character
I’m pleased to introduce my daughter, Misty Dawn, as my guest for the next few weeks. Her blog, Shakam Boqer (Hebrew for “early in the morning”), is an eclectic gathering of her own deep thoughts centered on finding hope of bright joy after a night of...
by Merita Atherly Engen | Jun 22, 2021 | Childhood Abuse and Trauma, Forgiving, Healer, Points of Light, Relationships, Restoration from Abuse
The woman sits in the front pew, expectant and eager. Her grandchild will be baptized. It’s a time of celebration, but church hadn’t always been so joyful. Most of her early pew-sitting and hymn-singing was nothing but an inner struggle from a lifetime of...
by Merita Atherly Engen | Jun 16, 2021 | Breaking through Darkness, Childhood Abuse and Trauma, Healer, Identity Restored, Points of Light, Restoration from Abuse, Shining on God's Character
It’s dark on top of our hill out here in the country—miles from any town. Very dark, with no electricity. I love to sleep in total darkness, but I don’t want to live in it. I slip away from my bed and wander outside. I’ve been interacting with survivors of childhood...
by Merita Atherly Engen | Oct 5, 2018 | Healer, Points of Light, Shining on God's Character
Our pastures have been plundered. At least mine have. And it’s taken only a couple days of Supreme Court hearings to do it. Thursday—the day one terrified woman doctor and one emotional male judge testify. I carry my phone around so I can watch and listen while I...
by Merita Atherly Engen | Feb 6, 2018 | Healer, Points of Light, Shining on God's Character, Teacher, Timely
If I had known all the arduous effort, attention to detail, and mind-and-heart-breaking labor my first literary work would take, I probably wouldn’t have started. It has been a labor of love from the first day, but I had no idea what a degree in creative writing...
by Merita Atherly Engen | Aug 1, 2017 | Giver, Good, Healer, Points of Light, Praiseworthy, Shining on God's Character
Oranges… I see. I feel. I taste…. Oranges as a creative writing prompt? I could turn this into a blog. I’ve needed to blog for months. Fallen way behind, doing other writing and editing and living. Blogs are important for writers to keep up. Mine is particularly...
