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8220;We Could Have Gone to Florida:” The Weird Thing I Miss On What Would Have Been My Sister’s Birthday. Note: This piece was written three years ago, on the first birthday after my sister’s death. It was unpublished until today, on what would now be my sister’s 52nd birthday. I still wish we could have gone to Florida. I miss going to the Village Mall at 9:00 pm just for a little look around. I miss waiting for her to try on just one more top. I miss Aunt Roxanne. I miss her cards and messages to o...
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January Blahs and Epiphany Wonder
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January Blahs and Epiphany Wonder. January 10, 2017. January 12, 2017. Every year I find January long, tedious, and depressing. I say this even as someone who loves to ring in the new year and who celebrates her birthday early in this month. These things I like. The problem is that somehow there is still so much January left after all of this stuff happens (doesn’t New Year’s already seem like eons ago? Why do I live here? Us of the importance of many Biblical stories and also calls us to enter into the ...
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If Jesus Kept Office Hours OR “No Thank-you to the Hamster Wheel”
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If Jesus Kept Office Hours OR “No Thank-you to the Hamster Wheel”. October 14, 2016. October 14, 2016. I thought about this doctor’s life. I wondered how often he worked over an hour past when he intended. I wondered if he had lunch plans that he had missed. I wondered if he had a family that had grown used to him being late. I wondered if he even felt he had the option of saying no. There would have always been more that he could do. He could have been doing, but he said no thank-you to a hamster wheel ...
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November 2016
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I have been silent on my blog this month, because the month has also been so very LOUD. Sometimes I feel like the news and my Facebook feed is screaming at me: It’s so bad! I have felt the need to be quiet, which comes as much from not quite knowing what to say, as much as from a place of not wanting to be another voice saying something. 8230;And I need something more. This may not sound like much worth remembering. After all, who likes waiting? But this is not simply a looking-at-your-watch-waiting-for-...
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January 2017
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January Blahs and Epiphany Wonder. Every year I find January long, tedious, and depressing. I say this even as someone who loves to ring in the new year and who celebrates her birthday early in this month. These things I like. The problem is that somehow there is still so much January left after all of this stuff happens (doesn’t New Year’s already seem like eons ago? Why do I live here? Us of the importance of many Biblical stories and also calls us to enter into the life of faith in a tangible way with...
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June 2016
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Things I’m Bad At and Thanks for Grace. I am so bad at so many things. I am terrible at athletic things. If you doubt me, let me tell you this: in grade nine, the gym teacher let me serve the volleyball from the attack line. I am not good at technology. My sound hasn’t worked on my phone for a few months and I haven’t done anything about it because I’m not sure what to do. I’m also rather hazy on this cloud about which I hear so much. I am bad at a lot of my work things. Is a common thought in my head.
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October 2016
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If Jesus Kept Office Hours OR “No Thank-you to the Hamster Wheel”. I thought about this doctor’s life. I wondered how often he worked over an hour past when he intended. I wondered if he had lunch plans that he had missed. I wondered if he had a family that had grown used to him being late. I wondered if he even felt he had the option of saying no. Our cultural expectation is that we will have our needs met and our appointments kept. If we keep running, other people should keep running , too. Let me say ...
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September 2016
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8221; Saying No, Even When It’s Really Good Stuff. I often struggle to say no. Not always – there are some instances where I find saying no a cinch. For example: Leanne, would you like to go on a run? No, I would not. Or: Leanne, can you help me fix my computer? My answer: No, that is not something I will be able to do. I can also assure you I will easily say no if you ask me if I want to watch a horror movie, wear a strapless dress or attend a Gospel Coalition conference. Serve on this committee? There ...
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Our Unlucky 13th Anniversary
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Our Unlucky 13th Anniversary. September 6, 2016. A couple of weeks ago, my husband Dallas and I celebrated our 13th wedding anniversary. Truth be told, we don’t always do anniversaries super well. We got married at the end of August, and every year by the time our anniversary comes we are in the post vacation we-spent-a-lot-of-money-already-and-we-don’t-want-to-spend-more phase of the summer. Still, we make an effort. Who eats at 8:30? What are we, 25? We hummed and hawed about a backup restaurant. W...
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