Emily Lewis | May 1, 2020
In January, when the other IndiAanya editors and I began to dream about writing themes for 2020, we had no idea that within months we would find ourselves locked in...
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I am not, by anyone's definition, an overachiever. While I like (mostly just making) To-Do lists, I'm equally happy to toss them out to spend the afternoon smelling roses. In...
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"If my spiritual life were my real life, I would be in a coma right now." The pain in my own voice surprised me, but the confession was long overdue....
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It began at an airport, standing awkwardly close to a half dozen strangers, as we all pressed forward toward the door of the airplane. "We've landing and are deboarding," I...
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"For today, all you need is the grace to begin beginning." Julia Cameron "9 Words About Beginnings" -- that title was heading the Dictionary.com homepage for the first week of...
Continue ReadingEmily Lewis | December 14, 2015
Since I was a little girl, I've had a dream to visit Paris at Christmas, a dream of ancient streets wrapped in snowy silence and midnight mass at the Cathedral...
Continue ReadingEmily Lewis | November 2, 2015
Have you ever known someone who was exceptionally good at something? I don't mean like playing the guitar or taking photos, I mean the less noticeable talents like making babies smile or...
Continue ReadingEmily Lewis | October 16, 2015
Last year, sick and tired of being sick and tired, fed-up of full hands and an empty heart, I began to read books about rest. This is what they...
Continue ReadingEmily Lewis | September 16, 2015
"God, what am I missing?" I was standing at the cutting board in the kitchen, indiscriminately adding vegetables to a big pot of stew. (Carrots? I hate cooked carrots!) But that...
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