Timarie Friesen
Writing, Reading, Following Jesus


 

Deep in a shadowy forest, the hobbit climbs a tree to discern his location.

She was late getting to the train station, too late for a suitable seat.

And yet, if it were precisely the end, then hope would be practically impossible.

Whether you belong to a local church or not, will you get a copy of my first book ever published?

. . . among the bent and unlikely is where most stories unfold.

. . . stories illuminate the internal workings of the hidden heart, for I was moved to think, Yeah, I feel this way too.

so I’ve let the charm bracelet sit out a week as I wrote and reflected again—as my mom’s seventieth birthday passed and she’s not here

With seeds from the crops we gathered last year, we’ll mend the chaos the storms released here.

Imagine the apprehension you might feel at the Son of God gazing in your direction, making eye contact, perceiving your very thoughts.

Stories give us room to make sense of things lost or lovely.

You decide, yes, you can walk the path in the dark and pass the willow trees and birches that bend toward the earth with tangled branches.

The peaceful whoosh of a dove. She landed and gleaned scraps, like Ruth, the gleaner. Ruth, whose arrival initiated and stirred.

A toaster, a mechanic, and romance—all elements from one writing prompt, combined into a story.

Dear Reader, I've been slow to write short stories, but for a reason that's been a gift. In August, I became an editor for Owl's Nest...

Green canopy blazes golden, Bee balm colors and bends.

100-word fiction story I wrote for the University of Iowa Microstory Contest.

Some petals catch the wind and blow to the lawn, where on the grass, a dozen wayward ferns sit, newly sprouted.

Would Elizabeth Clephane mind if I modernized her well-known hymn? I sat with the Scottish writer's hymn, "Beneath the Cross of Jesus,"...

Mainly, I wanted a glimpse of Tiffany stained glass windows inside the downtown building.

I then consider the diverse mix of people at church who serve, and later scribble out mini vignettes to celebrate the faithful.