Read THIS!

Okay—Last call for the big move!

On your way to emilygehman.com, check out an article called "Faith, Family, and Duck Dynasty" at todayschristianwoman.com. It's written by yours truly! 

THEN, go camp out at emilygehman.com. God is doing some cool things!

We've Moved!

 Feel like you may be missing something? Well, you are. 

EMpressions has moved! Come on over to emilygehman.com to see what's going on. See you there!

How to Declare Independence (with an important announcement!)

I, the author of EMpressions, in order to form a more perfect blog, establish literary justice, insure blogosphere tranquility, provide for the common reader, promote the general welfare (of the author and her readers), and secure the blessings of literature to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this WordPress website for the readers of the United States of America. 

Today, the fourth day of the seventh month of the year of our Lord 2013, I do hereby declare independence from Blogger.com, to move to a new host, namely, wordpress.com. 

I hold these truths to be self-evident, that all writers are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator certain publishing rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of excellence in blogging. 

Therefore, I now hereby solemnly consecrate and inaugurate this site, EMpressions (otherwise known and registered as emilygehman.com), in its new home via WordPress, for the reading pleasure of its patrons and the glorification of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ. For this, I pledge my foreseeable future (that is, at least the next two weeks), my fortune (ha!) and my sacred honor...or something like that.

Okay, so maybe it’s not original, but it is true. I’ve moved EMpressions to emilygehman.com, to be hosted by WordPress. This host site is a bit more comprehensive, has wider capabilities, and all around more professional. So head on over there, to emilygehman.com! 

I’ll leave EMpressions up at blogger.com for a while, until I’ve recovered everyone (yes, all twelve of you) to the new site. And as always, thanks for reading!

Oh, and Happy Fourth of July. God Bless America!

How to Recharge After Being Recharged

I'm in recovery mode right now, so if I write something unintelligible here, just ignore it. My brain will catch up eventually.

Why am I in recovery mode, you ask?

Well, I spent last week hanging out with some really cool students at the GARBC (that's the General Association of Regular Baptist Churches) National Conference. It took place in Dearborn, Mich., about an hour away. I worked with Regular Baptist Press, reporting on Students Alive!—where all the cool kids hang out when their parents are in the general sessions.

The theme of the week was "Recharge Your Faith,"so everything revolved around encouragement from the Word of God...and who doesn't love that kind of encouragement?!?

They did a ton of stuff, too, including helping out at the Detroit Rescue Mission on one of the hottest days of the summer (seriously, it was warm).

I also reported on the Talents For Christ national competition (where my friend Molly took 2nd in the writing competition...SWEET!), which was pretty neat because I participated in TFC when I was in high school. (I may or may not have had some pretty intense flashbacks.)

It was really fun—hanging with the teens, working with the media team, writing on a midnight deadline, and drinking coffee almost nonstop. I mean, there's the whole I'm-excited-to-maybe-get-five-hours-of-sleep-tonight thing that we experienced each night, but that's okay.

Hence the recovery mode.

Purple because the pool is open and my shoes are tired. I'm hungry.

I should probably get back to that recovering thing.

If you're interested, here's a list of links to the stories I wrote last week during the conference:

Monday Students Alive!: Teens Recharge Faith as Conference Begins
Tuesday Students Alive!: Small Things, Big Effects
Wednesday Students Alive!: Renew, Recharge, Remember Who You Are
Wednesday Talents For Christ: TFC: All in the Family
Thursday Talents For Christ: High-Resolution Display

And here's a link to all the conference news items: 2013 GARBC Conference Links

Thanks for reading this semi-intelligible post. I think I might go take a nap. :)