✝️ Writer · Coach · Speaker · Mama in the Caucasus 🎨
Welcome to Edifying Pen
This is a space to be encouraged through creativity and faith. I’m Anna — a Canadian writer, teacher, and follower of Jesus, living and doing ministry in the country of Georgia. I write about faith, creativity, mental health, and the beauty of ordinary life surrendered to God.
Whether you’re a fellow creative, a seeker, or just someone who stumbled here — you’re welcome. Get a tea or a coffee or really any drink lol, and pull up a chair 😊☕
Recent Posts
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Celebrating Brokenness
June has been a month of celebrations for me. Two weddings, two birthdays and one celebration of life as my friend’s grandfather passed away shortly after my own birthday. Of course, this last celebration was not a joy-filled celebration, but it was one that reminded me of God’s perfect timing none-the-less. Which, I know, sounds…
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Pride and Petulance (Part 2)
Hey again! So in my last blog, I wrote about the concept of pride – my personal experiences with it and how I thought I could go about defining it through its different forms. In this blog, I want to set out to answer the question: what is petulance and how can it be overcome?…
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Pride and Petulance (Part 1)
(Photo credits: Kayla Noakes) Pride and petulance. Arguably the two most prominent downfalls of humankind. Pride is what has stopped me from having joy, kept me from dealing with things I should have dealt with long ago, and it has most certainly hurt other people I care about. Petulance has also stolen my joy, it…
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“Going Cucumber”: Danish Culture and the Need for Jesus
If there’s one thing I could say I didn’t know about Denmark before travelling there (and there were many things I didn’t know), it would be their comical expressions! Although I definitely can’t say that saying “Holy cow!” really makes sense, I’m sure anyone else would find these expressions entertaining if not hilarious! One of…
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The Great Commission: Not A Vacay
Why missions???? Why go to a strange place to tell others about what you believe? Isn’t that colonialism? Isn’t that forcing what you believe on other people? Isn’t it basically vacation because you won’t be doing any work? And why go when you could just do that here in Canada? As many of my readers…
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New Year, Same God
In 2017, I experienced heartbreak unlike any other when I had to let go of someone I love. In 2017, I experienced an eternal joy when my sister committed her life to Christ, and when my other sister gave me a nephew. In 2017, I experienced a taste of what true healing from wounds really…