Kirstin Ricketts | Hold Loosely, Live Freely

What If You Made It Regular?

by Kirstin Ricketts | Jan 22, 2020 | Faith Matters, The Blog

My friend in college got me into running. We ran the annual half-marathon at our school, and my goal then was to train to run long distances. We would train for a race, and then stop until it was the appropriate time to start training for the next one, so each time I...

God Our Father

by Kirstin Ricketts | Jan 17, 2020 | Faith Matters, The Blog

My dad calls me darling. His dad called me darling. When I walk into my parent’s house, he always says, “Hi, Darling.” When we experience God as our Father, we experience Him intimately. We experience what it is like to be known and to be loved, to be cared for...

Life Hack: Timers

by Kirstin Ricketts | Jan 15, 2020 | Home Sweet Home, The Blog

Does your home turn into a madhouse between the hours of 4 and 6 pm? When my kids were little, I heard some people refer to it as the witching hour, but for those of you who have small kids, I’m just saying this has not improved for us as the kids have gotten...

You Could Be In For The Ride Of Your Life

by Kirstin Ricketts | Jan 13, 2020 | Faith Matters, The Blog

We took our kids to an amusement park and when they looked down from the gondola, they were captivated by the area where you can put in a quarter and drive a remote control boat. You know the type, built in the ’80s…the water is murky and dirty, the boats are...

Follow Him Home

by Kirstin Ricketts | Jan 10, 2020 | Faith Matters, Home Sweet Home, The Blog

My grandfather had a way with animals, especially birds. My grandparents lived on an island in Southern Florida and my grandfather loved to fish. When we would return home in the afternoon with a catch, he would clean the fish on the dock. I can still smell the...