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My Top Five Friends

by Kirstin Ricketts | Jun 19, 2019 | All The Things, The Blog

Who are your five closest friends? In Divine Direction, Craig Groeschel encourages us to consider that, making the point that we will become the average of the people around us. Isn’t it true? There are friends who cause me to rise up, others who cause me to step out....

Better Left Unsaid

by Kirstin Ricketts | Jun 17, 2019 | All The Things, Home Sweet Home, The Blog

Please tell me I am not the only one whose kids hate making cards. It’s a disaster. Before bed I put the kids in the office and issued the markers and instructions, “We need three Father’s Day cards.” Hank’s card opened to the left, but I didn’t say a word. The card...

God Our Father

by Kirstin Ricketts | Jun 14, 2019 | 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 Is Not lived In The Hallmark Aisle

by Kirstin Ricketts | Jun 12, 2019 | All The Things, The Blog

Today you may need to hear…obligatory card holidays are stupid and you are not alone. This weekend is Father’s Day, and if your dad was crummy…know that you are not the only one with three blank robot cards sitting up in your cabinet, purchased because you...

Us For Each Other

by Kirstin Ricketts | Jun 10, 2019 | Home Sweet Home, The Blog

As we find ourselves in the throes of summer, it can be time to look at each other in the eyes and declare a plan. I remember a morning when the kids were younger, looking in the rear-view mirror of the car and saying, “Guys, there are a lot of us, and this is...