Kirstin Ricketts | Hold Loosely, Live Freely

Listen…Repeat…Recenter

by Kirstin Ricketts | Dec 21, 2018 | Beauty & Health, Featured, Popular, The Blog, This Is Life

There is beauty in the days that screech to slow. I woke up in the middle of the night. My daughter had crawled into our bed and squished between her and my husband; I couldn’t sleep. I put her back to bed and scrolled through a little social media, running across...

The Gift

by Kirstin Ricketts | Dec 12, 2018 | Beauty & Health, Family, Featured, Popular, The Blog

Our kids received a calendar designed to spread kindness; one activity was to tape change to a vending machine, and the kids were all excited as they taped up the money. We watched in hopeful anticipation for a few minutes and then Samantha decided that we better add...

Sample Agenda for Hosting a Virtual Zoom Bible Study

by Kirstin Ricketts | Apr 16, 2018 | Faith Matters, The Blog

Here is a example of our Virtual Bible Study agenda. We hope it might serve as a starting point as you consider hosting one of your own. We host our study on Mondays at 8:30 pm, so the schedule below is based on that. Sample Agenda: 8:30 pm-8:35 pm: Welcome, remind...

True Source of Joy

by Kirstin Ricketts | Feb 6, 2018 | Faith Matters, The Blog

Lasting joy is found only in a heart fully trusting in Jesus. Running to any other source of joy can trap us and drain the momentary pleasure it was meant to provide. Only in Jesus will more and more good things provide greater and greater freedom. When my trust is...

His Plan or Mine?

by Kirstin Ricketts | Jan 21, 2018 | The Blog, This Is Life

Some of the sweetest truths come as we sit and talk together. Yesterday, as we discussed hearing the voice of God, a gal said, “I honestly don’t know in my heart of hearts if I trust God’s plan more than my plan.” Brave. Brave to say what I wish I would have...