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I’m Determined Not To Steal The Pen

by Kirstin Ricketts | Sep 29, 2020 | All The Things, Faith Matters, The Blog

It was seven years ago last week that Samantha’s heart failed, and God miraculously saved her life. Seven years ago we were about to go to bed, thinking we were just tired at the end of a long day. Little did we know we would wake up and experience our first...

I Am Finding Value In Community

by Kirstin Ricketts | Sep 27, 2020 | All The Things, The Blog

There have been hard things before, but I did them alone. I chose that way. It felt safer. I had more control over my emotions and my capacity. I got fewer questions, and I proceeded, me and God. After the fact, even years after the fact, a friend helped me dissect...

Following God May Be Learning To Be Held In The Rain

by Kirstin Ricketts | Sep 25, 2020 | All The Things, The Blog

I feel like God has been whispering to me lately, “Don’t get ahead of me.” In times of personal tragedy and even in the everyday stresses of sports tryouts, home purchases, and job changes, part of trusting God is learning to sit with Him in the...

Things Usually Go Well But Sometimes They Don’t

by Kirstin Ricketts | Sep 15, 2020 | All The Things, Faith Matters, The Blog

A theme in 2020 seems to be- things usually go well but sometimes they don’t. Even when we choose to see the glass half full, sometimes there’s a rock in the bottom of the glass that seems unavoidable. When life gets rough, what can we do? Choose where we place our...

Back To The Basics: Journaling

by Kirstin Ricketts | Sep 4, 2020 | All The Things, Faith Matters, The Blog

I failed at journaling for a good ten years. My journals became places of shame. I would be consistent and then stop after a few weeks, then start again and, after another failed attempt, figure I was a lost cause. It was disastrous. It was also exhausting because I...

We Like To Be Together

by Kirstin Ricketts | Aug 3, 2020 | All The Things, Home Sweet Home, The Blog

We like to be together. Even the words make me laugh because we have all been together since March. It’s been a long time, and the uncertainty of whether or not it will happen again is looming. As we consider the fall, we have a choice to make, a mindset...