by Kirstin Ricketts | Feb 7, 2020 | Faith Matters, The Blog
What type of invitation are you sending to God? Is He on your “casual get together” list? Is He more like a pen pal? You find it interesting to hear from Him, so you send Him a letter, hoping you will receive one in return. Maybe you invite Him to visit, to see a...
by Melissa Cheatham | Feb 5, 2020 | Children, Faith Matters, The Blog
Last week I took my kids to see the new Toy Story 4 movie. It was pretty cute, but one thing that caught my attention was the new little character “Forky.” Forky is a white plastic spork that came to life when little Bonnie gave it two google-y eyes, pipe cleaner...
by Kirstin Ricketts | Jan 31, 2020 | Faith Matters, The Blog
Praying, to me, felt like paper airplanes thrown into the air to an Almighty God that I couldn’t quite wrap my head around. Hope thrown into the darkness, into the expanse of the sky. To me, the word “pray” was so overused that it seemed to have lost its...
by Kirstin Ricketts | Jan 27, 2020 | Faith Matters, The Blog
We were in Washington, D.C., over the holidays, and my favorite way to explore is to run. I notice so much more when the wind is hitting my cheeks, allowing my mind to slow and my eyes to see. It was drizzling outside, so we put on nearly everything we brought and...
by Kirstin Ricketts | Jan 24, 2020 | Faith Matters, The Blog
I wonder if sometimes we miss seeing what God has for our lives because we are so afraid we won’t do it “right.” Praying in the “right” places, attending the “right” things, even journaling in the “right” journals,...
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...