by Kirstin Ricketts | Feb 26, 2022 | Faith Matters, The Blog
For a long time 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...
by Kirstin Ricketts | Feb 11, 2022 | All The Things, Faith Matters, The Blog
Graham was walking me through the notes from his church retreat. They were talking about things they prioritize ahead of God and Graham replied, “Sports and school for sure.” I asked him what he would need to do about that and he said, “Read my Bible...
by Kirstin Ricketts | Jan 6, 2022 | Faith Matters, The Blog
If I’m honest, when people start asking me what my word of the year is, it makes my eyes do this really weird squinty thing they do when I’m trying to blink away unwanted pressure. Is it worth it? I want to tell you no! Skip the pressure, stay in bed and...
by Kirstin Ricketts | Nov 23, 2021 | Faith Matters, The Blog
As I walked along the Sea of Galilee this fall I thought I heard God say to write an Advent guide. I wondered if it would be based on the sites I’d seen while in Israel and so I tried to put things together but it never felt right. So I waited. On the flight home,...
by Kirstin Ricketts | Oct 16, 2021 | Faith Matters, The Blog
As the air turns and it becomes cool, I notice the burning bushes around our home are starting to turn red. Their leaves begin to change one by one, some more quickly than others…but little by little, the season is changing them. As the air feels cool on my...
by Kirstin Ricketts | Sep 24, 2021 | Faith Matters, Home Sweet Home, The Blog
I would want to share her story because I have seen our God, who can do anything, do the miraculous. It wasn’t a coincidence, and it wasn’t lucky. It was purely the reckless love of God intersecting our lives in a way that I would want you to know about because this...