by Kirstin Ricketts | May 31, 2019 | Faith Matters, The Blog
On dark nights as we sit on the porch at the cabin, things feel still and quiet, and the stars shine bright. Constellations change throughout the year, as proved true by my college astronomy project where we tracked them with a pencil on the back of a pizza box on an...
by Kirstin Ricketts | May 24, 2019 | Faith Matters, The Blog
My youngest wanted to try his bike without training wheels. It had been a long day and he needed to hear a “Yes,” so we headed outside to the field to give it a go. As Teddy’s eyes focused on the tree line ahead of him he started to pedal quickly, and he was doing it!...
by Kirstin Ricketts | May 20, 2019 | Faith Matters, Home Sweet Home, The Blog
Time seems to be relative, and this is especially true for young kids. As the school year comes to a close, I can’t figure out where it went…yet my kids think that a single-digit number of days is an eternity. This morning after dropoff Samantha asked me...
by Kirstin Ricketts | May 15, 2019 | Faith Matters, Home Sweet Home, The Blog
I may have had too many kids. I’m not quite sure what to do about it, and couldn’t tell you which one I would vote off the island, but I’m just saying this past week I felt like I may have had too many. Somewhere between the start of baseball and the unending lists of...
by Melissa Cheatham | May 14, 2019 | Faith Matters, The Blog
Last week I had a few really hard days. I would like to think that I am the only one who has tough days and that all of you reading this have no idea what I’m talking about, but unfortunately, we all have bad days, don’t we? Our Facebook and Instagram...
by Kirstin Ricketts | May 13, 2019 | Faith Matters, The Blog
God is big and expansive and powerful. That is true. But when His expansiveness makes Him feel distant, then that truest truth becomes untrue. God wants to make His home in our hearts and we can experience Him as our home. When we do He becomes the place where we...