by Kirstin Ricketts | Apr 19, 2019 | Faith Matters, The Blog
Good Friday leaves me experiencing a weird paradox of feelings. We call it “good” because Jesus was crucified, and you may know the rest of the story; to Jesus’s disciples, and His mother Mary, who had no idea what was about to happen…this would have been a...
by Melissa Cheatham | Apr 16, 2019 | Faith Matters, The Blog
A few years ago this picture, not doctored or photoshopped, went viral. Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey was reading the New York Times bestselling book “The Case for Christ;” a book where the author, who is a legal editor with a background as an expert...
by Kirstin Ricketts | Apr 15, 2019 | Faith Matters, The Blog
It must have been one heck of a Monday. Can you imagine? The hope, the anticipation of what was yet to come? Yesterday was Palm Sunday, when we celebrate Jesus entering Jerusalem and the people laying palm branches down for the donkey to walk on as Jesus entered the...
by Kirstin Ricketts | Apr 7, 2019 | Faith Matters, The Blog
“Inhale confidence, exhale doubt; inhale confidence, exhale fear.” As I am thinking to myself, I hear my three-year-old’s feet scamper down the long hallway towards our room. He sneaks into our bed and places his head against mine, and it makes me think of how God...
by Kirstin Ricketts | Apr 3, 2019 | Faith Matters, The Blog
About five years ago I started slowing life down to notice. It began with some things that were very basic, like how the towel feels against my fingers as I fold it, how the air feels when I breathe it in my nose, how the flooring feels against my feet as I walk....
by Melissa Cheatham | Apr 2, 2019 | All The Things, Faith Matters, The Blog
There are so many things that I love doing with my kids, but I have to be honest…. sometimes playing pretend makes me want to poke my eyeballs out. I know… this sometimes makes me feel like a total loser mom, but even when I was little, pretending that Barbie...