by Kirstin Ricketts | Jun 12, 2020 | Faith Matters, The Blog
One of our Cotton Trees is sick, so we had to pull away the thick mossy bark and as we did we noticed it was already healing from the inside out.⠀ It reminded me that we may long to have God reveal to us a new way, but we may have to peel back some bark to find it and...
by Kirstin Ricketts | Jun 5, 2020 | Faith Matters, The Blog
The hardening of our hearts happens over time, possibly so gradually that we don’t even notice. The beginning of our hearts softening is humility—a willingness to consider that the way we see things might not be the entire story. There may be a narrative that we...
by Kirstin Ricketts | Apr 26, 2020 | Faith Matters, The Blog
There is a sweetness in returning to the simple that quarantine has caused. We’ve had to fight for it at times…to keep our eyes searching for the good, the sweet, the true things. Many of us have never spent so much time walking around our yards in the spring,...
by Kirstin Ricketts | Apr 20, 2020 | Faith Matters, The Blog
There is a small stream located on the route that I run. When the quarantine started, it was frozen solid, but a little trickle of water was sneaking through under the ice and making the smallest waterfall into the river nearby. A few weeks into quarantine, the water...
by Kirstin Ricketts | Apr 17, 2020 | Faith Matters, The Blog
You can start a Virtual Bible Study. As we stride out this time of quarantine, let’s not give up the habit of meeting together! Now may be the perfect time to connect with your people over a Bible study, share the hope that you have, and fix your eyes on what...
by Kirstin Ricketts | Apr 15, 2020 | Faith Matters, The Blog
We are at the point in this quarantine where it isn’t new, and yet the end is unclear. It’s the place where we have the opportunity to choose. I will choose to trust. Making that choice can be like breathing…“Inhale confidence, exhale doubt;...