by Kirstin Ricketts | May 29, 2019 | All The Things, Popular, The Blog
Samantha took dance class this year, and when no one was peeking through the window, she would dance. During the Christmas show, as parents sat in chairs around the side of the room, she ran to my lap and hid her face, snuggling into my arms. This spring she returned...
by Kirstin Ricketts | Apr 29, 2019 | Faith Matters, Popular, The Blog
I’ve been thinking about this since last summer; it’s helpful in how I picture my life with God. Consider God as the headwaters, the initiator, the source of free-flowing grace. God generously gives us what we need to be reunited with Him. When we receive His grace,...
by Melissa Cheatham | Apr 23, 2019 | Children, Popular, The Blog
“Don’t tell Dad! Please, please don’t tell dad!” That is what I heard last week after my 8-year-old son said his first curse word (at least the first that I heard), and he felt a deserved consequence was coming. He sprinted downstairs and pleaded “You...
by Kirstin Ricketts | Jan 31, 2019 | Faith Matters, Featured, Popular, Recommended, The Blog
This summer, my sister and her family visited Ark Encounter, a life-sized reconstruction of Noah’s Ark. As I watched their videos of this gigantic structure, it hit my soul more than ever: people certainly must have thought Noah had lost his mind! In my...
by Kirstin Ricketts | Jan 11, 2019 | Faith Matters, Popular, The Blog
When I let go, I found the free life was just around the corner. My daughter was three days old when we nearly lost her to heart failure. As we were picturing our lives without her, she spontaneously recovered. It was not only her heart that was healed but mine as...
by Kirstin Ricketts | Jan 2, 2019 | Faith Matters, Popular, The Blog
There was a tree intertwined in the fence next to a narrow path between Sweet Apple, where we live, and the little cemetery next door. The tree looked angry and was starting to engulf the path and break the fence. As my husband cut away at the branches and we loaded...