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What Must You Let Die- So You Can Live?

by Kirstin Ricketts | Apr 14, 2022 | Faith Matters, The Blog

Are Good Friday and Easter hard to connect with? I wonder if this might help. As I watch this next season of life unfold, what I am noticing with my kids is how we let parts of ourselves die so they might live. We let our expectations of them, we let molding them...

What Would You Do If You Were Not Afraid?

by Kirstin Ricketts | Mar 18, 2022 | Home Sweet Home, The Blog

I was reading a book to my kids and it was full of sketches, some colored and some not. Teddy my kindergartner stopped me and said, “Mom can I color the pictures?” “Of course Teddy.” “But mom what if I color outside the lines?” What I heard in his voice was fear. His...

Is There More For You?

by Kirstin Ricketts | Mar 1, 2022 | Faith Matters, The Blog

If God is real then what? If there was a greater story than the one you see right in front of you, would it be a good idea to know what that is? If there was a life of deep-seated joy and peace available, if there was a God who would protect and provide and be your...

How Do You Ask God For Something?

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...

February Bootcamp (And Just Great Valentines)

by Melissa Cheatham | Feb 11, 2022 | Children, The Blog

What is it about January that brings out the crazy in my people! Is your home that way too? I would like to think that it’s not just mine. After the season of fun and sparkle that Christmas brings, here comes January which seems to put my kids in a selfish...

Will God Take What I Love Away?

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...