by Kirstin Ricketts | Feb 7, 2020 | Faith Matters, The Blog
What type of invitation are you sending to God? Is He on your “casual get together” list? Is He more like a pen pal? You find it interesting to hear from Him, so you send Him a letter, hoping you will receive one in return. Maybe you invite Him to visit, to see a...
by Melissa Cheatham | Feb 5, 2020 | Children, Faith Matters, The Blog
Last week I took my kids to see the new Toy Story 4 movie. It was pretty cute, but one thing that caught my attention was the new little character “Forky.” Forky is a white plastic spork that came to life when little Bonnie gave it two google-y eyes, pipe cleaner...
by Kirstin Ricketts | Feb 5, 2020 | All The Things, The Blog
There was freedom for my mind and it started by getting out of my head. My grandfather’s funeral was last month, and it seemed we were all in a bit of a stupor. The night before the service, my mom started sending me pictures of what she was going to wear. At...
by Melissa Cheatham | Feb 4, 2020 | The Blog
Recently, I saw the most beautiful white ceramic bowl with gold intertwined in a random pattern within it. I learned it was the art of “Kintsugi,” which is a centuries-old Japanese art form where they fix broken pottery. Rather than rejoin the ceramic...
by Kirstin Ricketts | Feb 3, 2020 | All The Things, The Blog
Last summer, my neighbor was planting strawberries and had some extras. She brought them over, and I felt bad turning them down. We had six ideally suited garden beds, and I didn’t have any seemingly good excuse to refuse them. She said, “Anyone can keep...
by Kirstin Ricketts | Jan 31, 2020 | Faith Matters, The Blog
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 its...