by Kirstin Ricketts | Apr 26, 2019 | Faith Matters, The Blog
Free flowing grace…it comes like rain on my dry and weary soul. It seals the gaps between who I am and who God made me to be. Free flowing grace…it is available in each moment. It comes from looking up to your Creator. When the world says you are not...
by Melissa Cheatham | Apr 25, 2019 | Children, The Blog
Yep. That happened. My kiddo said his first “real” cuss word. I think every parent is caught off guard by that, maybe like when your first kiddo loses his first tooth? If you missed the story, you can check it out here. The “first cuss word” was actually a great...
by Kirstin Ricketts | Apr 24, 2019 | Home Sweet Home, The Blog
The joy of what is the Easter Egg Hunt, when we want to see our kids’ eyes full of joy and their baskets overflowing with sweet things, leaves us in a predicament post-Easter: What do we do with all of this candy? Ok, so there are a few philosophies on how to solve...
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 | Apr 22, 2019 | Faith Matters, The Blog
As we exit the season of chocolate bunnies and marshmallow chicks, clean up the kitchen and put away the Easter clothes…looking back, what we just celebrated was forgiveness…God giving us more than we deserve…the definition of grace. What if we chose to...
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...