by Kirstin Ricketts | Mar 13, 2019 | Faith Matters, The Blog
As our website was about to launch after months of writing and editing, there was a whisper in my head that continued to taunt me: doubt. Not doubt in what God told me to do. Not even doubt in the words I had written, because I believe those are His and not mine. It...
by Melissa Cheatham | Mar 11, 2019 | Faith Matters, The Blog
Admittedly, I am a big Fixer Upper fan. I used to joke that watching Chip and Joanna interact with each other was a little bit of marriage counseling for me since my husband and I also work together. I think that our personalities are similar too, so it seemed to...
by Kirstin Ricketts | Mar 11, 2019 | Faith Matters, The Blog
I believe God may expect less from you and have more for you when it comes to many things…but especially prayer. Priscilla Shirer wrote a book called Fervent that completely changed how I approached prayer. I had watched her in the movie “War Room,” and for the...
by Kirstin Ricketts | Mar 8, 2019 | 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...
by Kirstin Ricketts | Mar 6, 2019 | Faith Matters, The Blog
As we approach Easter, I want to see Jesus like the characters in the old Bible stories who were climbing sycamore trees, reaching out through crowds to touch His robe, flocking to the hills to hear Him speak. Leading up to Easter, I long to see Him everywhere. I...
by Melissa Cheatham | Mar 5, 2019 | All The Things, Faith Matters, Featured, The Blog
Last fall I went “canyoning” in France. I literally had never heard of it, so I had to “YouTube” a video of it. They described canyoning as white water rafting without a raft. No thank you. I immediately turned down the invite. However, with Kirstin and my...