by Melissa Cheatham | Feb 12, 2019 | The Blog
What is it about Valentine’s Day that can make it so awkward?! I remember in high school on Valentine’s Day the entire school lobby looked as if a flower shop blew up all over it. Balloons, roses, and carnations everywhere and students would shift through the red,...
by Kirstin Ricketts | Feb 11, 2019 | All The Things, The Blog
Valentine’s Week can be tricky. If you’re single, it can throw you onto the “Will I Ever Find Love?” train. Newer couples, you have to beat your loved one’s last Valentine’s Day. Married couples, the restaurants are crowded and cards are five...
by Kirstin Ricketts | Feb 8, 2019 | All The Things, The Blog
I woke up with the sense this morning that it may be time for all of us to pause and reset. This may be a moment when we take a deep breath and say, “No matter my past or current situation, I need eyes to see. Eyes to see my kids with clarity, eyes to see my...
by Kirstin Ricketts | Feb 6, 2019 | Faith Matters, Family, Featured, The Blog
Some days feel like we are fighting through a pile of clutter. That’s what my week felt like until the influenza bomb hit our house and all of the confusion was blown up by 104-degree temperatures and six bottles of Tamiflu. Things around here got quiet and...
by Kirstin Ricketts | Feb 4, 2019 | Faith Matters, The Blog
Participating with God is the “us” life. It’s when I choose to leave myself at the door and approach each situation asking, “God, how are we going to do this?” or “What are we going to say?” It’s seeing myself so connected to God that my whole being becomes His...
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...