by Ali Kennedy | Oct 27, 2022 | Fuel for Coaching, Fuel for Parenting, Fuel Up Fridays
“TV time” or “screen time” were not known terms when I was growing up. We watched shows together–on the shared TV–after school and in the evening as a family. On the weekends, it was a big deal to go down to the local video rental...
by Ali Kennedy | Apr 18, 2022 | Fuel for Maturing Faith, Lent/Easter
Millions of people around the world celebrated the resurrection of Christ over the weekend. For many, the joyful celebration ended after the sermon and life will continue on as normal this week. But as my childhood pastor always said, we are ‘Easter people.’...
by Ali Kennedy | Apr 11, 2022 | Fuel for Grief, Lent/Easter
Up until several years ago, we did not have a practice of marking “Holy Week” — the events that led up to the Easter celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Growing up, we just went straight to the good part — Easter! That is not a bad thing. But looking...
by Ali Kennedy | Feb 22, 2022 | Fuel for Coaching, Fuel for Marriage, Fuel for Maturing Faith, Theology Tuesdays
“Venting is so toxic!” This is the emphatic sentiment of one of my clients. She was having the realization that ‘venting’—the uncensored verbal release of emotions to another person or online community—had become a pervasive and unchecked habit in her life. In...
by Ali Kennedy | Feb 14, 2022 | Fuel for Christian Dating, Fuel for Marriage, Fuel for Maturing Faith, Fuel for Parenting, Fuel for Singles, Theology Tuesdays, Valentines Day
“Love is when someone makes me smile when I’m tired.” “Love is when mom takes a sip of dad’s coffee before giving it to him to make sure it tastes just right.” “Love is walking the dog when it’s below zero outside.” There are so many ways to define love in our modern...