by Ali Kennedy | Feb 27, 2024 | Fuel for Grief, Fuel for Maturing Faith
I’ll never forget the night my mom called and all I could hear was sniffling on the other end, “I have cancer.” As I hung up the phone–living half way across the world –I was suddenly filled with the most intense anxiety I had ever known. There are...
by Ali Kennedy | Feb 26, 2024 | Fuel for Maturing Faith, Fuel for Parenting, Fuel for Singles
Have you ever asked the question: “Who am I?” This seems to be a question that awaits us from the womb. It is a question of self-identity or the thoughts we believe to be true about ourselves. Self-identity is typically formed through three main...
by Ali Kennedy | Feb 26, 2024 | Fuel for Coaching, Fuel for Maturing Faith
“Be curious, not judgmental.” This statement (attributed to Walt Whitman) hit me like a ton of bricks the other day without warning. It felt like a gentle charge to flip the script of the all too familiar climate of judgment in which we are living. The climate where...
by Ali Kennedy | Feb 26, 2024 | Fuel for Maturing Faith, Fuel for Singles
“All I know is that I want to achieve great things in this world.” One of my beloved mentees uttered these words with gusto during one of our monthly lunch dates. I took a bite of my salad and chewed for a moment on what she had said. Then a question suddenly bubbled...
by Ali Kennedy | Feb 26, 2024 | Fuel for Maturing Faith
I was talking with a friend who recently moved to Asia (where I live) from North America. She was telling me how increasingly difficult is is to be a Christian there. She said people frequently looked at her like an “alien invader” when referring to her faith in...
by Ali Kennedy | Feb 26, 2024 | Fuel for Maturing Faith
I am continually amazed at how fast my 4th child is growing. One day he is a motionless sleeping ball of soft, squishy flesh with nothing more than a few squeaks and squeals coming from his drooling mouth. The next day he is opening his eyes, moving his limbs,...
