by Ali Kennedy | Feb 25, 2024 | Fuel for Grief, Fuel for Maturing Faith, Fuel Up Fridays, Lent/Easter
“Oh no, broken mommy, broken!” My son recently discovered that when you throw something on the floor and it breaks, it needs fixing. It is not difficult to identify a broken toy or a broken toilet, but when it comes to our spiritual lives, we often fail to...
by Ali Kennedy | Sep 10, 2023 | Fuel for Maturing Faith, New Year
Who Are You IN Christ? I just celebrated my 40th Birthday this year. If you are anything like the 22-year-old friend I was speaking to at church, you may be wondering how it feels to be saying good-bye to my twenties and thirties. Gulp. Well, I never thought I would...
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 | 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...
by Ali Kennedy | Jan 28, 2022 | Fuel for Maturing Faith, Fuel Up Fridays, New Year
Friends invited us to have dinner recently and I found myself saying, “Just name a time and place and we’ll be there!” When it comes to meeting with friends, we’re often eager to make time in our busy schedules. In fact, the first thing my husband and I do is mark it...
