by Ali Kennedy | Nov 23, 2021 | Fuel for Maturing Faith, Fuel for Parenting, Thanksgiving, Theology Tuesdays
Thanksgiving is a unique holiday. It celebrates an attitude rather than a person or event. I never understood just how special it was until living overseas in a non-American context and realizing that oops, not everyone celebrates Thanksgiving. But we have continued...
by Ali Kennedy | Nov 8, 2021 | Fuel for Maturing Faith, Fuel for Parenting
I plopped down on the couch and let out a sigh. All three kids were in bed and I could finally have a few moments to myself. My Bible sat there next to me on the side table, seeming to send me a gentle invitation from God himself, “Come to me, open My Word and...
by Ali Kennedy | Jun 28, 2021 | Fuel for Maturing Faith, Fuel for Parenting
“…because through Christ Jesus, the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.” Romans 8:2 I love this verse, and yet sometimes I don’t see it as a reality in my life. I know that through Christ’s sacrifice on the cross, I am...
by Ali Kennedy | Jun 28, 2021 | Fuel for Marriage, Fuel for Maturing Faith, Fuel for Parenting
I came across some interesting statistics in my life coaching course: The number one reason people leave a job is that they don’t feel appreciated. In the past year, 65% of the workforce in the US received no praise. The frequency of praise and recognition in the...
by Ali Kennedy | Apr 8, 2021 | Fuel for Grief, Fuel for Parenting, Lent/Easter
25 Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26 When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, “Woman, here is your son,” 27 and to the disciple, “Here...
by Ali Kennedy | Mar 10, 2011 | Fuel for Grief, Fuel for Maturing Faith, Fuel for Parenting
I recently spent the weekend visiting my sister, brother-in-law and two and a half year old nephew. By the end of the weekend it became very clear what ‘phase’ of childhood development into which he had entered: the infamous ‘But why?’ phase. If you’ve ever spent more...
