by Kristen | Jan 2, 2019 | Life and Faith
For years I watched people choose words to set an intention for their new year with curiosity, but since I had such a track record of failing and resolutions I never gave it a shot. Until 2018. The end of 2017 was one of the most tumultuous times of my personal life...
by Kristen | Dec 23, 2018 | Holiday Recipes, Recipes, Recipes with Essential Oils
Every single Christmas season my mother’s mother, Grammy, would make the most delicious Swedish Pepparkakor cookies. For the uninitiated, pepparkakor is a thin, crisp, spicy molasses cookie that is a little like gingerbread, but SO much better. My grandparents...
by Kristen | Dec 21, 2018 | Dessert Recipe, Recipes
M&M Cookies are the best This Christmas has been a whirlwind of activity! We’ve got an amazing church and wonderful group of friends, so we have been having a ton of fun. Add to the stack that we recently did a cross-town move to a new home, and you’ve...
by Kristen | Oct 10, 2018 | Life and Faith
You know that verse that talks about “wounds of a friend?” Yeah, I don’t like being wounded, not even by a friend. Really, who does? But those sorts of wounds are almost like when the doctor has to re-break a bone to set it right…painful, but...
by Kristen | Sep 21, 2018 | Life and Faith
“I want you to learn what it means to rest in Me, Kristen.” I heard it clearly while I was texting back and forth with a good friend about some frustrations I was facing a couple of weeks ago. It gave me a double take for a moment, because resting was the...
