by krista | May 24, 2017 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
My oldest daughter graduates from high school on Friday. This event has been looming in my my mind all year. It’ll hit at strange times, making me tear up, worry, and rejoice. It’s momentous, Graduation. It is both an ending and a beginning, a time to...
by krista | May 17, 2017 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
Marriage. Almost everyone has an opinion about this institution. Some think it’s antiquated; others treat it like a terminal illness. Romantics see it as a lovely ending, and cynics see it as a trap. Countless studies are done each year, seeking to determine the...
by krista | May 8, 2017 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
We are weighed down – by expectations, by situations, by attitudes, by guilt, by life. It can get overwhelming, all those burdens. Sometimes I feel suffocated by them all. I know I’m supposed to “cast my cares” on Jesus. But how does one do...
by krista | Apr 22, 2017 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
You know how, when you’re with good friends, you’ll do a “breath check”? A quick puff out to make sure that garlic from lunch or coffee from Starbucks isn’t stinking it up every time you talk? Those are important. Helpful. People who...
by krista | Apr 14, 2017 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
What is Good Friday? It is the day Christians remember Christ’s work on the cross. On Good Friday, Jesus was led to his execution. He was sentenced to a death so horrendous that it was reserved only for non-citizens of the Roman Empire. Not even the worst Roman...
by krista | Apr 2, 2017 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
I woke up last Sunday to the news that my mom (age 62) has cancer. Those of you who have gotten news like that know that it is a major perspective-changer. I know words this Sunday that I’d never heard of last Sunday – words like ‘peritoneal’...
