Entries by Kylie Kristeen

Hiding Place

I have a vivid memory of hiding in my room at age 13, listening to the same sad song on repeat on my CD player. I was grieving the fact that we’d just dropped my brother off at college, and I was an only child. I’d never been an only child, and I wasn’t looking forward to it.

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That Can’t Be Right

Have you ever had a moment where your very-confident perspective on something is actually proven to be incorrect? I mean like you were convinced you were right, willing to die on that hill. And when the truth comes out, you’re just left shaking your head, muttering to yourself, “Well that can’t be right…” But it is right. And you were wrong. Let’s talk about it…

Completely

We have phrases like “forgive and forget.” But do we ever truly forget? Jesus does it completely.
We love our families. But Jesus loved his enemies and forgave them in the midst of the most painful suffering anyone can endure. He loves completely. Let’s talk about it…

Why is This Weird?

The theologian Christopher J.H. Wright said, “It is not so much the case that God has a mission for his church in the world, as that God has a church for his mission in the world. Mission was not made for the church; the church was made for mission – God’s mission.” Let’s talk about it…

Before and After

You know, when someone mentions a year or a time period and you mentally start to calculate where you were and what you were doing in that season of your life? Marked moments of time when we realize that who we were before is different than who we are after. Let’s talk about it…