Author Archives: Ann Kirsten

When Life Feels Like March: Wild, Messy, and Full of Hope
March is an interesting month. It serves as the bridge between Winter and Spring. No other month is so full of transitions. One day it snows and the next day it is warm and sunny. You could say that M...
Ann Kirsten Mar 23, 2026

When Life Gives You Mushy Bananas Make a Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Cake
How often do you buy bananas and eat them all before they go brown? Seriously, what kind of planning does that take? No matter what I do I always end up with stragglers that take on a life of their ow...
Ann Kirsten Mar 18, 2026

Signs of a Christian Narcissist
The headline jumped out at me: "Signs of a Christian Narcissist". What? How can that be? Aren't all believers changed and wonderful people? The short answer is no. Oh, how that confused me as a new be...
Ann Kirsten Mar 12, 2026 Nazileom

Badges of Honor: What My Hands Reveal About a Life Well Lived
I look at my hands now and I don't recognize them. They are foreign to me and I'm surprised they are mine. Gone are the smooth hands with the long double-jointed fingers that my family always made fun...
Ann Kirsten Mar 03, 2026

A Collection of St. Patrick's Day DIY Ideas
Do you know what I love about St. Patrick's Day? I love how it brings us all together. No matter what our background is, we suddenly all feel Irish come March 17th. I'm pretty sure I don't have a drop...
Ann Kirsten Feb 24, 2026

Spring of Deception
I thought I was the only one who thinks that February is the first month of Spring. It turns out that I am not alone! In fact, I've seen so many names this year for what I feel in February: False Spri...
Ann Kirsten Feb 19, 2026

Chocolate Cherry Bars Filled with Love
Proverbs 15:17 says: "Better a small serving of vegetables with love than a fattened calf with hatred." During this season of love it makes me smile to know that not only is love vital, but also that ...
Ann Kirsten Feb 10, 2026

The Definition of Love (Plus a DIY Heart Garland!)
You probably already know that we have the most perfect definition of love in the Bible: "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor othe...
Ann Kirsten Feb 05, 2026 Ann Kirsten

Adding Color to Winter
I've written a lot about how dark winter can be. I guess the gray days get to me more than I'd like to admit. I do like rainy days but having so many back-to-back does get depressing after a while. My...
Ann Kirsten Jan 26, 2026 Ann Kirsten

When Exhaustion Becomes a Path to Healing
Have you ever been so tired that you can barely make it through the day? And that continues for days, weeks, months and even years? That's where I've been caught for the last few years. There really i...
Ann Kirsten Jan 22, 2026 David Sphere




