by Ali Kennedy | May 27, 2021 | Fuel for Christian Dating, Fuel for Marriage, Fuel for Singles, Valentines Day
I came across an article entitled, “How We End Up Marrying the Wrong People” and it got me thinking. Can we really marry the “wrong” person? Eventually I came to the conclusion that it is neither helpful nor healthy to try and put marriage choices into 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 | Dec 15, 2019 | Advent/Christmas
One of my favorite things to do during the Christmas season is re-read the story of Jesus’ birth. Every year without fail, I am struck anew with awe and wonder. This year, as I was reading the gospel of Luke, what stood out to me was the virgin Mary’s response to the...
by Ali Kennedy | Sep 28, 2019 | Fuel for Maturing Faith
Prayer is kind of a funny thing isn’t it? I mean, think about it. You are basically uttering your inner most private thoughts to some mysteriously unseen Divine Being. But somehow there is power in this centuries old practice. There is something oddly comforting and...
by Ali Kennedy | Apr 19, 2019 | Fuel for Grief, Fuel for Maturing Faith, Lent/Easter
“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,...