by Ali Kennedy | May 10, 2014 | Fuel for Career/Calling
If you had to identify one thing keeping you from being and pursuing who you are called to be, what would that one thing be? I bet many of us would give variations of the same answer: “Not. Enough. Time.” We are constantly bombarded with the dilemma of having too much...
by Ali Kennedy | Feb 28, 2014 | Fuel for Maturing Faith
I start journaling right after I invited the Lord into my heart at age 23. It was my way of talking to God, as well as processing all that I was learning at the time. I continue to start (and sometimes end) each day connecting with God through writing in my journal....
by Ali Kennedy | Feb 28, 2014 | Fuel for Grief, Fuel for Maturing Faith
You may remember what shock came over the world after Mother Teresa’s death in 1999 when some of her writings were divulged to the public. She wrote not of the inner bliss of peace and joy during her many years of service, as we might expect, but of her inner...
by Ali Kennedy | Nov 19, 2013 | Fuel for Maturing Faith
My friend walked up to the podium and gave a superb speech. She knocked it out of the park. While I should have been the one who was most happy for her, I couldn’t muster up the warm and fuzzy feeling of joy for my friend if someone had paid me. I felt horrible. What...
by Ali Kennedy | Oct 12, 2013 | Fuel for Maturing Faith
I was having coffee with a friend who is openly an atheist and we got into a conversation about the Christian faith. To my surprise, she had loads of questions: “How does a man dying on a cross save you from your sins? Do you trust everything the Bible says?” My...
