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...
by Ali Kennedy | Nov 28, 2011 | Fuel for Career/Calling, Fuel for Maturing Faith, Fuel for Singles
It was just days after I had just made a huge decision regarding my career path. I made the decision based on what I had perceived to be God’s leading. Then a friend through me for a loop when he said, “Well Ali, don’t worry about it…God would have blessed your...
by Ali Kennedy | Jun 28, 2011 | Fuel for Maturing Faith
J.I. Packer once said, “Knowing God is a matter of personal involvement–mind, will and feeling. It would not indeed be a fully personal relationship otherwise.” I’ve wondered at times whether it was possible to have a fully personal and intimate relationship with a...
by Ali Kennedy | Apr 16, 2011 | Fuel for Maturing Faith
The streets of my hometown have become so familiar to me that sometimes I arrive back home in the driveway having no recollection of driving. Has that ever happened to you? You know, when you pull up and wonder “Did I just black out?“ Surely you must have stopped at...
by Ali Kennedy | Mar 10, 2011 | Fuel for Grief, Fuel for Maturing Faith, Fuel for Parenting
I recently spent the weekend visiting my sister, brother-in-law and two and a half year old nephew. By the end of the weekend it became very clear what ‘phase’ of childhood development into which he had entered: the infamous ‘But why?’ phase. If you’ve ever spent more...
