Open the Bible Discouraged? Run—Don’t Walk—to the Word of Christ Are you discouraged today? Do you need to fight sadness, doubt, even despair? Run—don’t walk—to your Bible. Kristen Wetherell October 1, 2022
Blog The Brokenness of Things This poem is a response to all that’s wrong with the world, and an ode to Christ’s promise that everything wrong will be made right. Kristen Wetherell March 10, 2022
Blog, Uncategorized Join Me in #MakingMercyGreat Brothers and sisters, can we start something here today? Can we resolve to make more of our joys than we do of our sorrows? Kristen Wetherell May 23, 2016
Open the Bible A Guide to Biblical New Year’s Resolutions Confession: I used to roll my eyes at the thought of making New Year’s resolutions. After all, how many people actually keep them? I wondered. But when Pastor Colin preached a sermon… Kristen Wetherell December 30, 2015
Open the Bible Do Not Regard God’s Discipline Lightly I’ve never met a person who said that discipline was pleasant. Parents battle their kid’s temper tantrums with heavy hearts and tears, athletes break their bodies in order to build strength and… Kristen Wetherell November 17, 2015
The Gospel Coalition Four Keys to Living Faithfully in Exile We have all known seasons of exile, in one form or another. Perhaps you’ve found yourself stuck in a geographical location, and every circumstance — no matter how hard you’ve tried to… Kristen Wetherell October 31, 2015
Open the Bible From Slow of Heart to Burning Hearts Seasons of spiritual dryness can be alarming, exhausting, even downright awful and heart-wrenching. I’ve had days, months even, when coming to the Word and spending time with the Father has felt like… Kristen Wetherell July 31, 2015
Open the Bible How to Persevere When You Are Weary in Serving Our family vacation could not have arrived at a better time. I was feeling worn out, discouraged, and depleted from the daily grind. Day in and day out, each 24-hour period seemed… Kristen Wetherell July 20, 2015
Blog Five Reasons We Can Trust God in the Detours of Our Lives As I drove to work the other morning, I couldn’t help but get frustrated at the road work happening in our neighborhood. Big, orange “Detour” signs regaled the road, signaling to drivers… Kristen Wetherell April 27, 2015
Blog Anna: What It Looks Like to Be Devoted to Jesus It’s been said that a person must spend 10,000 hours working on a particular skill before he or she is considered an “expert” in that skill. Think about this: That’s 10,000 hours of… Kristen Wetherell March 9, 2015
Music & Lyrics With You While sitting on a park bench in the Summer of 2009, I penned the lyrics to the song “With You,” which would be my first song written since the seventh grade (which was… Kristen Wetherell November 24, 2014
Open the Bible Three Lessons I’ve Learned While on Mission in Hungary I’m on mission for the gospel in Hungary. Yet I’ve spent all day in a room by myself, hoping to heal from the unexpected sickness that came upon me suddenly last night…. Kristen Wetherell November 2, 2014
Crosswalk Living in Pursuit of God’s Glory Flame-grilled burgers and theology. To say that those two components make up an ideal date night might sound surprising to some, and perhaps even lame to others. But for my fiancé and… Kristen Wetherell October 23, 2014
iBelieve God Will Give You More Than You Can Handle I sit here, my legs elevated, staring at a blue hospital boot on my left foot. Whoever coined the expression, “God won’t give you more than you can handle” was clearly living… Kristen Wetherell October 18, 2014
iBelieve When Faith Is a Fight Crawling through sticky taffy. The above phrase is how I would describe my recent struggles with faith. As of late, it had seemed that the entirety of my stillness before Him was… Kristen Wetherell October 18, 2014
