Kindling Blog | Igniting Fires in Hearts and Minds

Finding Balance: Help for the Impossible Quest

...the most common question I get asked is “How do I balance my life?”

True FollowersJudy DouglassMay 14, 2015balance, family, God, growth, priorities, self care, work Comments

Trust: The Son of God

How exhausting it is to keep loving a prodigal who is making destructive choices. Jesus is there for us once again, with this wonderful invitation:

Loving a ProdigalJudy DouglassMay 11, 2015bread of life, God, good shepherd, Jesus, light of the world, love, prodigal Comment

Prayer Is Still a Mystery

Yet God says I can move His hand. I can affect those I love and the world beyond. I can see miracles.

On My KneesJudy DouglassMay 7, 2015ask, believe, faith, national day of prayer, pray without ceasing, prayer, Worldwide Day of Prayer for Prodigals Comments

Trust: The Love of God

Our hearts and our minds can’t comprehend how some of the choices and consequences we experience with our prodigals can be love.

Loving a ProdigalJudy DouglassMay 4, 2015everlasting love, he loves me he loves me not, love, proclamation of love, prodigal, promise of love, proof of love, pulling daisy petals, trustComment

Words of My Life: Hospitality

To practice hospitality means to make our home a shelter, a haven, a respite for friend and stranger in need.

Personal ReflectionsJudy DouglassApril 30, 2015company, family, guests, hospitality, Radical, strangers, WelcomeComment

Trust: The Goodness of God

Our good God is always working for us and for our prodigals, even when we can’t see what He is doing.

Loving a ProdigalJudy DouglassApril 27, 2015character of God, faith, good, goodness of God, prodigal, Tim Keller, trust Comment

Words of My Life: Mother

Over this past Jubilee year I have found I am again a mother—a mentor, an adviser, a counselor—a spiritual mother.

Personal ReflectionsJudy DouglassApril 23, 2015adviser, counselor, grandmother, mentor, mother, privilege Comments

Trust: The "Godness" of God

These names of God give just a small picture of His magnificence and His gifts to us. Let’s consider another image of the “godness” of God.

Loving a ProdigalJudy DouglassApril 20, 2015El Shaddai, God, God our healer, greatness of God, I AM, mighty God, prodigal, trust Comments

Kingdom Women: Julian of Norwich by Shelly Wildman

When Julian writes the words “all shall be well,” she writes them in the context of wrestling with God over the concept of sin, evil, and suffering in this world.

Guest posts, Kingdom WomenJudy DouglassApril 17, 2015first woman to write in English, God, Jesus, Julian of Norwich, Love of God, Middle Ages, vision, women Comments

Words of My Life: Heritage

My family helped settle that great state I grew up in.

Personal ReflectionsJudy DouglassApril 15, 2015England, family, heritage, Ireland, spiritual heritage, Sweden, Texas Comment

Trust: The Glory of God

All of these, and the amazing glory of creation all around us, are just shadowy hints at the glory of God.

Loving a ProdigalJudy DouglassApril 13, 2015bluebonnets, Colorado mountains, glory of God, light, majesty, prodigal, trust, trustworthiness Comments

Pictures of Joy: Guest Posting at Peacequility

Becoming Kindling, Guest postsJudy DouglassApril 8, 2015dancing, David, General Grievous, happiness, happy, Isaiah, joy, pictures, snapshots, Star Wars Comments

Loving a Prodigal: Trust in the Hard Journey

Trust is faith in action....

Loving a ProdigalJudy DouglassApril 6, 2015faith, fear, God, hope, Jesus, prodigal, trust Comments

Words of My Life: Prayer

Yet I keep praying. I can’t help it. Here are a few reasons why:

Personal ReflectionsJudy DouglassMarch 30, 2015desperation, grace, love, prayer, praying, relationship with God Comments

On the Day You Were Born: Guesting at Bronwyn Lea

I’m sure a similar story was told on the day you were born, the night I was born.

Becoming KindlingJudy DouglassMarch 25, 2015baby books, birth, creator, God, newborn, purpose in life Comments