To the Neighbors Who Just Decorated for Christmas on November 1st. I Get It.
By JESSICA KASTNER |
While driving home from work this week, my eyeballs were ...
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Stopping to Smell the Roses. Even when They’re Eating Them.
By JESSICA KASTNER |
I recently survived an annual tradition from Hell known only ...
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Thoughts on Being Called “Ma’am”
By JESSICA KASTNER |
I hate getting older. I usually avoid stereotypical middle aged ...
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Seems the World’s Falling Apart. But we Don’t Have to.
By JESSICA KASTNER |
What. The Shizzle. Is Going on. ...? This is no ...
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My baby just left for college. And now I need tranquilizers.
By JESSICA KASTNER |
There are so many moments in parental life we just ...
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Swallow Hard, Vote Trump
By JESSICA KASTNER |
Down the street from us lives a U.S. Congressman who ...
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Marriage is Killing the Anarchist in Me
By JESSICA KASTNER |
I married a rule follower. Like a lifelong Boy Scout, ...
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The New Normal
By JESSICA KASTNER |
It only takes one thumb scroll through Facebook to indicate ...
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5 Ways to Praise Yourself Out of a Funk
By JESSICA KASTNER |
I really stink at many a life function. Like I ...
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My Epic Back to School Manifesto
By JESSICA KASTNER |
Ahhhh, back to school. The only three letter phrase delivering ...
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5 Things I’ll Miss About Quarantine
By JESSICA KASTNER |
In an attempt to maintain quasi-delusional hope that this quarantine ...
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Failure Rests in Yesterday
By JESSICA KASTNER |
I have become a morning person. I don’t know how ...
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8 Ways to Keep up the Romance During Quarantine
By JESSICA KASTNER |
I was married approximately two months before quarantine kicked in. ...
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Thank you God, for Blessing Me, so much more than I Deserve
By JESSICA KASTNER |
I am slightly unhinged, 5’9 proof of God’s immeasurable grace. ...
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Censorship. The Language of Cowards.
By JESSICA KASTNER |
I treasure authentic people. The kind who say what they ...
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5 Ways to Beat the Quarantine Bulge
By JESSICA KASTNER |
Top Diet Hacks to Beat the Quarantine Bulge I gained ...
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Motherhood, Your Artform
By JESSICA KASTNER |
When I get to heaven I will have two questions ...
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God is Bigger than Your Rut
By JESSICA KASTNER |
Ruts are the worst. Just the word “rut,” is ugly. ...
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3 Things to Remember, if You’re an Imperfect Mom
By JESSICA KASTNER |
Ah motherhood. The place where our girlhood dreams of baby ...
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Run as if You’d Never Fall
By JESSICA KASTNER |
This image next to this post of course looks nothing ...
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Kids. The Cure to Narcissism
By JESSICA KASTNER |
Some say the way to gain humility is to deny ...
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Expect a Miracle
By JESSICA KASTNER |
I am a total worship junkie. And given my sorted ...
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Dear Fortnite. Satan Wants His Game Back
By JESSICA KASTNER |
I consider myself an A minus parent. I’m not winning ...
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Powerful Ways to Transform your Thought Life
By JESSICA KASTNER |
If day-dreaming were a sport, I’d be a gold medalist. ...
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God. Father to the Fatherless.
By JESSICA KASTNER |
The week of Earth Day has always been reflective for ...
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3 Characteristics of God, Every Heart Needs to Know
By JESSICA KASTNER |
I think the world would look drastically different if most ...
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The Key to Victory is Trust in God
By JESSICA KASTNER |
I wonder how drastically our lives would change if we completely ...
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Why God is Good…All the Time
By JESSICA KASTNER |
I literally cry, every morning, thinking about God. It usually ...
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Why Moms Need Prayer Even More than Sleep
By JESSICA KASTNER |
What makes the best kids is the best you. At ...
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5 Scriptures that Will Re-define Your Prayer Life
By JESSICA KASTNER |
Prayer is one of the most intimate ways to connect ...
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For the Single Mommies…This One’s For You
By JESSICA KASTNER |
Ah, water. The lifeblood of the human race. The bringer ...
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Dear Kansas City, We Want Our Sister Back
By JESSICA KASTNER |
When my youngest sister left our hometown, college-bound KC we ...
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5 Truths about the Power of Forgiveness
By JESSICA KASTNER |
Forgiveness is a staple of the Christian faith. We know ...
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How to Stop Negativity in its Tracks
By JESSICA KASTNER |
Negativity is a natural human response. Especially nowadays when we’re ...
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Some Things Never Change…I’m Glad Doesn’t
By JESSICA KASTNER |
I’ve never been much of a city gal. The chaos ...
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To My Bestie, on Her Wedding Day
By JESSICA KASTNER |
I’ve always been so glad God made me a girl. ...
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3 Things Prison Ministry Has Taught Me about God
By JESSICA KASTNER |
Sometimes we think we have God all figured out. Many ...
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Lies We Believe, That Keep us From God’s Best
By JESSICA KASTNER |
If we lived according to how God sees us, I ...
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Ode to Jen Hatmaker, My Muse (Apologies in Advance)
By JESSICA KASTNER |
We all have those special people inspiring us on our ...
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Top 5 Hardest Moments to Maintain Your Christianity
By JESSICA KASTNER |
For some, admitting you’re a Christian is tough. I’ve never ...
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Sometimes the Best Prayers are the Unanswered Ones
By JESSICA KASTNER |
In an instant-gratification-addicted world, where we need and want answers, ...
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A New Year, Walking in His Presence
By JESSICA KASTNER |
I love New Years. Something about new beginnings and new ...
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How to Keep the Joy of Christmas, 365 Days a Year
By JESSICA KASTNER |
I felt a literal blast of joy the other night, clutching ...
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Our Faith Must be Hiding Under Trump’s Hair
By JESSICA KASTNER |
I’ve made it through an entire election season without a ...
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Top 5 Scriptures that Banish Fear
By JESSICA KASTNER |
When I think about the root cause of so many ...
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Gorilla Shooting Just Might Have Ushered in the End Times
By JESSICA KASTNER |
I realize Jesus said no one can predict the official ...
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4 Things to Avoid When Christian, and Single
By JESSICA KASTNER |
Keeping a pure thought life and remaining celibate until marriage ...
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My Baby Went on a Date…and Now I’m Ready for Jesus to Return
By JESSICA KASTNER |
It is amazing to me, how many high and holy ...
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Why Today is the Day to Share Your Faith
By JESSICA KASTNER |
Last year, God put it on my heart to get ...
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I Prayed over a Stranger, and Mercifully, Live to Tell
By JESSICA KASTNER |
I recently had the most incredible God moment of my ...
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