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The Born Again Home Journal
Reflections on faith, home, design, and the everyday beauty of a thoughtfully lived life.
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Wounded to Warrior
I recently had a dream that I was watching a girl run from demonic creatures. As I watched the scene play out, I instantly knew these hideous beings were allowed to pursue her because of negative words she had spoken; th...
Dream Drop : February 8, 2023
I saw a news headline of Israel under attack. It looked like a main stream media news alert flashing across the screen of my mind. I saw words relating to the attack but cannot remember them except these three words in b...
What Happened To Me
For the past couple of weeks, I've been reflecting on how just about every part of my life is completely different than it was five years ago. The life I live now is a stark contrast to the life I once did. Everything ha...
The Unlikely King
Bloodied, dirty, and beaten, the beggar stumbled his way from village to village desperately searching for anything that could alleviate his ailing state. From tavern to cathedral he knocked on many doors to no avail. He...
The Rhema
In Old Testament scriptures when man encountered God, it was such an impactful experience that people would set up altars to commemorate the moment. Erecting objects dedicated to God was a way to show the world what God ...
Hearing vs. Listening
"For they look, but they don't really see. They hear, but they don't really listen or understand." - Jesus (Matthew 13:13, MSG)
America's Choice
"Again and again the Lord had sent his prophets and seers to warn both Israel and Judah: 'Turn from all your evil ways. Obey my commands and decrees - the entire law that I commanded your ancestors to obey, and that I ga...
What I've Learned About God...
A reflection of my life spent following Jesus.
Godly Gifts > Godly Obedience?
In 1965 Paul Harvey broadcasted a piece titled, "If I Were the Devil". You can find the transcript here. As eerily accurate as Mr. Harvey was over 50 years ago, I may add one more assault to the devil's arsenal: Luring G...
Lonely at the Top
If God was all-knowing, loving and good, why would he make man with the ability to commit evil?
Eve, Jesus, and the Battle Within
Our world seems to be spinning out of control these days. What’s wrong is right and what’s right is wrong. I can’t even count on two hands how many times I’ve heard this from people this week alone. Furthermore, it’s get...
Child Like Faith
The gentlemen's nightclub off of the interstate is always hard to miss, with its brightly lit up white sign accompanied by a red broken heart situated in the middle of it. The word, "Heartbreakers", flash across the top....
Going Deeper With God
This past week Mike and I went on vacation to Destin, Florida. If anyone is familiar with the area there, you’ll know that the beach is absolutely beautiful. There’s white sand and crystal clear waters. One of our most f...
Overflowing Thoughts
"...For the mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart." (Matthew 12:34 CSB)
Swimming
My dad gave me some advice more than a few years back. I’m not even sure I remember the circumstances or context that solicited such wise counsel, but it’s stuck with me ever since. He said, “Kelly, you know when you’re ...
My Dream Part II
A few weeks ago, I had an incredibly profound dream that, I believe, was from God. In last week's blog post, "My Dream", I shared the details of it. If you haven't read it yet, I'd encourage you to read that first before...
My Dream
Over the past two years, I've had some pretty intense dreams involving the physical world in which we live and the things that make up space - the stars, the sky, and the moon. I've even had a dream where I was looking u...
Cheeseburgers, Steaks, and Why They Matter to You
If you had to choose between a $15 cheeseburger with fries and a FREE Filet Mignon complete with Hollandaise sauce, loaded mashed potatoes, and asparagus, which would you choose?
Expecting God
My family and I experienced something so powerful this past Friday and so real, I can't help but write about it. Coming in on the heels of a pretty uncomfortable post about the church needing to rise up (my last blog pos...
Church, Rise Up
My mom made a comment today that stuck with me. In response to the craziness gripping America (and the world for that matter), she posted a comment to her Facebook page that said something to the effect of the silent maj...
Humble Swagger
Besides my dad using it occasionally in his motivational pep talks before I’d take the court for big matches during my volleyball career, I’m not exactly sure where the term “swagger” actually originated. Could it have b...
Denying Self
I watched the Oscars this past weekend, along with the premier of American Idol, and I was reminded of a few things. One being, how self-obsessed our culture is. Every person afforded the chance to speak used the opportu...
5 Ways to Move From Lukewarm to Fiery Faith
We found ourselves poolside, in the middle of July, when my oldest two started “play fighting” (a phrase I like to use to describe what happens when my boys start out playing, but then it suddenly turns extremely violent...
The Blue Jay House
I hated it. Everything about it. It was old, small, and smelt bad. Those three things, alone, could have been deal killers for any non-desperate person. But not us. Consider us to have been desperate, because after weeks...
There's no "I" in Motherhood
I’m sure you’ve heard the saying, “there is no ‘I’ in team”. Just take one stroll through a Junior High School and you’re guaranteed to see it somewhere plastered on a poster lining the hallway. From a young age, we are ...
Reading the Bible: I started in Ephesians...
Not too long after the façade of my happy marriage abruptly came crumbling down when I spoke out, to my husband, about all the ways I had potentially destroyed our union; I became desperate. Desperate for a need to be fi...
Hearing God's Voice
by Kelly
Black Cats & Other Things That Don't Make Sense
by Kelly
7 Tips to Practical Abiding in Jesus
by Kelly
Soul Food - Abiding Part Two
by Kelly
Dead Things - Abiding Part One
by Kelly
Stay In Your Lane - 5 Tip to Curb Comparison
By Kelly