by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Feb 14, 2024 | Beauty, Broken and Raw, Devotional, Easter, Faith, Faithful, Grief
I don’t know what today held for you, but I imagine it was a mix of things. I mean… Valentine’s Day + Ash Wednesday A both/and if there ever was one. Tonight the ashes of last year’s Palm Sunday palm fronds were smudged onto my forehead, the mark of the cross, a...
by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Feb 6, 2024 | (in)courage, Books, Devotional, Faith, Fear, Grief
On an ordinary Tuesday afternoon, I opened my inbox and gasped. Inside, an email invited me to congratulate my grandma on a milestone number of years in her listed profession: pastor’s wife. Just past the hilarity of “How in the world is she on LinkedIn and who signed...
by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Dec 31, 2023 | Beauty, Brave, Faith, Grief, Joy, Prayer
Instead of ‘ending the year strong’, what if we chose instead to end the year… soft. A year from now we’ll look back on whatever story 2024 ends up telling, our eyes skimming the highlighted and/or tear-stained pages. It probably won’t go how we think it will; it...
by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Dec 28, 2023 | (in)courage, Devotional, Faith, Grief
If you prefer audio, this article is also available as a podcast episode. Panic hit like a freight train. I woke up to hundreds of social media notifications on an otherwise regular Wednesday, and the one thought running through my mind was: I’ve been hacked again. I...
by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Nov 10, 2023 | (in)courage, Community, Faith, Faithful, Grief
If you prefer audio, this article is also available as a podcast episode. Nearly ten years have passed since I witnessed this admittedly ordinary moment, yet every month or two, it comes to mind once again. The bare tree branches provided a clear view that February...
by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Sep 18, 2023 | (in)courage, Devotional, Faith, Faithful
If you prefer audio, this article is also available as a podcast episode. “How much longer?” the small voice asks from the car seat, barely fifteen minutes into an eight-hour drive with extended family. I smile at my toddler cousin, but after the fifth or sixth time,...