Kaitlyn Bouchillon, Author at KaitlynBouchillon.com

God Will Meet Us in the Muchness

by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Apr 23, 2024 | (in)courage, Brave, Broken and Raw, Devotional, Easter, Faith, Grief

If you prefer audio, this article is also available as a podcast episode. The hunter-green box sat tucked among books in the antique store, a mystery hiding in plain sight. One word on the spine caught my eye: puzzle. As an author and a voracious reader, I’m naturally...

Go ahead… light the candle.

by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Apr 12, 2024 | Beauty, Joy

It’s no exaggeration to say I think of this lesson/challenge/invitation on a weekly basis… Because, well, I light candles on the regular now. (Almost every day.) Last night I finished another and thought “Huh, maybe it’s time to share those words again…” Seeing as...

For the Ones Who Are Weeping

by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Mar 24, 2024 | Devotional, Easter, Faith

It’s labeled as “triumphant” but it began in tears. We’re quick to skip past the weeping to the waving of palm branches, but there’s a church in the shape of a teardrop built on the western slope of the Mount of Olives, like a hand reaching out inviting you to stop,...

God Is Not Going to Walk Away

by Kaitlyn Bouchillon | Feb 20, 2024 | (in)courage, Brave, Devotional, Faith, Grief, My Health Story, Running

Have you ever heard someone say, “I used to hate running, but I just kept going and now I love it!”? That is not my story. In January of 2022, I drove to my local trail, made sure the running app would sound an alert the very second I hit 1.00 miles, took a few deep...

Hosanna, here, in the ashes.

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...