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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...

When It’s Been a Lot for What Feels Like a Long Time

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...

For When the Storm Just Won’t Let Up

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...

For When You Find Yourself Asking God “How Much Longer?”

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,...