Live Loved – Ashtyn Faith

I remember when I was 5 years old, and I would slip into my dad’s work boots.  I stomped around in the dirt as if I were ready to take on the next…

The rising steam from the ground and the wilting plants show signs it hasn’t rained here much.  The air felt dry as though the sky had been withholding, the sun soaking all the…

We hopped in my grandpa’s old truck and drove around listening to music at sunset.  I rested my head against the frame of the window that was rolled down and let the breeze…

Drops hit the windshield as I drove my little red car.  It was impossible to see beyond the white sheet of rain.  Dark clouds covered any hint of sunshine wanting to poke through,…

Day 1, March 1: Morning The hot Costa Rican sun beat down on my arms, and I felt my pale skin turning a light shade of burnt red as the sun’s rays reached…

We often take for granted the value of relationships until we find ourselves in a situation needing them most.  It’s in these trying times of desperation and isolation that we realize the gift…

“I don’t want to do this,” I complained. I sat in the driver’s seat as sweat ran its way down my back and reached my leg.  It was hot.  It was nearly the…

Sometimes we get caught up in what will happen in our next step that we neglect to see what we need for the step we’re on now.  We neglect to see that all…

It’s in the unlikely moments of our failed plans that we deem ourselves broken. These are the moments God uses to make us new.

Do you remember going to large family parties when it was Easter Sunday, and you were around the age of 7?  It looked like springing off of porch steps to tackle your cousins,…