Author: Kristen West

  • Write Your Ending

    It’s one of the most popular children’s Bible stories – Jonah being swallowed by the big fish.  The tale of an Old Testament prophet who tried to outrun God and spent three days inside a fish (talk about a clear “time out” lesson) only to be spit out and given a second chance to obey…

  • Come Home

    She was gone.  I watched her walk into the pitch black night until she became just a speck that disappeared.  I collapsed, inconsolable, onto the bricks of my front porch that stormy summer night more than a decade ago with my mind reeling between grief and fear.  Would my daughter ever come home again?   Most…

  • When the Ugly Comes Out

    **As we wind down this one-year anniversary Reader’s Top Choice countdown, I want to take just a minute to thank you, again, for reading, sharing, commenting, and supporting me so graciously on this blogging endeavor! The following post, coming in at #1, happens to be one of my personal favorites. Originally posted last December, I’m…

  • Being Significant

    **As we continue to celebrate Grace and Glory’s one-year anniversary this month, we are counting down the Top 3 Reader’s Choice posts of the past year. Originally posted January 22, 2020, here’s #2!** Did you ever wonder how significant you are? Years ago, I had a lofty goal – I wanted to be a television…

  • Unwrapping Each Other

    **Coming in as the #3 Top Reader’s Choice from the last year, this post was originally published in October 2019. I’m forever grateful that the truths within it are everlasting as we celebrate Grace and Glory’s one-year anniversary this month!** It was definitely one of the darkest seasons of my life I’d ever walked through……