Hey there, thanks for stopping by. I’m Krysten, and I’ve always used writing as a way to process my thoughts. Or maybe it’s used me as a way to be part of the world. Either way, in my world, writing happens. Sometimes every day, sometimes in fits and spurts. But it doesn’t seem to leave me be, so it happens.

Writing is a recurring thing in my life, and so is this other thing: freedom. I’ve been focused it one way or another for as long as I can remember. It hits in different ways at different times in my life, but it’s always there, a little common thread that everything else gets tangled up in somehow.

It seems to me that most folks would like more freedom in their everyday lives. From talking with people, it sounds like we’d like to be free from unrealistic expectations, from lies we’ve believed. Free from addictions to everything from misplaced desires to the approval of others. We aren’t trying to run away from our problems and call it freedom. Whatever our hang-ups, we want the same basic thing: just to be a little more free. 

I think there are ways to make that happen. I suspect they might have something to do with things like a slower pace, practicing gratitude, and all-the-time authenticity. We all have these completely ordinary lives to live. But what makes them extraordinary is living them out in real freedom. Let’s figure out how to make it happen.

It is absolutely clear that God has called you to a free life. Just make sure that you don’t use this freedom as an excuse to do whatever you want to do and destroy your freedom. Rather, use your freedom to serve one another in love; that’s how freedom grows. For everything we know about God’s Word is summed up in a single sentence: Love others as you love yourself. That’s an act of true freedom. -Galatians 5:13-15