by Hailey Nichols | Sep 25, 2025 | Growing in God, Hearing God
For many years I was not the type of person who had a “word for the year” every January. Honestly, I didn’t think God spoke to me clearly enough for me to have a word. That began to change at the end of 2023. My husband and I had attended a wedding and on the way...
by Hailey Nichols | May 15, 2025 | Growing in God
As a recovering perfectionist, I struggle to think of myself as a sinner. I hear the phrase “sinners saved by grace,” and while it is a true depiction of our identity in Christ, I sometimes consider it to mean that sin is in the past. But if I am honest, as long as...
by Hailey Nichols | Apr 15, 2025 | Growing in God
I grew up in a traditional, pentecostal church. We opened the Church Hymnal every service and sang at least one hymn, followed by a varying number of simple choruses. I am immensely thankful for this heritage. I learned many foundational concepts and He often brings...
by Hailey Nichols | Mar 28, 2025 | Growing in God
Genesis 2:3 Thus God blessed day seven and made it special-an open time for pause and restoration… Genesis 2:25 In those days the man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed. (The Voice.) Naked and Unashamed We have all heard that there are different...
by christi@sixtyoneacres.com | Mar 15, 2025 | Growing in God
INTENTIONAL. There it was, plastered to the wall on both sides of the stage in six inch block letters…my least favorite word. And I would have to stare at it…for hours…every Sunday and every Wednesday…for fifty-two weeks. Just days before, while celebrating the new...
by christi@sixtyoneacres.com | Nov 15, 2023 | Healing Our Hurts, Giving It Away, Growing in God
In 2015, my husband and I walked through a marital crisis. If you’ve followed along with us for a while, you may remember me periodically speaking of these things. We immediately started couples therapy and this October marked 8 (yes, EIGHT!) years of bimonthly...
