Today is Earth day, and Kristen‘s birthday. In this episode she talks about some of the things that she has learned over the years. Take a listen.

In this episode, Kristen comes upon a Southeastern 5-Lined Skink living in a crack in the siding of her house. Once she realizes she somehow offended this beautiful lizard, she compares it to how God not only wants us to not get caught up in the spirit of offense, but he also doesn’t want us to be the one offending. All scriptures today come out of the English standard version.

In this episode, Kristen dives deep into what types of bugs are drawn to the light versus bugs that run from the light and how that can be applied to every day life. (Disclosure: she is not referring to people as bugs, but merely trying to help them understand the analogy).

Have you ever thought about how you feel when you see a rainbow in the sky? Kristen talks about how God uses the rainbow to show us he still has a covenant and plan for our lives.

Today Kristen talks about her crawl space flooding in her new home and how it reminded her of the story of Jesus in the boat asleep with the twelve disciples. Music is composed by Tafoya Kingzartt Sutton for Mozart Music Group LLC.

This is an intro episode to Encouragement from Kristen’s backyard. She discusses what she has discovered while planting flowers and how it relates to God’s instructions for taking care of our earth. The music on this podcast is composed by Tafoya Kingzartt Sutton for Mozart Music Group LLC.