by Space Welch | Jan 26, 2023 | Uncategorized
I have been thinking a lot about parenting. And about God. Because God is in everything, and my mind loves to fly to Him. I have been contemplating how good parenting is a symbiotic relationship between discipline and delight. Because God is a God who disciplines...
by Space Welch | Jan 18, 2023 | Miscellaneous Musings
I have been reading Solomon’s story for the past few days. There is much to be said about how his father, David, seemed to provoke his son towards wisdom by pointing it out where he saw it in him (1 Kings 2:6 and 9). What a lesson for us, as parents, to point...
by Space Welch | Jan 11, 2023 | Redemption and Grace, Uncategorized
Suicide struck close to home last week. It’s not only my story to tell, and I’m not even sure I am ready to tell it even if it was, but if you are a pray-er, please lift us up, along with a host of our loved ones. This agonizing death has caused me to...
by Space Welch | Nov 25, 2022 | Intimacy with Christ, Redemption and Grace
The older I get, the more keenly aware I become of my own weakness, need, and inability to be faithful to Jesus even for one day. Yet the more I also become aware that He is keeping me, cherishing me (despite all my moment-by-moment failures), and tethering me to...
by Space Welch | Nov 24, 2022 | Miscellaneous Musings, Redemption and Grace
I plunked my elbows on the counter with a thud and leaned into my hands, covering the better part of my face, fighting to maintain the joy that has been so graciously given and required such fervor to maintain. I could hear that still, small voice. “Fight for your...
