by Space Welch | Feb 15, 2023 | Uncategorized
I’ve been feeling convicted lately that my coping mechanisms for overwhelm are not actually helping me. They are mind-numbing rather than restful. Oftentimes, after a long work day, or a mentally exhausting day, my body is worn out, my mind is worn out, but...
by Space Welch | Feb 9, 2023 | Uncategorized
The day I gave birth to our second son, I met a blind lady named Ramsina. She came to our church for the first and last time that day, and spent the entire afternoon, from the close of service until around 8 pm (when he breathed oxygen for the first time) praying...
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 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 | Oct 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
Do you remember the play/movie “Little Shop of Horrors”? If I remember correctly (it’s been a few decades since I’ve seen it), there was a man who owned a Venus Fly Trap, and had to keep murdering people to keep his plant fed. The plant consumed his life and all his...
by Space Welch | Jun 29, 2022 | Uncategorized
There are two things I want to tell you about this picture… The first is that this is my pastor, and this is a perfect picture of why we love him so much. I was just about to teach these same kids about ]Jesus doing the same thing. He got on their level and...