by Space Welch | Oct 29, 2021 | Celebration and Wonder, Miscellaneous Musings
I used to read Ecclesiastes and scratch my head. Solomon was just a little too wise for me, and his melancholy nature didn’t resonate with my desire to see a cup half-full. But after this clarifying past year and a half, I am starting to understand the book a...
by Space Welch | Oct 27, 2021 | Celebration and Wonder, Intimacy with Christ, Miscellaneous Musings
We drove the Kancamagus Highway in early October, prime time for the spectrum of Fall colors… but it wasn’t. The colors were beginning to pop, but they hadn’t hit peak yet. In fact, many of the colors had yet to change. Smiles kept remarking on...
by Space Welch | Sep 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
Slinking into the rocking chair, I let the spine fall open on my well-worn Bible, like an invitation into Majesty. I glance down at the page, and my eyes fall on a bold red rectangle, squaring off words. 1 Corinthians 12:22-26, to be exact. Leaning over the...
by Space Welch | Sep 15, 2021 | Miscellaneous Musings, Redemption and Grace
Twenty years ago, my dad walked me through a field on a misty Fall day, to meet the man I had already committed my life to. With a twinkle in his eye, and a smile on his lips, he asked, “Last chance. You wanna turn back?” “No way, Daddy,” I...
by Space Welch | Aug 26, 2021 | Celebration and Wonder, Intimacy with Christ, Miscellaneous Musings
Lately, my brain has been feeling like a bouncy ball someone unleashed on the inner walls of my skull. It’s not pleasant. In fact, today I was feeling snappy and unkind in my heart because of the anxious feeling in my brain. I think I might be trying to spin...
