by Space Welch | Nov 8, 2021 | Miscellaneous Musings, Redemption and Grace
I sat at a friend’s dining room table, the sunshine pouring over my left shoulder and warming the back. She tells me she has been studying James, specifically where He tells us to “consider it all joy… when (we) encounter various trials” because our trials produce...
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...
