by Space Welch | Mar 25, 2021 | Celebration and Wonder, Community and Discipleship, Intimacy with Christ, Redemption and Grace
A dear friend passed into Glory the Wednesday before I loaded a plane for Alaska. Her funeral was a couple of days after we landed back home. A silver urn sat among brilliantly colored flowers, and a collage of vibrant photographs, symbolic of a life lived...
by Space Welch | Mar 18, 2021 | Celebration and Wonder
Standing outside, encircled with snow mounds, bundled in a down jacket and wool pants, hands stuffed deep to stave off the burning cold, I stared wild-eyed at the sky above, watching clouds-made-of-light dance in a spectrum of colors. Mostly green. ...
by Space Welch | Feb 25, 2021 | Intimacy with Christ, Miscellaneous Musings, Redemption and Grace
Sitting in a rocker in the sunniest corner of my room, I just read Daniel 4. It reminded me of myself… and Job… and America. But I better begin with Nebuchadnezzar, the main (human) character in Daniel 4. Nebuchadnezzar was king over Babylon at the time....
by Space Welch | Feb 19, 2021 | Celebration and Wonder
For some bizarre reason, I was thinking about senses. Realizing (and lamenting) how much we take them for granted, when they were invented to stir our hearts and minds to worship and wonder. Oh, the feeling of a gentle breeze kissing the skin, or the tenderness of a...
by Space Welch | Feb 6, 2021 | Intimacy with Christ, Redemption and Grace, Uncategorized
I sat on a friend’s couch, listening to her share about her week. We’ll call her Jane (get it, like Jane Doe). She is a woman overcoming a life of the slavery of pleasing others. I say it like this because it really is bondage when our lives are plagued...
