by Space Welch | Dec 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
I have been reading and re-reading about this Samaritan woman, who was coming out of the city, midday, alone, wearing her shame like the A on Hester Prynne’s dress. The same woman who would soon boldly proclaim her former shame as the very thing which validated...
by Space Welch | Dec 12, 2016 | Uncategorized
I wrestled, for the better part of my life, with wishing I could re-invent myself. Like God had made some kind of a mistake. I could give you a long list of all the weaknesses that I had wished were different and the ways that I would have created myself, had it...
by Space Welch | Dec 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
How did I always skip over him? The little boy in the story? The one who got Andrew’s attention long enough to offer up his lunch. I mean I’ve noticed him before, but this time he feels almost like the main character. This was his moment to shine. Was...
by Space Welch | Nov 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
A friend of mine from high school died recently. Well, I guess he was pretty much everyone’s friend. In high school, if you wanted to be a friend of mine, you pretty much had to love everyone, because I was pretty much the bottom of the barrel as far as...
by Space Welch | Oct 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
I am at a point of reflection in my parenting journey. I guess I’m nearing the end and the exodus has begun, so this makes a little sense. One of those amazing things that I’m observing is how many of the dangerous, vulnerable and difficult things for us,...