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 18, 2023 | Miscellaneous Musings
I have been reading Solomon’s story for the past few days. There is much to be said about how his father, David, seemed to provoke his son towards wisdom by pointing it out where he saw it in him (1 Kings 2:6 and 9). What a lesson for us, as parents, to point...
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...