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...
by Space Welch | Nov 25, 2022 | Intimacy with Christ, Redemption and Grace
The older I get, the more keenly aware I become of my own weakness, need, and inability to be faithful to Jesus even for one day. Yet the more I also become aware that He is keeping me, cherishing me (despite all my moment-by-moment failures), and tethering me to...
by Space Welch | Nov 24, 2022 | Miscellaneous Musings, Redemption and Grace
I plunked my elbows on the counter with a thud and leaned into my hands, covering the better part of my face, fighting to maintain the joy that has been so graciously given and required such fervor to maintain. I could hear that still, small voice. “Fight for your...
by Space Welch | Nov 16, 2022 | Miscellaneous Musings
I think most young Christians struggle with the idea of the tithe. We feel a little like God is prying our clutched fingers off our stuff, or like the church is bleeding us for money. Eventually, we may decide that tithing is a matter of trusting, and ultimately God...
by Space Welch | Oct 22, 2022 | Intimacy with Christ, Miscellaneous Musings, Redemption and Grace
We tend to translate the world and the Word through the lens of who we are. In my case, I am both a soap-maker and a backwoodsy-sort-of herbalist. In one realm, I am a professional, and in the other, I have an extensive library and an insatiable curiosity. I am...
