by Space Welch | Apr 25, 2024 | Community and Discipleship, Miscellaneous Musings
When I first landed in Kathmandu in the summer of 2018, my jaw fell slack at the vibrant colors. My mind immediately went to the foundation stones of the Celestial City- jasper, sapphire, chalcedony, emerald, sardonyx, sardius, chrysolite, beryl, topaz, chrysoprase,...
by Space Welch | Apr 2, 2024 | Community and Discipleship, Miscellaneous Musings
It’s no secret that I adore 20-somethings. Maybe because I remember how hard it was and what a mess I was? Maybe because many of you are just starting your families, and I remember what it’s like to try to figure it all and not have a clue whether or not...
by Space Welch | Sep 21, 2022 | Celebration and Wonder, Community and Discipleship, Miscellaneous Musings, Redemption and Grace
I stood on the outside of my soap table, crying out for God’s mercy with a friend, who had come to my booth for refuge from the turmoil in her soul. She, among many others, had just witnessed the unmistakable sound of a massive car accident just outside the Paw...
by Space Welch | Dec 28, 2021 | Community and Discipleship, Miscellaneous Musings
Paul has been reminding us for the past couple-thousand years of how the Lord takes divided people and weaves us into one Body, His Church. He uses the term “the household of God” to describe us in the final verses of Ephesians 2, and it is His...
by Space Welch | Jul 6, 2021 | Community and Discipleship
My dear friend, Missy, was unabashedly weeping as she spoke of her precious mother. She told me how her mom doesn’t bemoan the future while she watches her husband’s lungs fill with scars, knowing she is sojourning into the path of a widow. Instead, she is...
by Space Welch | Apr 25, 2021 | Community and Discipleship
I once knew a family who thought of people like investments. They would “pour their lives out” for others, but didn’t know how to just be-friend them. It never felt safe or genuine with them. There were others in my life, however, who nourished me in...