by Space Welch | Nov 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
A couple of weeks ago, I walked the main streets of Ancient Ephesus, the Agora (the downtown shopping district) on my left and the Theater where the city gathered to riot against Paul’s teachings about Jesus’ superiority over gods made out of stone and...
by Space Welch | Nov 4, 2024 | Uncategorized
Sitting at a ferry dock in Cos, Greece, we made friends with a Turkish couple. She shared with us about her country (as we were readying to board a ferry to get there). She spoke of the freedoms they used to experience, and how they are losing them. She told us how...
by Space Welch | Oct 15, 2024 | Uncategorized
Mary generously gave a vial of perfume worth 300 Denarii (about a year’s wages) as an offering to Jesus. In the next breath, Judas sold him out for the redemption price of a slave. (See Matthew 26:6-16) I marvel at Mary’s gift. I think of how hard I...
by Space Welch | Oct 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
As I was reading in Matthew this morning (because that’s where I’m lingering these days), I stumbled upon the passage about Jesus cleansing the Temple of all the money-changers and those selling sacrifices (in chapter 21). But as I read it, I thought...
by Space Welch | Sep 29, 2024 | Uncategorized
I had that conversation again yesterday (Well, it wasn’t really a dialogue. I was just listening. But sometimes those are the best kinds of conversations.). The conversation goes something like this: I “don’t believe” in God because…...
by Space Welch | Sep 16, 2024 | Celebration and Wonder, Intimacy with Christ, Miscellaneous Musings, Uncategorized
If our lives had a mantra, one of mine would be “Christianity/Jesus/the Bible doesn’t exist to fix our behavior, but to unveil the majesty of God!” (Though a glimpse of the Holy God really should make us want to rectify our behavior wherever it is...
