by Space Welch | May 19, 2023 | Celebration and Wonder, Miscellaneous Musings, Uncategorized
Michael Yaconelli once said (before he went to go hang out with Jesus), “Sameness is the cemetery where our distinctiveness is buried.” (Messy Spirituality; pg. 79). Recently, I got to hang out with a friend who I hadn’t seen in a couple months...
by Space Welch | May 1, 2023 | Celebration and Wonder, Intimacy with Christ, Miscellaneous Musings, Redemption and Grace, Uncategorized
I raced home to tell you about my friend, Elizabeth Yasdani. Perhaps you know her by her exuberant smile. Perhaps you know about her because of her battle with “Stage 12” cancer (I believe that’s what she’s called it). Usually when I am...
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 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...
