by Vella Karman | Mar 27, 2024 | Belonging, Bonfires & Stars
One year ago, a EF3/165 mph tornado hit my neighborhood. This week (Easter Sunday) marks exactly 365 days since that tornado. The American Red Cross commemorated the anniversary with this post. This article shares pictures–almost all of these are from my...
by Vella Karman | Mar 20, 2024 | Belonging, Bonfires & Stars
I’m not a great person to write this. I spend more time trying not to drag my friends down than building them up. I’m not confident in my value as a friend. But maybe you aren’t either. So what can we do? This isn’t about our value as people. It never will be....
by Vella Karman | Mar 14, 2024 | aWkwaRd, Belonging
I don’t know how many times I’ve been ditched. I never thought to count. Is that the kind of thing I should tally on the wall in my bedroom? Probably not. My favorite is the time when a friend I met up for lunch turned around and started flirting...
by Vella Karman | Mar 6, 2024 | aWkwaRd, Belonging
I turned 19 this week. Which means I had to endure the well-meaning but awkward tradition of people singing the birthday song to me. Multiple times. My roommate sang a few bars of it that morning. My dad sang it to my voicemail. My wonderful church family at Cambridge...
by Vella Karman | Feb 28, 2024 | Belonging
Like I explained in this post last week, God is our BFF. But how do we connect with God as a friend? Just like other friends, He’s multifaceted. We can connect with each side of the trinity–Father, Son, and Spirit. Father God can be both our father and our best...
