by Vella Karman | Jan 7, 2026 | Belonging, Filling your life with LIGHT, Soli Deo Gloria
I remember standing in the Sunday school room. It was loud. For the fifteen minutes between parent drop-off and the start of the service, rules ceased to exist. It was like no one cared that we were elementary school kids now. It was a full-out, snot-flying frenzy....
by Vella Karman | Dec 17, 2025 | Bonfires & Stars, Filling your life with LIGHT
Candles flickered as I straightened my back, the picture of poise on my friend’s couch. I’d just been spilling out all my wedding planning woes, but now I needed to say something else, to share this vivid picture in my mind. “It’s like a...
by Vella Karman | Dec 4, 2025 | Book Reviews, Light over darkness
A year ago, a publishing company asked me to work on a special project. Shannon Dunn-Downing, the first American woman to win an Olympic medal in snowboarding, had written her memoir. And they wanted me to edit it. I was floored. Why it touched me… I write these...
by Vella Karman | Nov 19, 2025 | Author News
I accidentally started a no-makeup club. 2.1K people saw this short video I made about not wearing makeup. And their comments inspired me to actually go to my author photo session last Saturday without any on. I think they turned out well…but let’s see...
by Vella Karman | Nov 12, 2025 | BOOKS, Year Recap
It’s almost Thanksgiving! I’ve been thinking about favorite books I’ve read this year. I never set a reading goal (my goal is more like, don’t read when you’re supposed to be doing something else), but maybe I should’ve. I’ve...
