by Vella Karman | Mar 11, 2026 | Clean fiction, Filling your life with LIGHT
Fictional battles between light and darkness mirror the story of the world. Any good Christian can tell you that. But there’s something vital about the way the Bible handles darkness that I don’t see in much clean fiction. You can practically tell the entire gospel...
by Vella Karman | Feb 18, 2026 | Filling your life with LIGHT, Soli Deo Gloria
I don’t know if anyone else has experienced this, but when I was a kid, I used to lie awake at night and miss my mom. Not just a little, or when she was out of town, either. I would wake up at three a.m. with this powerful longing. It took my breath away, and...
by Vella Karman | Feb 11, 2026 | Filling your life with LIGHT, Soli Deo Gloria
I listened to a sermon by Francis Chan this week. He talked about this verse in 1 Thessalonians that I hadn’t really thought about before. “aspire to lead a quiet life, to attend to your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you. In this...
by Vella Karman | Feb 4, 2026 | Fear, Filling your life with LIGHT
I try not to give advice anymore. I know that I don’t know what I’m doing. So, before you start reading, know that I’m not here to give you advice. I’m here to help YOU fill your life with LIGHT. And you know where that light comes from? Jesus....
by Vella Karman | Jan 21, 2026 | Book Reviews, BOOKS
I’m a little obsessed with time travel novels. A Wrinkle In Time? Yes. When You Reach Me? YES. Call It Consequences?? Yes please. My new fav… Call It Consequences is a lovely novel: beautiful prose, thrilling premise, it’s YA, it’s...