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...
by Vella Karman | Jan 14, 2026 | Filling your life with LIGHT
Everyone talks about BEING the light. But here’s the thing: that job is already taken. Jesus is already the light. It’s not our job to create some phosphorus substance so that we can glow. It’s not like we’re glow sticks and we have to rush...
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....
