by Vella Karman | Jul 17, 2024 | Belonging, Bonfires & Stars
I moved out of my parents’ house almost 11 months ago. My first year away from home has been a whirlwind, but an amazing community helped me through it. These people love me in a way that blows me away. I can’t imagine my life without them. So here are my...
by Vella Karman | Jul 10, 2024 | Belonging, Bonfires & Stars, Lone Wolves
Have you ever noticed the similarities between Christianity and cults? Cults are built on a community of people devoted to each other and some leader, religion, or ideal. For the Nazis, Hitler led them towards the ideal of a “pure race.” They died (and killed) for...
by Vella Karman | Jun 26, 2024 | Belonging, Bonfires & Stars
I’d hit it again. The point where I get scared. The point where I don’t want to stay at an event any longer. The point where I want to leave before anything bad happens. Before anything bad happens. It took me months to lay bare the actual thoughts running...
by Vella Karman | Jun 5, 2024 | Belonging, Bonfires & Stars
In the middle of an argument, I do this and it changes everything. There’s a secret to community. It’s simple. It’s easy. It’s effective. You can even multi-task it (although it’s better when you give it your whole focus). I use this in...
by Vella Karman | May 29, 2024 | Belonging
My friend Micah asked me to write to a certain topic. I met him at the Young Writers Workshop Conference 2023, and he left a comment on this post saying: “Hey, could you possibly write something about God taking away friendships and having to move on?” So, this...
by Vella Karman | May 8, 2024 | aWkwaRd, Belonging
I attended the first ever Ohio Writers Association Conference last Saturday! And it got me thinking about big events. People make so many assumptions about introversion and extroversion in connection to big, loud crowds. So let me clear some things up. What...
