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...
by Vella Karman | Feb 21, 2024 | Belonging
Last week, my roommate (she’s awesome btw) wrote a blog post on How to be Horribly and Desperately Alone. I absolutely love her sarcastic comedy. But no matter what the title made you think, this post isn’t sarcastic at all. You should throw your BFF away, and here’s...
by Vella Karman | Feb 14, 2024 | Belonging
Everywhere I’m hearing about the “loneliness epidemic” and how it’ll kill us. Last year the US surgeon general warned that we need to treat the serious danger of loneliness in our culture. This article explains the health dangers and three different types of...
by Vella Karman | Feb 7, 2024 | Belonging
I knew I might die in the next few minutes. Cramped in the dark, we could hear it. All four of us, sitting chest to knees in our small pantry. We could hear it coming closer. My feet pressed against my mom’s shoes across from me. My dad’s leg pressed...
