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 | 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 | Nov 5, 2025 | Light over darkness, Soli Deo Gloria
Last Saturday, I sold out(!!!) of my book at a local event. It’s only the second event my publisher has asked me to attend, and I got SO EXCITED. And when I did, I started reminiscing with my fiance. Because selling out at an event isn’t something...
by Vella Karman | Oct 22, 2025 | Light over darkness, Soli Deo Gloria
This morning, a man I didn’t know approached me in Starbucks. I was working on a new book. A few of my friends were also at Starbucks with me. And then he came in and sat down. A tall guy, heavily leaning on a pair of crutches. Graying hair. Lines in his face...
by Vella Karman | Oct 15, 2025 | Light over darkness, Soli Deo Gloria
I don’t want to hide from you guys. But I’m struggling with feeling not enough again. I’ve been feeling far from God lately. But not all the time! I feel close to him sometimes. And then I feel far away again. And for some reason, whichever side of the spectrum...
