Morielle Stroethoff, Author at Velvet Ashes

Author: Morielle Stroethoff

Morielle Stroethoff

Morielle Stroethoff graduated with her B.A. in June 2012 and moved directly to China. Right now, she’s just on the cusp of starting her new job at Tarim University near China’s border with Kyrgyzstan. She likes to devote her free time to expanding her perceptions of life by listening to people, reading books, and losing herself in the wonders of the great outdoors. She’s also really into drama, the theatrical kind.

A New Outlook, Spiritual Formation

Cultivating the Art of Prayer

February 25, 2014 4 Comments

I have one of those minds which likes to jump all over the place. This makes many spiritual practices difficult for me. But I've recently discovered a practice that really...

Overcoming Obstacles

Love’s Labor’s Lost, and Learning

February 11, 2014 10 Comments

Making mistakes, being a failure, growing and maturing, learning how to love -- these are all things we spend most of our lives both doing and analyzing. I think my...

Singleness

On Faith, Boys, and Living the Cliff Hangers

January 8, 2014 8 Comments

Dear Miss Morielle of one year ago, the Morielle of January 2013, One year ago January 1st was the most romantic night of your life. Jazz trumpets...

Hope and Joy, Transition

Take Off

November 20, 2013 27 Comments

I spent my most recent final day in America calmly waiting for the feeling to come. It hit me, with its usual flair for inconvenient timing, just as I pushed...

Losing Connection and Finding It Again

It’s Complicated

This Month’s Theme: Connected

Parable of the Sabbath

Sabbath Week

A Journey Into Rest

Trusting God with the Rest

This Month’s Theme: Rest

Puttin’ On Size

Our Capacity and His