Sabbath Week
This week will be quiet around Velvet Ashes as we take time off social media and our blog. Join us? We pray peace and rest for you this week!...
Category: Spiritual Formation
A Journey Into Rest
I turn off the kitchen light, sink into my seat at the table, laden beautifully with a simple tablecloth, flowers if we have them, our best dishes, the food...
Which Way Are You Gazing? An Invitation to Reflect
Because we are group of global women connecting across all the time zones, many of you have already crossed the threshold to a new month. The rest of us...
Eyes on the Horizon
Our second daughter suffered from motion sickness—a terrible frustration for a third culture kid whose life constantly depended on travel. Her home for many years...
There Are Better Things Ahead
These are the days. This is a narrative of our time, isn’t it? Maybe it has something to do with our individualistic societies, or the millennial...
7 Reasons to Celebrate in All Things
We are often straddling between intertwined threads of joy and struggle. If there is any side we are leaning towards, it’s most likely the one that tries to bring...
Even in the Hard…Celebrate
In South Africa, August 9th is celebrated as Women’s Day, commemorating the 1956 march of 20,000 women to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to petition against the implementation of...
What We Find at the Graveyard of Dreams
Dreams are made of who we are: our hopes, our deep desires, and the things that bring us life. When it seems like our Father asks us to give...
I Surrender All…Well, Almost
I never wanted this overseas life. My only exposure to cross-cultural work came every 3rd Wednesday night at a small group meeting at church. I remember...
The Spiritual Community You’ve Been Longing For
When you think about your relationship with God, what comes to mind? Perhaps you’re in a place of intimacy and joy. You’re discovering the never-ending depths...
