Kristen Welch

We are THAT Family

We Are THAT Family …

you know the ones.

Hi there, world changer. I’m glad you’re here. I hope my words encourage you as a wife and mom and remind you that you’re not alone in your yes to God. It’s okay to be real and a little irreverent and mostly vulnerable in this safe space. Deep down, I think there’s a little bit of that family in all of us.

This blog has been a part of my family since 2008, which might make it an online antique at this point. While I don’t write here as much as I used to, this space has helped me process the parenting years, launch 6 books, and support the non-profit organization I started in 2010.

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Meet Kristen

I’m wild about sweet tea and I have a thing for globes and maps. I love color and words and my house has a lot of both. I’m parenting teens and a young adult with my husband slash best friend of 30 years.

I’m the founder and CEO of Mercy House Global and sometimes I write books. I love traveling and experiencing new cultures, trying new foods, and I’m a big fan of all things fair trade. I share my broken and beautiful story in my memoir, Rhinestone Jesus, and I share how it’s changed the way we parent in Raising Grateful Kids in an Entitled World and Raising World Changers. Want to read the newest book? Click here.

My life is messy and redeemed and I’m grateful for the chance to live it.
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Latest Posts from the Blog

The Best Gift When Time Is Running Out

It's the clock I noticed first. It was the only thing hanging on the bare wall of the home I was visiting. It wasn't ticking. The hands stood still as if it silently screamed for me to take notice... to see that time was running out. It was my third home visit of the afternoon. My belly was full of ... Read More

Bless Our (Parenting) Souls

It was all I could do to drive home after a brutal day where anything that could go wrong, actually did. I work in the nonprofit, faith -based world… so you know, a Tuesday. My husband wouldn’t be home until late from work and so I called my teenager and asked her to get a jumpstart on dinner ... Read More

We Must Do More Than Watch a Movie

There is a new film out, and whether or not you agree with it, it’s makers or agenda, the terrifying truth is that human trafficking really exists around the world and in our own backyards and it is holding countless innocent people captive. ⁠ ⁠ While the outcry on social media for awareness and ... Read More

Listen. Can You Hear It?

There is a new word introduced in the story of Sodom and Gomorrah that we might have missed in this familiar pillar of salt Bible Story. We often retell it highlighting God’s wrath and destruction due to evilness. While that is true, the new introduced word “ze’aqah” roughly translates to the ... Read More

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