#EvolutionofaHolyBadAss
I attended a retreat this weekend. God prepared my heart in the weeks and days before, laying waste to my pride, casting out both my plans and my expectations, tilling the soil. I awoke that morning, expecting. These words bubbled up, remembered wisdom. Have you ever heard the sun come out in the morning? Did …
Am I crazy if I say I saw the evil pass into my life?
Teach them to do everything I have commanded you. "And remember that I am always with you until the end of time." Matthew 28:20 (GWT) I am grateful for my faith, even when its lessons are beyond my control; even when it feels that my entire life is beyond my control. I frequently need to …
I find myself so frustrated by the dearth of Grace practice by so-called Christians, that I'm inclined to profess my humanity on the regular. We are forgiven y'all, not perfect. (and you wonder why I wanna cuss?)
I’ve recognized for a long time that a change was coming. It was unknown. It was terrifying. It was dangerous. As I’ve faced my fear, faced loss, sought God and become brave, in the words of Tracee Ellis Ross, So now, I look back to understand the path forward. What came before? I spent the …
I'm probably begging for trouble, but as I often tell friends, I'd have to borrow an F to give one. I am making my declaration. I may very well be "ghost" on social media tomorrow, the 2018 celebration of the life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It's been a week, and …
Continue reading "yes. I know it’s 2018. I’ve moved on, but I’m still a little salty…"
In a Sunday sermon, I heard the following… “When we turn to God, we are made whole.”
That's when I understood. This part of my life is now complete. I am evolved, and I am not alone. I am emboldened by the tribe that surrounds me. My OneWord did not choose me, it birthed me.
I believe in an Omnipotent, Omniscient, Omnipresent God, although the Perfect, Precise image of Him I envision may not be yours. Nonetheless, my faith is Unceasing. Continual. Powerful. Undeniable. Even as I question it. I am grateful to have arrived at myself. I believe in love, and that it is a verb. I declare that …
Continue reading "#GentlyAngry-A Manifesto inspired by Romans 12:9-21"
