• Every Hour, I Need Thee

    February 28, 2017

    *makes list* Things I Need Every Hour – God *completes list* How many hours do you have in your life? No, not hours in a day or even a year. How many hours in your life? In the language of Christian-ese, we often refer to the midnight hour. You know, late in the midnight hour, God’s gonna turn it around. It’s gonna work in your favor. The midnight hour typically symbolizes a moment when you need a breakthrough. A storm is raging. You’re being tested. You don’t see a way out. Will God let you perish? Things don’t look promising,…

  • Power

    February 21, 2017

    It’s still Black History Month, right? Ok…just checking. Black History Month is one of my favorite months of the year. Growing up, we would always do the wax museum in school and learn about heroes like Garrett A. Morgan, Madam C.J. Walker, W.E.B. Dubois, and so many others. Movies like Our Friend Martin had me thinking I could time travel. We participated in Black History plays surrounding Rosa Parks, Ruby Bridges, Little Rock Nine and other pivotal moments. We memorized portions of Dr. King’s speech and poems by Langston Hughes. We learned Negro Spirituals in choir and the significance of the Underground…

  • Weirdo

    February 14, 2017

    Growing up, I was definitely a weird kid. When I was 10 years old, I collected hotel key cards. I would lock my door like it was a hotel room and use the hotel key card to slide it through the door cracks and unlock my room. Weird. When I was seven years old, I told my mom that I wanted a baby. I tried to convince her that I could take care of the baby. I would feed it and wash it daily. I thought babies came from the grocery store. I thought there was some glass room with…

  • Not Today Satan

    January 10, 2017

    Jesus is by far one of the funniest people in the Bible to me. Not only did He have the greatest clapbacks of all time, I believe He coined this phrase, Not Today Satan, way before our existence. Let’s look back at the temptation of Christ.  Satan has some nerve coming up to THE Christ and tempting Him. But I am really grateful of this example. From it, we learn that we can defeat the temptations of the deceiver just like Jesus. Matthew 4 tells the story of the Temptation of Jesus. It begins with a fast that lasted 40…

  • Faith

    December 13, 2016

    If you could have any superpower, what would it be? As I continue on this life journey of adulting, the best choice would be to see the future. How cool would it be to see how your life is going to turn out…how c[razy]. Often enough, I find myself at a crossroads. I have to make a decision between two or even three different paths. Which way do I go? How will it turn out? What if I make a mistake and choose the wrong path? If only I could tap into my superpower to reveal to me which way…