“By sitting-in, we were really standing up.” – John Lewis
Firm Foundation
Questions to ask yourself when life throws you curveballs.
15 Ways To Make #Adulting A Little Bit Easier
There may not be a rubric to #adulting successfully, but these 15 steps should at least give you a head start. Good luck!
Listening & Embracing the Ugliness
Real change can be made – when you embrace the ugliness, own up to it and still stand up for what’s right to you.
Jesus & Justice: Why Christians Should Be Activists
Jesus stands for #blacklivesmatter and so should you. Jesus and justice can go hand in hand.
9 Ways to Practice Self-Care
Self-care is not selfish. There is no way you can give 100% to others if you’re 100% empty.
A #blacklivesmatter Prayer
Dear God, I’m trying to do work right now, but I can’t. I just watched the video of Alton Sterling’s (a black man shot to death by police for selling CDs) 15-year-old son crying, “I want my daddy” on national television and tears are running down my face. My heart hurts for this injustice. Fix…
The Last Will Be First
I want to know what the reward will be for people who are in extremely unfavorable yet uncontrollable situations on this earth will be? Or if they even have one?
“We Are Not Interested in Conditional Freedom” – Quotes from Jesse Williams, BET Awards 2016
So much truth was spoken through Jesse Williams. He said what needed to be said in the most relevant, eloquent and magical way possible.
The Culture of Prayer
Whenever a national tragedy happens, many people change their profile pictures on social media and change their status to “Pray For…” It’s a nice sentiment. It really is, but are we actually doing about it?
In A Dark World, I See The Light
Recently, this world seems like a world without stars. I see natural disasters coming left and right, I see bloodied bodies on the streets, I see hate crimes committed in the name of religion, I see politics that look eerily similar to what I’ve read only in fiction books, but still I see a light.
10 Life Lessons from a College Graduate
The lessons you learn in college don’t all come from the classroom.