King Solomon and I have a long-standing beef. The fact that this philanderer who kept 1,000 women at his beck and call wrote the impossible “Virtuous Woman” standard of womanhood that Christian women are still measured against today, grinds my gears. Hypocrisy and nerve aside, however, Proverbs 31:25 still speaks
“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” –Proverbs 4:23 King Solomon and I have beef. I have a post in drafts on his misogynistic letters to his son in the book of Proverbs, and from beyond the grave he can catch this hot fire I’ve
It was all good just a week ago. On November 4, I returned to my alma mater, Mercer University School of Law for the Black Law Students Association Alumni weekend where I read from my debut novel and love letter to Black people Book of Addis: Cradled Embers. Civil Rights icon Congressman
Last month, I left a church community that I love. It was both difficult and easy to do. Difficult because NYC has been rough for me and at this church I finally felt like I had community and a place where I belonged. Easy because it became apparent that I
The first time I conjured a Beyoncé fix to a problem was Valentine’s Day 2009. “Single Ladies” was still everywhere and, in my 23-year-old maturity, I had fantasized regularly about dancing to it in front of my ex-boyfriend. As Bey would have it, dude showed up at the random club I
Lent ended several weeks ago, but I’m finally in a place to digest what happened over my 40 Days of Decrease, thanks to Oprah. After attending Oprah’s second installment of her Super Soul Sessions speaker series (check out my recap here), I got the insight I needed into why Decrease was so hard
It’s Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, when we remember Jesus’ 40 days and 40 nights of fasting before His crucifixion. It’s a somber day that ushers in a season of self-reflection that honors Christ’s brutal sacrifice–and still, I’m excited for it. Hear me out. At Ash Wednesday ceremonies at
So, you messed up. Badly. And you’ve apologized. You’ve begged and pleaded for forgiveness. You’ve ask to do any task to prove how sorry you are. And the survivor of your offense still says: “No.” What now?
Here are 5 ways to encourage yourself in hard times
The day before my 30th birthday, my raggedy phone decided to stop working. I bought a new phone but it somehow erased my SD card, meaning my phone had none of the pictures, contacts, text messages or videos I’d been acquiring over the past year. I’m not known for my