Rebuilding While You Lead
A compassionate Christian reflection on rebuilding while leading—support for exhausted ministry leaders carrying grief, burnout, and hidden pressure, and an invitation to receive care while still serving faithfully
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Freedom
More insights into how to align your life with God’s plan for you…
A Blessing for Room 3
A Christian blessing for Room 3 of God’s Creative Process—finding courage to release what no longer belongs, create healthy boundaries, and make space for healing, clarity, and what God is building next
Love Is Honoring an Elderly Mother Ready to Go Home
A moving Christian reflection on caring for an aging mother ready for heaven—exploring anticipatory grief, honoring elderly parents, and the sacred tension between fighting for more time and releasing a loved one to God
When Faith Says “Yes,” But Your Body Says “No.”
A compassionate Christian reflection on faith, trauma, and the nervous system—exploring why your body may resist what your spirit is ready for, and how God rebuilds capacity with grace, rest, and spiritual resilience
A Simple Reset for Overwhelmed Christian Leaders
A practical, faith-centered reset for overwhelmed Christian leaders—learn how to identify draining rhythms, restore sustainable patterns of rest, and lead from wholeness instead of exhaustion without burning out or abandoning your calling
Must-Follow Minorities | December 2025
I’m thrilled to announce the next chapter of my series, “Must-Follow Minorities: Amplifying Voices, Empowering Change.” Each month, I’ll spotlight incredible individuals who are making a significant impact in their communities and beyond
When God Shows Up in the Forgotten Hearing Aids
A heartfelt Christian reflection on caregiving, grief, and rebuilding after loss—how God shows up in your mistakes, exhaustion, and self-sufficiency, replacing control with grace, peace, and spiritual freedom
Must-Follow Minorities | April 2025
I’m thrilled to announce the next chapter of my series, “Must-Follow Minorities: Amplifying Voices, Empowering Change.” Each month, I’ll spotlight incredible individuals who are making a significant impact in their communities and beyond
How to Use Guided Meditations in Your Prayer Routine
Learn how guided meditations can transform your prayer routine by providing clarity, stillness, and healing. Explore practical steps to incorporate this powerful spiritual tool into your daily walk with God
How to Create a Prayer Routine that Sticks
Discover how to create a prayer routine that sticks. Learn practical, faith-filled steps to deepen your connection with God, find peace in chaos, and build a transformative spiritual habit
Must-Follow Minorities | December 2024
I’m thrilled to announce the next chapter of my series, “Must-Follow Minorities: Amplifying Voices, Empowering Change.” Each month, I’ll spotlight incredible individuals who are making a significant impact in their communities and beyond
10 Ways to Support Minority Authors
Discover 10 impactful ways to support minority authors, from buying diverse books to amplifying voices on social media and attending author events
Bible 101: What I Wish I Knew Sooner!
As a lifelong learner who has navigated life’s ups and downs, I’ve come to appreciate the profound wisdom within its pages
Must-Follow Minorities | September 2024
I’m thrilled to announce the next chapter of my series, “Must-Follow Minorities: Amplifying Voices, Empowering Change.” Each month, I’ll spotlight incredible individuals who are making a significant impact in their communities and beyond
Must-Follow Minorities | August 2024
I’m thrilled to announce the next chapter of my series, “Must-Follow Minorities: Amplifying Voices, Empowering Change.” Each month, I’ll spotlight incredible individuals who are making a significant impact in their communities and beyond
How Community Can Help You ‘Just Breathe’
Amidst the chaos of life’s storms, small groups emerge as beacons of hope, offering a safe harbor and a sanctuary for the soul. Within these spaces to breathe, we can discover a lifeline, just a source of support that transcends the bounds of mere camaraderie
Must-Follow Minorities | July 2024
I’m thrilled to announce the next chapter of my series, “Must-Follow Minorities: Amplifying Voices, Empowering Change.” Each month, I’ll spotlight incredible individuals who are making a significant impact in their communities and beyond
Must-Follow Minorities | June 2024
I’m thrilled to announce the launch of my new series, “Must-Follow Minorities: Amplifying Voices, Empowering Change.” Each month, I’ll spotlight incredible individuals who are making a significant impact in their communities and beyond
How to Find Peace in the Chaos
Guidance on how to find peace in the chaos, even amidst life’s tremors, reminds us that God’s love and peace are always within reach
Taking Control of Your Thoughts and Destiny
In the wake of Reggie’s passing, my mind became a tempest of thoughts, swirling relentlessly—none of them bearing solace. Since then, I’ve come to realize
Who’s Ruling You? An Article about Submission
Submission is trusting God’s competence and adequacy—because the omnipotent, omniscient God I know and love is more than able to do exceedingly abundantly above all I can ask or think
The Freedom to Do You
Once I healed and began dreaming of what my new life could look like, I was free to embrace the possibilities of what it could be like again
How Will Your Relationship End?
Every relationship in this life ends. Every relationship will end because all of our lives will one day end. Death is a certainty
Some Certainties We Have in This Life
If we determine God’s motives to be impure, He stops being good. Once we deem Him no longer good, we’ve changed who God is
Biblical Concepts of Time When Making Decisions
My struggle came from my view and understanding of time. In regards to my blog, I saw time as a calendar with dates and durations
How Morality Applies to Decision Making
I was created to experience only good—like virtue. You were created to experience only good—like excellence. We were created to only experience good—like righteousness
How Knowledge Plays in Decision Making
The enemy used the shooter’s misunderstanding God’s character, will, and word to deceive him. Had he gotten the facts straight, the enemy couldn’t have deceived him
The Risks of Giving Into Temptation
We want to pay attention to the more noticeable boundaries where the exceptions are more clearly defined. We also need to pay attention to the other boundaries too because they can kill you—or your hopes and dreams—too, just slower
Good Help Is Hard to Find
Ecclesiastes 3:1 says, “To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven.” This truth is followed by a list of fourteen
Tapping into the Power of Eternity
Even though you may have experienced a catastrophic event, your fruitfulness, your ability to bear much fruit also remains
Acceptance: The Pivotal Step to Looking Forward
Wherever you are on your journey, whatever God is challenging you to accept, I hope you are able to take a step. Whether your first step, your pivotal step, or your next step, I hope you take a step. If not today, one day soon
How I Remember 9/11: A Biblical Response to Remembering
My heart goes out to my fellow countrymen and women. We lost much that day. We lost fellow Americans—on 9/11 and in the months and years following, our sense of security
Believe Them, The First Time
My grief taught me that the opinions of friends are nice, but what I think about this person is significant. So, when I see behavior that I do not feel comfortable with, I take pause
Does He See You? Relationship Pre-Screening Criteria
Truly seeing the other person is part of a successful relationship. We pray that you see and appreciate the people in your life, and that they do the same for you
A Little Advice on Gaining Freedom over Fear
My hope and prayer is that you will embrace today as an opportunity to take the next step and complete the next leg of your journey. Trust that you will do all things through Christ who strengthens you
Freeing Yourself from Past Pain
I hope that you will identify what triggers your pain, and with God’s help, release it. So, you can be free. Yes, it may hurt and it will require work, but I am living proof that it gets better—a better life with better relationships
Coping with Grief During the Holidays
Most likely this holiday will be different than previous holidays, because you are different. So, don’t expect you or the holiday to be the same. Try to remember that different doesn’t have to mean ruined
Three Ways to Combat Loneliness
To combat loneliness, I did three things: renewed my existing relationships, nurtured other people, and did things I enjoyed with others who enjoyed them
Will Your Circumstances Define You?
It has been over four years and I am still rebuilding my life. I can’t say that my relationship with God and my definition of myself are the same, but I don’t think they are supposed to be
Mary Jane It Up
Referring to the main character of the BET series Being Mary Jane played by Gabrielle Union. Union’s character places yellow sticky notes all over her house, with positive affirmations and quotes that she reads every morning before going to work
Want An(other) Extraordinary Life?
Here I am trusting God. My new extraordinary life (my next big thing) has not arrived yet, but I finally want it and believe it is on its way. I’m on a journey to find/create/build it because there is still hope
Are You Ready? Part III
As your emotional health improves, so will your life by making you a happier, healthier, more positive person—positive people are more likely to attract other positive people and things in their lives
What Does Beauty Look Like?
Widely held perceptions of beauty and perfection can have a deep and lasting cultural impact. Let’s better understand potentially unrealistic standards of beauty and to see how such pressures vary around the world
Get Rid of Negative Self-Talk
People often say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder—the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder
Welcome to My Blog
My goal is to open a dialogue about how to navigate the challenges, struggles, and obstacles, we encounter in life, and ultimately, not allow these experiences to define us. I look forward to conversing with you as we navigate life together