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This Used to Be – Part 3

Part III: Rise – Ancestors, Reverence, and Resurrection This is the final part of the 3-part series titled This Used to Be. These reflections emerged over Good Friday and Easter...

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This Used to Be – Part 2

Part II: Altars, Not Buildings – What They Can’t Whitewash This is Part II of the 3-part series titled This Used to Be. These reflections emerged over Good Friday and...

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This Used to Be – A 3-Part Blog Series

Part I: This Used to Be… – Memory and the Mourning of Place This is the beginning of a 3-part series titled This Used to Be—a reflection rooted in sacred...

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For Those of Us Who’ve Considered Disappearing Rather Than Perform Belonging

A call to truth, love, and liberation—when the rupture is real, and trust is broken. I love them.And I don’t trust them. That is the truth I carry in my...

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Ain’t God Alright?: Remembering my Uncle Eddie. Part 3: When Heaven Called

There’s no such thing as “enough time” when love runs that deep. When Uncle Eddie took his final breath, heaven didn’t just gain a soul — it gained a storyteller,...

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Ain’t God Alright?: Remembering my Uncle Eddie. Part 2: The Pastor, The Paradox, The Person

  Uncle Eddie was a man of divine contradictions — a Southern Baptist pastor who greeted people with “Namaste,” a preacher who opened his church doors to the Nation of...

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Ain’t God Alright?: Remembering my Uncle Eddie. Part 1: The Gift of a Lifetime

Some lives are miracles the world never saw coming. My Uncle Eddie was one of them. His story began with prayers that defied doctors’ predictions and faith that moved mountains....

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Dancing with Butterflies: Lessons in Love, Life & Belonging

I’m his “Coco,” and he’s one of my greatest gifts in life—my one-year-old godson, Prince Kiyloh. Through his eyes, I’ve been reintroduced to the magic of life’s smallest moments.   As...

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Our Grandmother’s Hands: Reckoning with Legacy, Love & Truth

On both The National Day of Mourning–and Thanksgiving 2024 As a child, growing up in Amherst, Massachusetts, most Thanksgivings felt less like a holiday and more like an episode of...

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GIRLTREK: Loving ourselves enough to choose life, joy, well-being & Sisterhood!

It’s the walking in my divine purpose for me, Sis.  When we gather, it’s always a fun, joy-filled adventure!  We laugh, learn, connect and explore together.  Our walks help us...

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