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The Mark of High Calling: Mentorship of a Child
Request: I really want to encourage those of you who have it in you to mentor young people–not just the ones that come to your church or show worldly potential and are on the right track. I’m talking about the ones who are visibly on the wrong track. The ones everybody can’t stand. The ones […]
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The Parable of the Fried Rice (or, Happy 314 Day!)
Confession: I had never had fried rice until I moved to Saint Louis. Mississippi folks are decidedly leery of “foreign food”—which is basically anything Big Mama didn’t cook! Now that I have been here (on and off) for the better part of 2 decades, I smash Beef Fried Rice with a Vess every two weeks […]
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I’m a WRETCH Undone | August 2015 (Nashville Now)
I have not always done a good job of showing my daughters how to demonstrate love and caring the way that God has commanded us. In my pursuit of perfection, I have displayed the ugliest of my character traits: inpatience, anger, frustration, meanness, judgment, and depression. Sometimes, I have gone so far as to behave […]
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I Ate the Weight Instead of Casting the Care
Confession: I have carried a lot of weight on me because I have had to carry the weight of my testimony by myself. I have found out the hard way that not everybody (especially the so called SAVED FOLKS) can handle your story. So I ate it. Now, some people drink it, smoke it, drug […]
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The Back-end of Burnout (or, There’s No Tired Like Teacher Tired)
I sat this school year out for a bazillion reasons: My husband’s health was suffering. Between 2016 and 2021, I’d dealt with my husband’s health in the form of 2 heart a massive heart attack (13 or so minutes flatlined), numerous issues with circulation and mobility, a downturn in his attitude and an uptick in […]
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Sacrificial Giving
“give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.” Luke 6:38 KJV A friend of mine made a post on Facebook that incorporated this […]
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Cry your last tears
“You keep track of all my sorrows.You have collected all my tears in your bottle. You have recorded each one in your book.” Psalm 56:8 NLT I cry. A lot. When I am full of any emotion: joy, frustration, sorrow, weariness, anger, despair, happiness. I even weep when I am in the presence of God. […]
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Boundaries without Bitterness
Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Colossians 3:12 Things I have to remind myself for the cause of Christ: In order to love others fully, I cannot conflate the abnormal patterns of behavior created by emotional dysregulation with true manipulation. To see unhealthy […]
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What That Mouth Do, Part 3
Part 3: You’re Listening for the SOUND Let’s continue on. First thing’s first: Jesus spoke what God said. “The Father Who has sent Me commanded Me what to say, and how to say it.” Whew CHILLLLLLLLLEEEEEE. I’m trying to be all grammatical but this little snippet here is a sniper that landed 3 direct death […]
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Taming the Bear Inside
“And do not be conformed to this world [any longer with its superficial values and customs], but be transformed and progressively changed [as you mature spiritually] by the renewing of your mind [focusing on godly values and ethical attitudes], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what the will of God is, that which is […]
Kisha Creates
In Real Time & With Great Joy
Kisha Creates 