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With loving kindness: a response to God love
I started the year with God leading me to read, then re-read I Corinthians 13– you know the “love” chapter. And of course, I began to look at it from a human perspective because my mind is all about the distraction of understanding. I wrote about some of the aspects with which I personally struggled […]
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2 Unhealthy People Make 1 Unhealthy Marriage
I can tell you right now. If you’re a person who becomes offended when someone challenges your desperation surrounding marriage? You’re going to be offended a little by this post. Sorry. I believe marriage is a beautiful, sacred thing that we have sullied by being selfish and lazy and dishonest with God and ourselves. Until […]
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Embrace the suck
The first time I read the phrase embrace the suck, I was actually reading an article about…parenting? War? Marriage? Work? Being black in America? I don’t even remember. I just remember the phrase catching my eye. It was one I’d never heard or read before, and it resonated deep in my chest. I had to […]
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Hold Onto Yourself, Honey
Some days it is harder than others. The loneliness and regret overwhelm you with their weightiness, locking you into sadness so complete that you conjure story lines of sandy beaches and distant locales to steel yourself. To keep from losing it completely. You burrow down deep into your secret self, mantras meaningless and tears abundant […]
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Character before come up
I was finna make this like a “Sunday Sermon” or whatever, but you know what? Let’s skip all the theology lessons and me trying to be all erudite and whatnot and speak plainly about it. When you belong to God, your character–not your gifts, talents, charisma, or even Godly favor–determine your elevation AND how long […]
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Real Gs Move in Silence Like Lasagna (God’s Logistical Lefthand)
I was in the bathroom praying (as I often am), crying and irritated because there are spaces in my life that chafe. I have been standing at the precipice of leaving all and starting over for a few years now, pulled back from the edge by unseen forces gently reminding me of responsibilities that, while […]
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You Speaking Life or Death? Words MATTER.
What are you saying, my guy?
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The cost of reasonable service
The hardest thing for me to forgive is hypocrisy. To have been treated as though I am terrible while watching grace be extended to others just like me. To be expected to be gracious now that the shoe is on the other foot. To show compassion on demand when I have been left alone and […]
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Being Intentional about Breaking Patterns
Read Deuteronomy 1 & 2.
Kisha Creates
In Real Time & With Great Joy
Kisha Creates 