Category: Let’s Be Real
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130 Days into Deliverance: A Reflection on Rage
I try to keep it a clear and smooth 💯 at all times cuz I believe telling the truth and being my authentic self is key to me being a good kingdom citizen and representation of the body of Christ. So I’m marking this day, May 22, 2022, as 126 days into a difficult road […]
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Lesson on Leadership: Vision-casting Matters
When a leader says “None of” or “nobody” wants to follow their vision? That’s a red flag for me. What are you asking them to follow? Is the vision written and plain so folks can run or are you just flying by the seat of your pants, lying on the Holy Ghost? Are the steps […]
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The Pressure to Perform
I don’t know when it happened or how but… I found myself stuck like chuck a few months ago. Like, on complete and utter pause trying to figure out why I was so miserable, so tapped out. I wanted to tear my hair out! But the Lord is nothing if not merciful and kind, so […]
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Banned Books
Ahhh my favorite little pattern. Y’all see how I jiggle words and turn phrases on their sides to try to keep this meter? Somebody save ya girl! Meanwhile. I feel frustrated today. I want to burn bridges. I want to confront people in the base ways in which I am capable. I want to weaponize […]
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Not a Game New Under the Sun
Older generations, y’all STRESSFUL. Stop romanticizing “when you grew up.” Bad people were doing bad things then too. People were murdered. Folks got high. Babies were born from rape and out of wedlock. Pastors lied, cheated, stole—even got some of y’all to join cults. The weed man played drums on Sunday then sold weed and […]
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It’s Not an Attack if It’s True
Confession: I am a sensitive person. It comes with the territory of being rejected early in life and often throughout. I am just now, 40 some odd years in, being delivered from the spirit of perfectionism and pride that comes along with the shame of not being wanted—being forsaken. Some of you are struggling with […]
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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 […]