I tried to turn off my cell phone today.  I recall being able to do so relatively easily in times past, but a recent update must have...

When you’re a person who is practiced at practicing humility, it eventually becomes easy to get prideful about how humble you are. Weird...

This has been a less than stellar year.  My hopes that it would miraculously turn around were abandoned somewhere around the Ides of...

2024 was heralded by the distinct sound of glass shattering against linoleum--thousands of champagne flutes in rapid succession. So...

I haven't blogged in over five months. This wasn't intentional, but a natural byproduct of needing to, once again, examine my motives, do...

Confronting my consumerist demons

I pride myself on being self-aware. All good writers are incredibly introspective. Writers in my preferred genres (personal essays and...

I am a big fan of the writings of Tish Harrison Warren--a female Anglican priest in a denomination largely divided on whether or not...

Gracious Father in Heaven I lift up this Precious One before you Someone you lovingly knit together in their mother's womb and imbued...

I examine some of the unexpected fruit of publishing this book. Including, some thoughts this has inspired regarding the heritage of Indo-J

"Happy" is what happens when all your dreams come true, isn't it? I tackle this question in light of the release of my debut book.

CWPOCA = Christian Woman Person of Color in America My experiences as a person of color have been commandeered as a tool of political...

I expand on what it means for me and other Christians to live out the gospel message. We fail the moment we elevate ourselves above others.

I contrast our upside-down world with the right-side-up Kingdom of the Heavens.

I touch on my long-standing issues with self-image.

I contrast the difference between cultural vs cruciform Christianity. Cultural Christianity has driven unjust wars, eugenics, and racism.

A church sister of mine made an excellent comment on one of my posts recently. She said a particular phrase that caught my attention. It...

I discuss race as it pertains to skin color and other physical features. I also highlight some institutions that supported white supremacy.

I more or less live under a rock of my own choosing until things not directly related to my life command my attention. I like it that...

'I need to be white.' This is what my ultra-cocoa, brown-skinned four-year-old daughter says to me as I’m twisting her thick, curly hair...