I started blogging in 2008. That's hard to believe. I tend to flit around from one thing to another. But something about blogging has stuck with me. While I believe we're close to having worn out the word "community" so that it is threadbare and patina'd, community is the key to why I keep renewing …
Going There: Camouflage
The idea for “Going There” came about as a result of the 31 Days In My Brown Skin series I wrote in October, 2012. (You can read those posts here.) The series generated a lot of valuable dialogue, and when the thirty-one days were over, it felt as if the conversation wasn’t done. So, I invite you to …
A New Kind of Bachelor (Really, It Matters)
I swore off watching “The Bachelor” about seven seasons back. I used to be SO into it. Addicted, really. The romance! The drama! The exotic dates! The Fantasy Suites! The heartbreak! The sobbing in the limo! I. Loved. It. All!!! Believe me. I don’t blame you if you feel the desire to …
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Salem Baptist Church
"Let's go to the black church today," H said yesterday morning. If you put on your best Nancy Drew or Encyclopedia Brown hat, you will deduce two things from that statement. First, the church we attend on a regular basis is not a "black" church, and second, there aren't many black churches in our …
Sunday
Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low; the rough ground shall become level, the rugged places a plain. And the glory of the Lord will be revealed, and all people will see it together. For the mouth of the Lord has spoken. ~Isaiah 40:4-5 (NIV) ~~~ Welcome to The …
When The Mountain Gets In Your Head
I know better, but that doesn't mean I always do better. Yesterday, on the mountain, at the end of a long day of skiing, I could barely feel my hips. My knees were crying out for me to just take off the skis and call it a day, already. But nooooo!!!! I had to be all big and bad and prove that I …