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November 2014

November 02, 2014

The Shame Oh the Shame Oh the Shame

I hung out with some of my alumni recently. (If you're new here...I worked in college...

October 2014

October 02, 2014

Racism Distracted Me From Purity Culture

Yesterday a friend posted on Facebook from April Fiet about not praying for her children's...

May 2014

May 05, 2014

Why I’m Leaving the White Church for the Black One.

A few years ago, I worked for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship as a Regional Black Campus Ministries...

July 2013

July 15, 2013

Letting the Stupid Little Ni**er Go

Today I started my new job as a Program Director for a local nonprofit. It...

July 02, 2013

Jesus, stripping, blow jobs and Gospel Music

I'm back y'all! I can't wait to share more of what this little 6 week...

February 2013

February 16, 2013

Finding Your Calling without Losing Your Identity

One of the most challenging aspects of the last 8 months of life has been...

October 2012

October 01, 2012

Meet Fred.

Recently, I was asked to write a blog post about a Minister I have learned...

September 2012

September 21, 2012

Minister Mama No More

Seems to me when we flip our lives right side up we move in fear...

September 10, 2012

Who is this A.P.E.?

When I started in campus ministry several years ago, I was 18, unmotivated, and a...

August 2012

August 18, 2012

When Jesus Journaled About Me, Here’s What He Said

Let's face it, y'all. It's easier for us to believe that God is a pissed-off,...

June 2012

June 28, 2012

The One in Which My Mouth was Wide Open Because I Witnessed a Miracle (and you can too)!

Back in 1996, at the ripe impressionable age of 19 I went to a large...

March 2012

March 06, 2012

anxious vacation

I left for Caleeeeeeeefornia (as the 6 yr. old would say) last Friday. The plan...

February 2012

February 23, 2012

Lent

Being a Minister by vocation does not mean I'm up on every important event in...

February 16, 2012

adventures

First for everything! My first time blogging mid-flight, Dallas to Detroit! Although I think I'm...

October 2010

October 09, 2010

I’m like, sooooo domestic y’all

Every blue moon I get really motivated to do a bunch of house-and-home-and-make-my-husband-happy type-0-stuff... Especially...

September 2010

September 02, 2010

What’s your worst & BEST job ever?

Back in the day (pre-marriage, pre-babies, pre-bachelor's degree --in other words when I still had...

December 2009

December 31, 2009

New Years Eve with Ryan, Jennifer, Fergie & Jodi

Ryan Seacrest is on T.V. Jennifer Lopez is about to perform. There are 750,000 people...

December 31, 2009

When the cat’s away…

The hubster will be gone for a whopping 10 days as he's been acting on...

September 2009

September 11, 2009

The Smell of Students

Last night I spoke at the InterVarsity Chapter at my Alma mater, Wayne State University....

July 2009

July 29, 2009

T.D. Jakes lisp. Moses slow. Me? Inarticulate mug.

So, last night I'm watching Never Easily Broken. You know the movie based on T.D....

May 2009

May 01, 2009

SO proud

The sad thing about my job with InterVarsity is that every year, a new herd...

December 2008

December 31, 2008

go shawty, it’s your berFday…

There are 2 major InterVarsity Conferences -Urbana & Atlanta- which happen to fall between Christmas...

October 2008

October 09, 2008

oh Lord, send someone else

I’ve been getting behind in Greek. Not understanding Greek. Not enjoying Greek. Wanting to strangle...

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