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April 2018

April 14, 2018

Pursuing Peace a Little Closer to Home

Credit: Photo by Emily Orlando on Unsplash When I was interviewing for my position with...

February 2017

February 10, 2017

Nevertheless She Persisted

[Credit] One of my former students from when I served on staff with InterVarsity, is...

July 2016

July 27, 2016

Black Lives Matter Conditionally

By the words of the media, the condition of our communities (the number of murders...

September 2015

September 28, 2015

Her Life Matters

This morning I dropped my youngest son off at Kindergarten for his first day.  Like...

July 2015

July 24, 2015

My People Motivate Me

As a very little girl I knew my people were beautiful, special...mistreated & hated. I...

June 2015

June 10, 2015

For DaJerria Becton.

Your necessary air is restricted.  You take short breaths.  You wait for relief.  One day,...

March 2015

March 25, 2015

I Need To Say Something Entirely Different To White People

I took the Megabus, Chicago to Nashville a little while ago.  I joked on Facebook...

October 2014

October 07, 2014

The Realization

We put on the costumes tryin' to fit suburban hipster shit yo, look at me...

October 06, 2014

What Gives Me Hope for The Church

I’m sitting on a double-decker, red-eye Megabus, Nashville bound, nonstop from Chicago. My friend bought...

October 03, 2014

Why Are Black Women So Argumentative?

Okay. So. I saw this video titled "Why Are Black Women So Argumentative?" being discussed...

September 2014

September 23, 2014

I Need To Say Something Entirely Different to White People

At the first stop, a white man produces a roll of duct tape.  Not even...

June 2014

June 25, 2014

A love flash mob for Zevelyn

Over the last year I've been super-duper inspired by Glennon Doyle Melton leading the charge...

June 19, 2014

On Juneteenth and retraumatizing storytelling: What #TakeDownThatPost Meant for Me

I learned something extremely useful the other day from my online interactions with the lovely, Bethany...

June 06, 2014

Use Your Hands

How Does God make Things Happen?  With YOUR hands. Reads page 1 - page 2...

February 2014

February 17, 2014

Started From the Bottom Now We Here {or my meeting with Dave Ramsey}

November 2013

November 25, 2013

Rescue, Healing & Orphans

Eager to welcome a beautiful soul today, Kristi Scott whom I "met" through Twitter &...

November 18, 2013

That Little Warrior Girl

Do you love little warrior girl stories? I do. My life-long next door neighbor, Jerald...

September 2013

September 22, 2013

#StoryChicago NOT a Sense of Place for Blacks

I went to the Story Chicago Conference this past week.  The theme was A Sense...

August 2013

August 14, 2013

it’s ALL about me

Finally, I've finished revamping my new ABOUT page.  I'd hoped to have this done &...

July 2013

July 19, 2013

Belong

I am overwhelmed by those who don't belong... ...especially the ones who "don't belong" with...

July 18, 2013

Meet the Racists!

Today, I'm writing my monthly article over at a Deeper Story on racism.  Are we...

May 2013

May 07, 2013

My 1st Moments with Rhys

In celebration of Mother's Day & Mama's everywhere I'm sharing my 1st moments with Rhys...

March 2013

March 28, 2013

Maundy Thursday + Give an Easter Basket of….Candy? No, Hope.

  Today is Maundy Thursday.  Maundy is the foot-washing that Jesus gave the disciples on...

March 08, 2013

3 Ways to Empower Women on Women’s Day

Today is International Women's Day! (what? what?) Suffice it to say, I LOVE the women...

March 07, 2013

When No Kids Go Hungry

As many of you know, Congress needs to make a whole-lotta important decisions.  One of...

February 2013

February 27, 2013

The Day I Became an Angry Black Woman

I never thought I, Grace Biskie could have a "vulnerability hangover" but I did.  And...

February 18, 2013

Why I Respectfully Decline Feminism

For all my life, for one reason or another -often many reasons- I've never been...

January 2013

January 31, 2013

My little jaunt to Uganda-ish

My last post for January! Can you believe one month of 2013 is done &...

January 29, 2013

Im Radiant with a Purpose

{Don't forget January is Human Trafficking Awareness month.  Just a few days ago I talked...

January 26, 2013

I Have 17 Slaves Working For Me

Of all the things that deeply matter to me, being an advocate for the vulnerable...

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