I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again, the Bible has some juicy, amazingly scandalous stories that will rival your favorite Netflix series. Some stories encompass love, sex, drama, betrayal, and redemption. One such story is the story of Samson in Judges chapters 13-16. A minister at my church taught about Samson which made me want to revisit it…

There are Bible stories I heard as a child, and it wasn’t until I was an adult that I really sat with the gravity of what the story represented. The story of Sarai, Abram, and Hagar from the sixteenth chapter of Genesis is one of those stories. I mean, talk about drama! In case you don’t know, here is a…

My sister sent me a song that has seemed like the soundtrack for my life over the last year. Bryan and Katie Torwalt sing some of the sweetest lyrics to God- lyrics that have captured my heart and often bring me to tears in remembrance of His faithfulness: Wouldn’t it be like You to be different than we thought, different…

Who knew that at the age of 42, I would be living with my parents in California? “Not I!”  said the little Black girl. But as of December 2022, my parents moved from Texas to California to live with me, and I couldn’t be happier about it. Let me start from the beginning. Starting in 2019, prayers about wanting a…

Previously, I wrote about being Single in a Pandemic. Ya’ll, I’m still single and no matter what outside looks like, we’re still in a pandemic. Being single in a pandemic hits different when you’ve contracted COVID three times as I have. Yep, you read that right- THREE times. You would think that instead of being out here in these streets,…

When going on vacation, I’ve learned that some of the most interesting people you will meet will be on the airplane. In my case, there was an eleven-hour plane ride and a young man sat in between my friend and me (she loves the aisle and I prefer the window). While we hoped the seat in between us would remain…