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Saying Goodbye to Queen Sugar
Saying Goodbye to Queen Sugar

When I tell you that the series finale of “Queen Sugar” was the most meaningful and impactful end of  show I’ve ever seen, I’m not exaggerating. It was truly a

Yes, We Do Need to Talk About Cosby
Yes, We Do Need to Talk About Cosby

Not too long ago, I was looking for something that I ordered. I looked for that thing everywhere. You know that feeling. That feeling of knowing you have something, but

A Prayer for Tamar Braxton
A Prayer for Tamar Braxton

Embed from Getty Images Dear Tamar Braxton, I owe you an apology. I am sorry for all of the negative things I thought and said about the version of you

If You Want to Soar, Go See “Harriet.”
If You Want to Soar, Go See “Harriet.”

Filmmaker Kasi Lemmons has given us an inspirational lens through which to view Harriet Tubman, a woman—a Black feminist, God-believing, trance-having woman—so worthy of our gaze. Her latest film, “Harriet,”

Resurrection During Times of Sorrow
Resurrection During Times of Sorrow

Sometimes the high holy days of the Christian calendar come at inconvenient times in our lives. This Resurrection season comes on the heels of me burying my brother, whom I

How Traditional Christian Marriage Can Fail Us
How Traditional Christian Marriage Can Fail Us

Embed from Getty Images Let me channel my inner Iyanla Vanzant for a moment. My dear sisters, beloveds, just because a brother has an R-E-V before his name does not

The Queen of Soul…and Women Everywhere…Deserved Better
The Queen of Soul…and Women Everywhere…Deserved Better

Embed from Getty Images It was the squeeze scrolled ‘round the Twitter-verse. When Bishop Charles H. Ellis slid his arm around singer Ariana Grande, squeezing her in an area only

God Bless the Queen

Embed from Getty Images Aretha Franklin meant so much to me. She looked like us, walked like us, she was our favorite auntie. She spoke her mind. She loved God.

Believers and Imposter Syndrome
Believers and Imposter Syndrome

Let’s be honest about how many people in church feel strains of imposter syndrome, those feelings of doubt and inadequacy that we push down deep into our souls because all

Forgiveness, Popular Culture, and “Creed II”
Forgiveness, Popular Culture, and “Creed II”

First of all, mad props to Sylvester Stallone for creating a character that has endured since 1976: Rocky Balboa. I am not ashamed to admit I have seen all the