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A Curious Case of Threadbare Faith
A Curious Case of Threadbare Faith

Here’s what I know to be true: following Jesus is not a “get out of life’s disappointments” free card. As Langston Hughes declared in his poem, “Mother to Son,” Life

What Mary Magdalene and Stormy Daniels Have in Common
What Mary Magdalene and Stormy Daniels Have in Common

You cannot detach the resurrection from Christianity; it is key to the faith. Jesus came, Jesus died, Jesus rose again. We would not know about Christ’s resurrection were it not

David and Goliath: When Taking Care of Sheep Blesses Your Whole Life Part 2
David and Goliath: When Taking Care of Sheep Blesses Your Whole Life Part 2

It is easy to put on the veneer of a person of great faith. We can be and present whomever we want to be on social media. But if we

David and Goliath: When Taking Care of Sheep Blesses Your Whole Life Part 1
David and Goliath: When Taking Care of Sheep Blesses Your Whole Life Part 1

One of the biblical metaphors I love the most envisions Jesus as a shepherd, guiding us, leading us, protecting us. Reflect on this for a moment: it is okay to

Women Warriors in the Bible: Jael
Women Warriors in the Bible: Jael

Women struggle to be heard and seen as equal to men. We are still struggling in terms of own reproductive rights, to be paid the same as men for the

The Jezebel of the Bible was NOT a “Jezebel”
The Jezebel of the Bible was NOT a “Jezebel”

Jezebel. One of the most pervasive and persistent stereotypes about Black women. Sexually aggressive. Unable to be satisfied. Cunning. Bitchy. Predatory, so be careful not to get caught in her

How We Got the Bible, and Why it Matters Part 2
How We Got the Bible, and Why it Matters Part 2

In the Bibles we take to church on Sunday or the ones sitting in racks in the pews, there are typically 66 books: 39 in the Old Testament, and 27

How We Got the Bible, and Why it Matters Part 1
How We Got the Bible, and Why it Matters Part 1

The Bible can still get you free. Yes, there are contradictions in the Bible. Yes, the Bible has been used to oppress Black women at all points of the intersectionality

A Greenleaf Bible Study
A Greenleaf Bible Study

Free pdf download of: Sexuality, Faith, and Black Women: A Greenleaf Bible Study

The Presence of Women at Pentecost
The Presence of Women at Pentecost

Typically when one preaches about Pentecost, the text selected is Acts 2:1-13. The Holy Spirit comes as if fire, and rests upon every one of them, the first believers in