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The Invisible Fruit We Carry
“I may not change the world but I will spark the mind – anonymous The invisible fruit we carry is just that. It is the labor no one sees, like a gardener preparing soil long before anything blooms. It is the pain that feels visible to us, yet remains hidden from the world. If humanity…
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A Foreign Exchange: Dangerously Anointed
“Yesterday seems less painful, and I’m no longer afraid of tomorrow” (When Bad Things Happen to Good People, Harold Kushner) In his 1981 book, When Bad Things Happen to Good People, Harold Kushner explained that humans have a deep need to understand, because understanding brings order to chaos. It helps us make sense of what…
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Too Deep For The Intro: What It Sounds Like When The Soul Is Full And Has To Speak
This is an excerpt from my upcoming book, debuting July 2026, “The Art of Translating Pain: A Restorative Writing Workbook for Healing, Wholeness, and Transformation.” From Chapter 2: “Getting It Out.” This is what it sounds like when the soul speaks before it’s organized, processed, or made presentable. ⸻ Tic, tic … a bomb ticks…
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It Started With a Stare
You ever catch that church stare? Or those church stares? The ones that pierce through your soul… that make you feel like the other person can see right through you. Like you’re glass. Like they can see your cracks, your fragments; what’s lying dormant inside of you. Now if you didn’t grow up in church,…
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The Crossover: Walking Out Generational Breakthrough
Joshua 1:9 (ESV) “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” Introduction Joshua 1:9 has spoken to me and over me throughout this year. As I lean deeper into knowing God, I am called…
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The Scribe’s Knowing
Part II “To Know” Jeremiah 29:11–14 (ESV) 11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. 12 Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. 13 You…
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To Know
“For I know the plans I have for you…” — Jeremiah 29:11 My Bishop, Carey Conor, asked us to choose a scripture to stand on and remind God of His promises. I chose Jeremiah 29:11 because it anchors me. It’s a declaration which reminds me that God has a plan, and my life has purpose.…
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The Oil That Was Always There
Elisha & the Widow’s Oil 2 Kings 4:1-6 God keeps bringing this scripture to me at the last month of the year 2025. So I asked myself: What may God want me to understand that I’m not fully getting? God often speaks in repetition so we know it’s Him. First, I heard this story from…