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Can You Read? Normalizing Ignorance & Coming Out of Hiding
Can You Read? The question itself is not rhetorical. I am so serious when I ask you, Can you read? Surely you can. You’re reading this. Disclaimer. Sometimes I mean things in the nicest way, but they may sound rude. This is one of those times. This blog is written for a specific audience. The…
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Holy Ground: Public Repentance
It’s like someone who cannot swim. God pushed me into the deep. “I was pushed hard, so that I was falling, but the LORD helped me.” (Psalm 118:13, ESV). He pushed me so that I was falling into the deep end of the pool. I guess this type of repentance and pruning is me learning how…
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When God Moves: Shout Hallelujah
When God moves, it is not always evident to the eye. Meaning, it may not be something you can trace or place your finger on in real time. Yet Scripture reminds us of a deeper truth: “But, as it is written, ‘What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined,…
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The Necessary Thorn:What Sin Produces Within Us
In Romans 7:8, Apostle Paul declares: “But sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness. For apart from the law, sin lies dead” (Rom. 7:8, ESV). This is a heavy verse. Romans 7 carries tremendous weight as Paul describes unchecked sin, internal conflict, distorted desire, and the war between…
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The Taste of Pregnancy: Daniel and David, Twice Confirmed
The moment you know you are pregnant is a moment you can taste especially if you are a mother like me who documents, note takes, and records everything not because I am absent from the moment but because I am trying to capture its essence before it slips away from me due to the unexpected…
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Expansion Under Fire: You Are Shooting Blanks
“I can write it for you, but I cannot read it nor understand it for you.” © Tiara Christopher To expand under fire may seem counterintuitive. During COVID-19, Les Brown taught that in seasons of adversity, you expand. Shots may be fired, but the bullets will never have my name on them. Take Book of…