Faith. Life. Culture. Fashion
Last week, I spoke for 125ish students at The Ohio State University. I am very ashamed to admit it was one of the first times in a long time that I felt completely prepared. I gave the message prep and delivery-practice adequate time. It showed! I was pretty nervous for about 8 hours until talk [...]
Not a book deal, per se… but a book. And I mean that in the loosest way possible. Okay, what I mean is…
In conclusion to part 1, the one about why I shouldn\’t date demons or want to run off and marry them in Vegas. I press on. A dear friend reminded me the other day how often faith looks like confusion and courage looks like fear. Who among us has ever faced a life-altering event with [...]
I went back and forth on attaching the ‘Minister’ moniker to my Minister Mama blog title. I grew up with bad connotations when I heard the word Minister or Clergy. Everything from: lame, boring, collar-wearing dorks who couldn’t marry, are likely depressed, don’t have sex, molest folks & hate black folks. Talk about a bad [...]
The other day, R1 (my sensitive 5 year old) mentioned that we “should go over to Haiti and get one of those kids to bring home with us!” Since R1 loves to pray for Haiti and frequently asks how they are doing, I often read to him the email updates I get from World Vision. [...]
Yes, I was planning to stay focused on facilitating reflections of 2010. Forgive me for bumbling along on other fascinating subjects such as feeling sorry for myself and crying about it like a big baby. Fear not my friends! We are well on our way to -finally- finishing reflecting and creating some goals for 2011. [...]
Lord, I’ve been a fool too wise to hope, too sane to dream my eyes so dim with learning I could only believe what I could see. The witches and the women the poets and the priests the madmen and the beggars they all looked the same to me raving about some other world hidden [...]
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Jan 2011
What was your biggest challenge, joy & obstacle of 2010. More reflections…
***Don’t forget: I’m giving away a $25 Home Goods gift card for leaving a comment on my post in which I want every blog reader or random visitor or lurker/blurker to introduce yourself through a comment. Once I reach 50 commentee’s (not including my replies) I’ll randomly select a winner. Not a sponsored post. It’s [...]