Shame and guilt are two powerful emotions. I think many of us have experiences from our childhood that shape who we are because of those...

Thank God for quiet moments to reflect. I had the opportunity to stay in bed and catch up on watching some of my favorite folks on...

Spring is one of my favorite seasons of the year. Despite the need for significant antihistamines, I still enjoy talking walks and...

This is a reprint of article I wrote published August 31, 2020 for the Baptist Standard. Right now, it’s hard for me to write. I’m...

I’ll never forget the first day of my PhD program. As I listened to others in my cohort, I was blown away by their intellect and...

No matter how different we believe that people are, I’ve learned that at the core of each of us is a desire to feel a sense of belonging....

One of my favorite things to do is spend time in silence to hear God and listen to the quiet voice within. A few years ago, I started...

It is very easy to become cynical and bitter. If you are not careful, you will become a person who finds fault in everyone. When I meet...

My daughter needed my help this weekend. She has some holes in the wall of her apartment and needed to get them covered. When she first...

I’ll never forget hearing about this story that happened in 2005 in Turkey. It has stuck with me all these years. According to news...

Many of us have someone that we know that has been impacted by incarceration. According to the NAACP Criminal Justice Toolkit, “There are...

A friend of mine recently shared her struggles at work with dominating, manipulative, and mean-spirited leaders. I was stunned that a...

We live in some interesting times. I find that I am often blown away by the actions of individuals. As much as we profess to care about...

One of the most difficult things to do is to go shopping with my daughter. I can almost guarantee that anything I pick out for her will...

There is also a lesson in being mindful of the words we speak over the lives of others. The Bible reminds us that there is life and death...

I think we’ve all had our moments with an individual who represented themselves one way only to turn out to be something totally...

I have been really blessed to work in philanthropy and elated to share my experiences in my new book, Empowering Charity: A New Narrative...

When I look over my life, I not only see what I’ve gone through, but I see God’s hand in all of it. Even in those situations that are not...

As a kid, I remember seeing massive crops as we traveled outside of my hometown of Shreveport, Louisiana. I was always baffled of how an...

We live in a world that is fraught with conflict and mean-spiritedness. A friend shared a situation she encountered: A lady she did not...