Author Archives: LaShawnda Jones

A Fucked-Up Life and God

Originally posted on Cyndy Lavoie:
(Warning: if you are not okay with profanity to relay intense emotion than I suggest you do not read this post.) I used to think the point of life was making it pretty, presentable, acceptable. And so I spent innumerable years and money and focus trying to make my life…

A grown man cried in my arms tonight.

From my own experience, it’s when I try my hardest to be strong – exhibiting my idea of strength, anyway – that I am the most brittle. In my brittleness, I easily break. However, as I learned again that evening, it is in my gentleness that others see power and strength in me.

I Believe in Love: An evening with Elton John

Two simple words. Spoken to people in response of the misery they continually dump into my my life – my ears, my mind, my heart, my spirit. People who refuse to deal with their problems partly because they usually have a sympathetic listener in me. As soon as I feel my eyes glaze over, the words slip out…

Book Review: DAVID AND GOLIATH by Malcolm Gladwell

The stories in David and Goliath reconfirmed that all the challenges in my own life have been blessings. Certainly, in the short-term, pain does not feel like a blessing. But the way you process your pain and build from it over time, strengthens you and adds wisdom and insight that you otherwise would not have.

Jesus is the Son of God.

The last thing I wanted to do was have a debate about Jesus on Christmas. I’m not a Jesus scholar. I’m a Jesus believer. And as a believer, there are some things that I accept simply because they are, not because I can make sense of it. **Click link to read full post.**