This week, Alvin Ailey began its first ever virtual season and, I must say, I’m here for it! https://youtu.be/rytr2C3sK1U Though I’m not one for tradition, one of the staples of my annual holiday routine was attending an Alvin Ailey show while living in New York City. One year, I even went in July when theyContinueContinue reading “Holiday Delight: Alvin Ailey’s Virtual Season!”
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Not’cho Grandma’s Sweet Potato Pie
My mother was the best cook and baker. Unfortunately, she didn’t write down her recipes. She made everything from memory and taste. I’ve spent most of my adult life trying to identify and replicate some of food-memories that made my taste buds sing. Now that I’m focused on removing sugar from my diet, replicating myContinueContinue reading “Not’cho Grandma’s Sweet Potato Pie”
Marriage & Relationship Study Primer
I’ve mined the depths of my blog to give you easy access to material related to Marriage & Relationship: Modern Concepts vs. Biblical Practices! This list was pulled from eleven years of content to aid, boost or guide study. Read through at your leisure. Studies Study: Courage to Trust God’s Plan Study: Courage to Build,ContinueContinue reading “Marriage & Relationship Study Primer”
Morning Stretch and Praise Break
Physical activity has been absent from my life. This morning, I decided to change that beginning with a walk, and a stretch and praise break. Covid-19 isn’t to blame. Over the last seven months I’ve rarely left the house and when I do, it is in a car. When I lived in New York City,ContinueContinue reading “Morning Stretch and Praise Break”
11 Years of Blogging! Oh, my!
Eleven years ago today, I posted my first blog on these here inter-nets. “Can I Love You?” was written in the early days of my committed and purposeful faith walk. It’s as sincere and earnest as I’ve ever been in my writing. Several years later, it was followed by a post titled, “…and the PeopleContinueContinue reading “11 Years of Blogging! Oh, my!”
Consolidating my blogs
Hello, All I’ve combined all my blogs into one. If you’ve been following Spirit-Harvest.com or any other blog of mine, please move with me to Harvest-Life.org! I’m looking Continued blessings! LaShawnda
Living without permission
Choosing to grant myself permission to live on my own terms. Deciding to embrace the fear of doing such even as I continue to forge ahead. For a spell now, I’ve been bombarded with examples on why living without permission is so important for our overall well-being.
No hero is coming to save me.
My whole life has been marked by stories of heroes with superhuman powers. I grew up with Christopher Reeves’ Superman and Margot Kidder’s Lois Lane. A line that has walked with me throughout my life was delievered by Lois after Superman caught her after a fall from a skyscraper, “You’ve got me, but who’s got you?” Every time I meditate on this line, the same thought comes to me: “You may have saved me but who’s gonna save you?”
Proving Ground
People who sin against you, violate your trust, hurt your heart, betray your relationship – whatever the trespass may be – are still precious to the Lord. God has not stopped loving the person you turned your back on because they do not live the way you want them to live. He is actually proving to that person that you had no understanding of love at all. You who were to be this person’s light and source of love took action to drive them further into darkness instead.
The insidiousness of distractions
Distractions provide the change we think we need, the future we thought we sought, the opportunities we thought we were lacking. Distractions are insidious in that they present as innocuous happenstances.
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