People are disappointing

Disappointment as a faith-builder Disappointments by family and friends can have life-altering and personality-changing impact. My most painful disappointments have helped refine my faith and how I view my abilities and capabilities. There is no level or area of human interaction that has not led to disappointment in my life. Still I would not tradeContinue reading "People are disappointing"

Video: Self-loathers don’t know what love is (Pt 2)

I'm repeatedly reminded that people who don't love themselves are incapable of giving, receiving or showing love. They are sometimes good at faking it, but fakers always expose themselves out of frustration.

Looking back to move forward

August is a month of reflection and celebration. All this year I've been looking back. Mostly at the history of America as it relates to descendents of the American slave trade, including legacy systems, and Black Women. I've returned to old homes and old jobs. I've committed to finishing unfinished work. Now my mind andContinue reading "Looking back to move forward"

Self-loathers don’t know what love is (Pt 1)

She claims to be a seeker of Christ, but there is no light in her. She claims to live according to God’s law, but she has no understanding or expression of love. She has studied the Bible for years but only focuses on text supporting her worldview - any passage on hate and condemnation to shore up her belief in a vengeful God who only loves vengeful children.

Tenth Lane

While I was still in AZ, I was shopping online for investment opportunities I could begin working on and that would keep me occupied through the summer. My target cities were: , , and . I focused on city-owned properties, city programs and opportunities.

Poem: Bury Me in a Free Land by Frances Harper

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Make me a grave where'er you will, In a lowly plain, or a lofty hill; Make it among earth's humblest graves, But not in a land where men are slaves. I could not rest if around my grave I heard the steps of a trembling slave; His shadow above my silentContinue reading "Poem: Bury Me in a Free Land by Frances Harper"

We Are All Bound Up Together

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, 1866 I feel I am something of a novice upon this platform. Born of a race whose inheritance has been outrage and wrong, most of my life had been spent in battling against those wrongs. But I did not feel as keenly as others, that I had these rights, in commonContinue reading "We Are All Bound Up Together"