She holds me The spirit of me The mind of me The heart of me The guts of me She Capable Phenomenal Regenerative Magical She I count on Her Expectantly For healing For beauty Consistency To stand To dance To walk To run Yet unbeknownst My body, She She also Believes in me Trustingly […]
We Are the Church
by on November 28, 2017 12 Comments
My story of church began 35 years ago. My first experience took place in a small Nazarene chapel. This was my sanctuary from the day I was born until the day I graduated from high school. It was a small country building, painted white, with a steeple. There were only a handful of kids and we […]
Be Still
by on August 28, 2017 15 Comments
I grew up traveling the waterways with the canoe and the kayak for the purpose of adventure. My father taught me how to use a paddle, how to maneuver and manipulate the boat, how to enter into the untamed white water at the right angle, at the right time. He took my sisters and me on […]
Frequencies That Soar
by on June 7, 2017 6 Comments
Do you ever have those moments when everything within you can no longer stay within? When the emotion deep in your gut–right there in the heart of your stomach–fills up to capacity and, for survival, you have to let it all out? In those moments, did you, too, leave your house and drive off in […]
In My Privilege, I Must Practice Listening
by on May 23, 2017 11 Comments
When I first began attending my church, over three years ago, I met a woman I instantly connected with. Our conversations rolled, one into the other. We both went to the same university; we both had a passion for cultural studies and social justice and Jesus! Then one Sunday at church, I bee-lined in her […]
