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Curating Biblical Content To Help Others Think Well About Faith and Culture

It is my life’s goal to, as J.Deotis Roberts puts it, “love God from the bottom of my heart and the top of my mind.” It would be a cherry on top if God would afford me the privilege of helping others do the same.

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For the Reluctant Ones
For the Reluctant Ones

“As always, I find people’s varying feelings and thoughts about entering a new year on social media oh so intriguing. Some are excited and ready to “cannonball” right in, either out of a desire to build on the momentum of a great 2023 or to escape their 2023 downfall. Others speak of goal setting with such indifference it’s easy to question their sincerity. Though entering a new year with sober realism is wise, could their comments be a shadow of their defense mechanisms? Then, there are the reluctant, standing on the side of the pool, scared to jump in. Sure, 2024 is already going, but they don’t know if they should give in to its pull to hope again for new beginnings that lead to lasting change.”

It’s Not Easy Being First
It’s Not Easy Being First

It may be an honor to be the first, but it’s not easy. Here are a few words and a prayer for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Jesus, Judas, And Cancel Culture
Jesus, Judas, And Cancel Culture

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I got some scary news last week, and before I knew it, I was already planning for the worst-case scenario instead of praying for the best possible outcome. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ So thankful that the scary news collided with this confidence-building psalm from my
A few weeks ago, I did a very informal poll to see whether or not people wanted to talk more about singleness. Though singleness has been a big part of my sanctifying-growing in Christlikeness journey, I have strayed away from going all-in on talking
This Sunday I will be hanging out with the women of @soulcirclesevents for a conversation about forgiveness. Forgiveness is by far NOT something I excel at and my own mother has told me this to my face! It hurt, but I'm so thankful for a mom who pla
I scrolled a lot last week. For 12 hours and 53 minutes to be exact. As the screen time alert informed me of this on Sunday, the Holy Spirit resent these words to me. We weren’t created to scroll. We weren't created to take in so much inform
Reminiscing on that one time @ibreemorgan and I played in God’s sandbox. My risk adverse self was scared out of my mind, but it was incredibly overwhelming to consider how God’s thoughts towards us were more than all the grains of sand in
Him not. He don’t hold grudges, decline phone calls, or ignore text messages. He is always willing to forgive, answer acalls for help, and be the friend and Father we need. Let’s stop making God into our image when we sin or fall short,
Somebody take me back to Dallas and back to this lobster roll! I had never had a lobster roll before three weeks ago. The price point always deterred me. Yo’ homie is cheap. But, yo! They can get my dollars any day! Well, at least once a month
Yesterday, I was in the @armacourses studio filming a course on singleness. If you've been rocking with me for some time now, you know I have a lot of thoughts on singleness. It's been, by far, one of the life circumstances that God has used to refin

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