My core value rose to the surface this week, during an unlikely event. Creative Mornings is an organization I joined as I started freelancing, to provide an extra dose of community to an otherwise isolating adult experience of going freelance. And they more recently started “field trips,” which are small gatherings to help the community […]
India-girl’s god or mine?
Several weeks ago now, I sat in church and almost threw up when I notice the day’s scripture reading: Genesis 28. This Old Testament chapter is a loaded one for me. One that carries my college nickname, India-girl, on its back. You see, I first discovered this chapter in India. I was sitting in a […]
It’s time to be honest: My Response to the overturn of Roe v Wade.
TW/CW: rape and miscarriage. I think it’s time to be honest. Disclaimer: If you don’t want to read an opinion on the overturning of Roe v Wade today, go ahead and pass on this post. Save it for later, or don’t–whatever you need is okay. But if you can read it, take a deep breath […]
A tiny piece of my SBC story
My story / re: the Southern Baptist Convention’s sexual abuse investigation Then I remember, vividly, the day we had sexual harassment and abuse training. No one spoke that day, not even a moderator after the morning announcements. Instead, the lights were dimmed and a lengthy video played on the big projector screens that flanked the […]
“Do not despise the day of small things.”
– a phrase from Zechariah 4.10 I think I stumbled across this phrase out of a prophet’s book in college, a paraphrase I heard like a whisper over everything I felt was small or insignificant. “Do not despise the day of small things,” became a rallying cry for me to celebrate always, and not shame […]
when you’re tired of hoping.
a second valentine’s day post. read the first one (from 2021) here. Her voice came through with words on a grainy video screen, so familiar, an echo through time and space, years after my own words ran dry with the same emotion. “I’m just tired of hoping,” my friend said, reflecting on her singleness and […]