Welcome to Black Stories Matter, a new series of guest posts written by Black women, bloggers, and influencers. I’ve asked them to share their stories with us, a safe place for us to listen and learn from them. I truly believe that stories have power to change our hearts & our lives, so this is […]
From Hard Emotions to Hard Work
This journal was one of my work journals from the time I spent in India. It holds notes for re-writing and teaching a curriculum that taught women their worth and value to God. It is a journal that I hold dear, because of all the hard work it represents. Hard work when I didn’t feel […]
Where I’m Starting
Black Lives Matter Resources I found the above quote this weekend that really sparked something in me–a feeling, a reminder that where there is light, there is hope, and: Where there is hope, there is a way forward. When George Floyd was murdered over a month ago now, I felt the weight of that. I […]
For the Benefit of All
I searched through this journal to try and find something to copy here, but instead, the verse on the outside spoke more to me and to where we all are right now, in this season of unlearning and relearning, being honest about our own biases and prejudice, and beginning to run a marathon of justice […]
on persecution & stories
Here, I sit on a warm porch with a stilling breeze. I stare at the Himalayan foothills and hear birds and dogs and voices and infrastructure. I type these words because I need to, not because I want to. I don’t want to tell their stories; I want you to hear them as I heard […]