A Believer’s Celebration of Christmas Should Look Different Than the World’s
Lights and decorations. Finding the perfect gift. Mailing the Christmas cards before Christmas. Holiday galas and office parties. Cookies, eggnog…
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Know Your Assignment: When We Are Secure with God, We Don’t Have to Be Afraid of Someone Else’s Anointing
I love the Word of God! No matter how many times I have read a scripture, it can speak to…
Marriage 101: Negotiating Gendered Communication Styles
My husband and I recently had a disagreement. It is the same one that has come up ever so often…
Put Your Mask On First
In January of this year, I kicked of my blog with an announcement that I would do a blog series…
Lessons On Self-Introspection from My Teenage Daughter
Earlier this summer I had a delightful conversation with my 15 -year-old daughter. It was delightful for a couple of…
Just Say, “No.”: Boundaries as a Form of Self-Care
Recently, I published a book, The First Lady: African American Pastors’ Wives in Their Own Voices, and I was having…
What Oprah’s Golden Globe Speech Teaches Us About Speaking Life!
On this past Sunday evening, I was finishing up my syllabi for the semester and engaged in a couple of…
Living Life with Boundaries
Happy New Year Speak Lifers! I have a confession. Since Thanksgiving, I’ve been off the wagon…the food wagon that is.…
Surviving on the Broken Pieces of Life
In the last few days of 2017, its always good to reflect on everything we experienced and accomplished throughout the…
Exteriors, Part II: The Pastor’s Wife as a Fashionista
This post was originally posted March 8, 2011 on a blog I participated with other pastors’ wives about being a…