Water my eyes, oh Lord, hear my solemn cry / For a broken and contrite heart you will not despise. / Spirit, uncover my complex and immature disguise / That my often-troubled mind would then be made wise.
There is something deeply spiritual about hope. Hope provides the power to motivate us and to move us in the direction of our dreams, our visions, and our values.
When she plays, something metaphysical happens in my body. I enter other planes of existence, enjoying new realities around me. I’m hypnotized. I become the Manchurian candidate, responding to that one–single note which transforms me...
I know the universe is alive because I live. I know the universe is kind because I smile at the stranger.
Trust affirms what is present, respects what is past, and has no hold on what is to come but knows that the possibilities are endless.
She does not reckon herself to be the antagonist to the sometimes fragile male psyche; she refuses to be a casualty, nor will she be a victim of any testosterone-driven wager between God and his 'earthly image'...
Marriage is very much like a work of art in that after many strokes and much time it reveals its truest masterpiece. Many enter marriage with an unhealthy understanding of what sustains long-term relationships. Many believe, like the song says, “love is all...
Water my eyes, oh Lord, hear my solemn cry / For a broken and contrite heart you will not despise. / Spirit, uncover my complex and immature disguise / That my often-troubled mind would then be made wise.
When we look back on year 2020, we may recall it as the year when it all changed. The year of the pandemic; a financial crisis; and the summer of racial reckoning and protests that amplified and centered Black voices in their cry against injustice.
She sings of black eyes, broken bones, bruised lips, swollen cheeks, stiff backs, and crippled fingers... She sings of stolen identities, erased histories, sold virginities, of a disappeared child’s cry, and of fake smiles, telling lily-white lies.
I feel as though the crisis we are facing has been revealing our true nature to ourselves. And what it’s revealing is that we need one another.
I have come to the conclusion that collectively, we, our nation, and all of earth are experiencing a type of global grief.
Will our bodies betray or protect us when it arrives?//We cannot leave it to the game of chance or blissful ignorance.//We cleanse; we cover; we distance; we resist.
Letting go can be very difficult at times, and goodbyes can be rather painful, especially when hearts are broken. Although letting go is a necessary part of life, when done well, it can bring the needed affirmation and completion. Let's examine ways of...
If you struggle with forgiving or letting go, here are a few tips on how one might possibly forgive another and then start to move in the direction of freedom and peace that true forgiveness fosters.
The emotional baggage we carry often manifests in our choices of how we live our lives and relate to others.
There is something deeply spiritual about hope. Hope provides the power to motivate us and to move us in the direction of our dreams, our visions, and our values.