Category: Teachable Moment

  • significance – the quality of being worthy of attention; importance. Does what I do matter? This question arises in me fairly regularly these days. Achieving as measured by ribbons, medals, accolades or pats on the back used to be my sure sign off “Yes, you’re doing the right thing”, but as I have matured and…

  • Forgiveness is not about minimizing or making excuses for the hurt (caused to you by yourself or by others). The goal of forgiveness is to release the blame and move forward. Over time unforgiveness results in bitterness, anger, stress and other trapped emotions. These are real physical emotions that impact your health. It may be…

  • I read this automated message yesterday afternoon and got to thinking about relationships. After all what’s wrong with bonding over common experiences? I felt resistance to agreeing with the message but then the Lord suddenly reminded be of trauma bonds and bonding over trauma. Basically, the Lord reminded be that shared trauma and co-dependency are…

  • serenity – the quality of being marked by or suggestive of utter calm and unruffled state of rest or quiet. For all the rocks that try to rock your boat…For all the waves that shattered your calm, today I encourage you to rest and reflect. May your day be filled with God’s grace. May each moment…

  • Below are the truths God has spoken to my heart as I have practiced exchanging ungodly beliefs for godly beliefs. Over a year and a half ago, I learned about the concept of ungodly beliefs as part of becoming an Issue-Focused minister in Restoring the Foundations (RTF). Being a RTF minister means I help individuals…

  • (audio and text) A couple years ago the weight of it almost caused me to crack. Rejection. It is a pain that runs deep. Feeling isolated, misunderstood, or “weird” has to be one of the worst feelings in the world. I remember crying to a friend about it in being hurt and different—doubting I would…

  • (Audio and Text) When I asked God this question I quickly got this answer. The cares of life, worry, doubt and unbelief. The latter three words (worry, doubt, and unbelief) I knew well enough. I’ve had to remind myself on many occasions that being anxious won’t fix things and that if God promises he will…

  • At this point, you are probably familiar or have heard about the 5 Love Languages. If you not, I’d definitely encourage you to read up and take the quiz! This has helped me tremendously to understand how I give and prefer to receive love from others. Also, since developing these profiles Gary Chapman has released…

  • (Audio and Text) Today is the day my friends. I am not going to give you false hope or profess that the desires of you heart will suddenly come upon you simply because you happened upon this post today. BUT I will give you hope from the word of God which produces life and goodness…

  • (Audio and Text) I can’t speak for the experiences of all persons of color, but I can speak for myself. I did not grow up with a strong Black identity. Among my many social identities, my Blackness simply was not the center on which I viewed myself. In psychology, social identities (defined as a person’s…