Hello Reader, I’m so glad you’re here. This week on the podcast, we are beginning a new nine-part series called The Fruitful Writer: Cultivating the Soul Behind the Story. Through Galatians 5:22–23, we will explore the fruit of the Spirit and consider how God cultivates the inner life from which our words, stories, and lives emerge. Whether you write books, journal your prayers, write sermons, share your thoughts with others, or simply desire to grow in your walk with Christ, this series is...
7 days ago • 2 min read
Hello Reader, I’m so glad you’re here. Welcome back. This month we were in a series called, Sabbath Invitation. We were looking at Sabbath through the story of the crippled woman found in Luke 13:10-17. This final week, our Sabbath invitation is Silence. Listen to e95 on your favorite podcast app. Apple Spotify YouTube From the Episode... "The Lord answered him, 'You hypocrites! Doesn’t each of you on the Sabbath untie your ox or donkey from the stall and lead it out to give it water? Then...
14 days ago • 2 min read
Hello Reader, I’m so glad you’re here. This month we are in a series called, Sabbath Invitation. We will be looking at Sabbath through the story of the crippled woman found in Luke 13:10-17. This week, our Sabbath invitation is “Response.” Listen to e94 on your favorite podcast app. Apple Spotify YouTube From the Episode... "Immediately she straightened up and praised God. Indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, the synagogue leader said to the people, 'There are six days for work....
21 days ago • 2 min read
Hello Reader, I’m so glad you’re here. This month we are in a series called, Sabbath Invitation. We will be looking at Sabbath through the story of the crippled woman found in Luke 13:10-17. This week, our Sabbath invitation is “Show Up.” Listen to e92 on your favorite podcast app. Apple Spotify YouTube From the Episode... On a Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues, and a woman was there who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
September 1, 2025 • The Vine Still Finds You • I admit it. The heat of summer in Georgia has caused me to stop starting my mornings with God in the backyard. It’s been hot—so hot that as soon as I feel the warmth creeping into my older, poorly insulated home, I make the decision to stay as cool as possible. But God always finds a way to remind me of the things I’ve forgotten. This morning, I walked into my kitchen and found a vine growing through the window. Yes, through the window. Upon...
11 months ago • 2 min read
August 4, 2025 • One Pen, One Guitar, & One Voice • A few months ago, I started learning to write songs. At first, I thought I needed to learn the keyboard—so I bought one. Ironically, I had just given away a keyboard and guitar I’d been lugging around for twenty years. But the artist in me had caught the songwriting bug again, so here I was with yet another instrument. I’ve always written lyrics and sung melodies, but I had never taken the time to actually have the music scored. This time, I...
about 1 year ago • 1 min read
July 7, 2025 • Doing the Work Our Soul Must Have • Spiritual Direction and Discernment for Black Women As Black women, we are often celebrated for being strong. But strength has sometimes come at the cost of our own rest, care, and tenderness. I love the words of Rev. Karlene Sekou, who reminds us: “Yes, we are strong, but we are human. We are worthy of and require love, care, mutuality, reciprocity and we must create and control our own narrative.” Those words stop me in my tracks because...
about 1 year ago • 2 min read
June 2, 2025 Walking the Ancient Path Where God’s Story Meets Our Story It all begins with the call to write the vision and make it plain. For some, the vision may be to launch a business, create an art project, or serve in ministry. For others, it might mean making more space for family, community, or simply sitting in the presence of God. In 2004, God spoke to me with a simple yet weighty vision: “I’m requiring more of you.” At the time, I was a teaching artist in New York City, chasing my...
about 1 year ago • 3 min read
May 5, 2025 Dusting for the Fingerprints of God How Spiritual Direction Can Change Your Life What does your story look like when you allow God to be in control of the narrative? What happens when your finite human strength is surrendered to the infinite divine strength of a loving God who never fails? Jesus says: “Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.”—Revelation 3:20 (NIV) Will you...
over 1 year ago • 2 min read