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Be Safe? Traveling as a Black Woman and Choosing Freedom Anyway

After sharing a solo drive to Minnesota, I kept hearing the same phrase: “Be safe.” This post reflects on what that blessing can carry for Black women, the realities of profiling, and the biblical courage to live with wisdom, faith, freedom, and joy.

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Be Safe? Traveling as a Black Woman and Choosing Freedom Anyway

I Took A Vacation: A Poem for Protest

A reflective poem and short meditation on rest, grief, and the weight of expectation. Sometimes care for the self is part of the protest, so we can keep showing up with courage and endurance.

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Hagar Children’s Message (Genesis 21:8–21)

A children’s sermon script on Hagar and Ishmael (Genesis 21:8–21) with motions and participation cues.

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Hagar Children’s Message (Genesis 21:8–21)

Closing/Sending Forth: For a Closing or Dying Church

We Are More Than What Is In Front Of Us is a sermonic sending forth for Christmas Day (Year B, Revised Common Lectionary), written for Discipleship Ministries (UMC) as part of “Millennial/Centennial Voices from the Africana Diaspora.” Inspired by Isaiah 52:7–10, it calls the church beyond nostalgia and decline, urging faithful courage, embodied witness, and renewed participation in God’s kingdom work in the world.

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