When the Light Burns Instead of Warms We love to talk about light like it’s always soft. Like sunlight filtered through lace or candlelight on a quiet night. But what happens when the light gets brighter than we bargained for? What if it doesn’t calm but confronts? The truth is: Light isn’t always gentle. Sometimes, […]
Category: Spiritual Growth
Upskill or Uplevel? The peril of hashtag’s over soul value.
When Learning Becomes Another Leash Everyone online was preaching upskill or up-level to reinvention. Loud calls made to “stay relevant” and “up-level your brand.” So, I did what many of us do. I signed up for a copywriting certification. It was meant to sharpen my skills, and give me an edge. And technically, it did. […]
Official Job Crafting Not Useful as Reclaiming Your Soul?
Why Job Crafting Looks Good—But It Still Feels Wrong There was a time when I believed all I needed was a little more responsibility, more creativity, and more recognition. So I asked for it. I crafted, I adjusted, I made my work “meaningful.” But something still felt off. It was like lighting a candle in […]
Best to Stop Trying to Fit-In & Fulfill Your Unique Path
The Wrong Question It happened in a beige conference room with fluorescent lights humming above and a fresh pot of coffee and pastries on the side table. I was seated at the long end of the table during our quarterly labor union meeting. I nodded along while the executive director discussed quarterly status of labor […]
Micro-Moments New Mission: Finding Purpose in the Present
What if you’ve been looking for purpose in all the wrong places? For years, I believed I needed a grand mission. A calling. Something that sounded noble on a resume and resonated like a TED Talk. But what if that mindset—so often celebrated in self-help books and spiritual seminars—is just another echo of a system […]
The Myths of the Virtuous Savior: Why Rescue is Rare
We were raised to wait for heroes From bedtime stories to campaign speeches, we’re taught to believe someone will come along and “do the right thing.” A leader. A protector. A moral compass. The one with integrity. But what happens when the people we elected to lead turn away from the very virtues we entrusted […]
Teaching Children Who They Are Before the World Destroy Them
I believed teaching children before age three was important. So, I raised three daughters, as my mama raised me. Guided by faith and fortified most times by tough love. Now, as a great-grandmother, I watch a new generation of parents grappling with a digital Babel. It’s where a chaotic world of social media chatter and […]
The Spiritual Decay of Easter: Profits Sacked Sacred Symbols
Easter isn’t about bunnies and pastel eggs; instead, it’s a stark reminder of its spiritual decay. It’s time to wake up and realize how far we’ve fallen. Just a few years ago, a simple search for Easter imagery would have shown you a balance between the sacred and the commercial. Today? It’s all bunnies and […]
Why Chase the Chaos: How to Look Back to Ourselves
The world is loud.The world is fast.The world is on fire. And yet, we keep watching. We chase the chaos.We scroll, we binge, we lean into the noise—even when our souls whisper, Please, not tonight. The Chaos Magnet It’s strange how drawn we are to intensity.Violent dramas. Apocalyptic headlines. Competitive everything.They buzz like static in […]
How Intuition and Critical Thinking Empower You to Challenge
The world feels increasingly uncertain. In a time when trust in institutions and systems is eroding, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and powerless. Have you ever had that unsettling gut feeling when something just doesn’t seem right, but you couldn’t put your finger on it? That feeling when something feels “off,” but it’s not easy […]