"Tell your neighbor. "Don't worry about it.'" And in the typical call in response tradition of the African American culture, the church repied, "Don't worry about it." Oh how I needed to hear those words. Last week, my lender took out a lump sum of money out of my account. I was on an income … Continue reading Don’t worry about it
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I am ENOUGH for 2015
Last year, I began the process of learning to become myself. In fact, that journey inspired this very blog. I made some tough choices about my spirituality, values and beliefs. It was scary. For the first time in my life, I made decisions based on my feelings, my truth and not on the basis of … Continue reading I am ENOUGH for 2015
Happy Sabbath!
In Seventh Day Adventist Christian circles, this saying signifies the seventh day of the week, Saturday, as a holy day of rest, worship and fellowship. It is the English translation for the Hebrew word, Shabbat. Shabbat literally means rest or cessation on which religious Jews remember the Biblical creation of the heavens and the earth in six … Continue reading Happy Sabbath!
I Have Decided
Yesterday morning, I told my mother that I was going to stop going to my home church as well as other churches. I told her that I do not believe in the Seventh Day Adventist Christian doctrines anymore. I don’t identify with the beliefs and because of that I feel stifled and fake. I could … Continue reading I Have Decided
Esther Yvette 