A new Substack is up.

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I just need my guy to surpass Strom’s 1957 filibuster. That’s how petty I am.

Go, Cory, Go!

I called Zora for him…

“If you are silent about your pain, they will kill you and say you enjoyed it!” Zora Neal Hurston

The framework has been written. And now an elderflower spritzer

Imagine being in a Black body and being told all your life to stay busy, to work, work, work.

Only to go to the text and learn a new thing. A new perspective. A new understanding.

Don’t believe me. Just go learn for yourself.

Rest and growth. Rest. Grow. Bear fruit. Repeat.

Listening is where love begins. ❤️

Mr. Fred Rogers

1. So…. I got my nails done yesterday
2. My nail tech is like my biggest fan
3. She loves hearing where I just came from.

If you want to know the rest just follow me on other platforms because I’m about to be at the character limit.

Fall dates are available….

Gratefulness

I had to pitch in and serve food and I gotta tell It’s not my ministry. I served one time at a funeral some years ago. And Elder Jones said 1 piece of ham per person. My girl got so mad at me for following the rules. Then called everyone saying “Shani refused to give me two pieces of ham!”

Let’s get free together.

4 years ago when I had the joy and fear of interviewing Dr. Christine Hong for the NEXT Church National Gathering!

I followed my gut and we talked about our grandmothers. ❤️❤️❤️

It was a God move.

@nextchurch.bsky.social

I think I do some of my best creative work late in the midnight hour.

Also—- I cannot wait to share what I was doing here in this photo.

😂😂😂

There will be a still shot that may look like I’m singing. That’s hilarious.

#joy

This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.

Toni Morrison

I think the narrative of DEI is often undermined because the majority of people defending and explaining the benefits are Black and queer people but in the last 50 years White women have been the largest demographic who’ve benefited from such initiatives.

Check your calendars. Call me. Email me. Bless me so I can bless you. Let's work together to make something cook. 😂😂😂

Another ancestor….💔💔💔

i hope i die
warmed
by the life that i tried
to live

Nikki Giovanni

Farewell… Farewell.

I know her and Uncle James are cutting up right now.

🫶🏾🫶🏾🫶🏾🫶🏾

Pastor William got mad because I told these preachers AFTER I preached I ain’t been to seminary….. just yet. 😉😉😉

He said I learned everything I need to know about preaching I got from vacation Bible school.

😂😂😂😂😂

#CompellingPreaching
#LutherSeminary
#Whatisthelistenerhearing