Close
It's National Poetry month and all month long I will be sharing some of the pieces that I have written over the last few years. First one up is a piece I wrote last spring, called Close. I always...
View ArticleChaplains of Destruction
It is National Poetry month and all month long, I will be sharing some of the pieces that I have worked on over the last few years. Here is one that I wrote last June, called Chaplains of...
View ArticleSpirituality and Sexuality?
I grew up in a church environment that was quizzical and afraid about everything sexual. I mean everything! Anything that could be misconstrued as a sex act, or could lead to sex, or could make people...
View ArticleWhen We Lead
Only the BLACK WOMAN can say 'when and where I enter, in the quiet, undisputed dignity of my womanhood, without violence and without suing or special patronage, then and there the whole Negro race...
View ArticleThe Methodological Importance of Unveiling
To unveil is to uncover a person, an object, or a concept that was previously hidden away from public view. It is to shine light on something that was at one time or another shrouded in darkness. The...
View ArticleA Lesson in Vulnerability, Weakness, and Unapologetic Messiness
On December 7, I hosted the second annual shindig for the Kinky Curly Theological Collective. When I initially started planning for this convening back in June, I could have never imagined that I would...
View Article2020 Writing Cohort: Fragmented and Whole
The Kinky Curly Theological Collective is excited to announce its 2020 writing cohort: Fragmented and Whole ©. The purpose of this fellowship is to bring Black and African women together to create a...
View ArticleGeorge Floyd and Hoping for Systems Change
A reflection I wrote a few years ago keeps ringing in my ears as I think about what work will look like tomorrow and from here on out. For the last four years, I have worked for the City of Minneapolis...
View ArticleOn Kente Cloth: The Appropriation of Our Sacred Symbols
You must have really thought that you were doing something Dressed in our symbols of liberation You must have really thought that you could easily put them on Adorn yourself in our garments And that we...
View ArticleDreaming of Home, Part 1
In 2018, Ghanian president Nana Akufo-Addo announced before the U.N. that 2019 would be the Year of Return for Africans across the diaspora. This was important because 2019 marked the 400th year since...
View ArticleComing Home, Part II
*This is the second installment is a 3 part series on the Year of Return* I have never really talked in depth about my experience in Ghana last year. However, as our community continues to be harmed by...
View ArticleReturning Home, Part III
*This is the third installment in a three part series on the Year of Return* Over the last few weeks, I have been sharing about my experience in Ghana last year for the Year of Return. In the first...
View ArticleThe Gospel According to a Black Woman
I am so incredibly happy/thrilled/over the top excited to be releasing my latest book, The Gospel According to a Black Woman, this fall. As a part of the Talking Back with the Kinky Curly Theological...
View ArticleThe Gospel: Speaking Up, Talking Back
I have to be honest. When I finally landed on the title of my upcoming book, The Gospel According to a Black Woman, I hesitated. I wondered if by calling it the Gospel, whether I was doing too much....
View ArticleBlack Women: Validating Our Experience, Trusting Our Witness
Over the last two weeks, the Kinky Curly Theological Collective has been hosting our Talking Back series, giving a space for Black women to talk back against paradigms that have minimized or altogether...
View ArticleCritical Race Theory
There has been so much buzz and sound bites around Critical Race Theory (CRT) and what it is. I decided to put together a primer for folks who are still wondering. Though some may dismiss the theory,...
View ArticleTowards Breaking Those Damned Chains
“Let me begin by saying that I came to theory because I was hurting-the pain within me was so intense that I could not go on living. I came to theory desperate, wanting to comprehend-to grasp what was...
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