Who Are You When Faced With Trials?

Have you ever heard that saying that you know who you really are when you’re faced with hard times? I think it’s unfair to say we’re who we really are when we’re faced with the hardest situation we’ve faced to date. Being faced with trials, although it's a constant of life, is tasking for everyone.…

June Got Me Into Formation

There are no words for what these past few weeks have been, except — a rollercoaster. It's been a social upheaval rollercoaster filled with wins and losses. An emotional rollercoaster as I grieved the senseless and unjust deaths of Black women and men, meanwhile, I celebrated the beauty of my heritage—being African, Nigerian, Afro-American. A…

What Does God’s Justice Look Like?

I've been asking this question a lot recently, in the wake of the death of yet another Black person. I ask this not only in response to police brutality against Black people but in terms of unashamed lynching of Black people by civilians, such as in the case of Ahmaud Arbery, Trayvon Martin, and countless…