Lately I have been wrestling with accepting things as they are. Not as I think they ought to be. Or how I think they might have been if I made a certain decision in an alternative universe. But rather as they as...at face value. The notion of accepting what is came to me when I…
Challenging and confusing. Seem simultaneously like forever and a flash in the pan. Very lonely or filled with company. An ocean filled with faith crests and doubt troughs that sweep you over in each wave of emotion. God's timing can be terrifying to contemplate "When?" "Where?" "How?" His timing shines a light the worst aspects…
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…
Spring is early this year. I read somewhere that for the first time since 1896, spring will start early (March 19 as opposed to March 21). Spring is already afoot in my neighborhood. Brand new leaves are clothing the trees' bare branches. Fragrant magnolia trees are in full blossom. Blooming Japanese Cherry Blossom trees are livening…
