I am on a renewed mission to read more and more books by Black authors (of all kinds!) and wanted to share what’s on my TBR shelf.
Read MoreWhen you ask what life looks like currently, I can’t talk about anything except the fight for justice and peace in response to current events and the horrible and gut-wrenching deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and so many others. Today’s post and prompts (hosted by my friend Anne!) centers on these conversations, this heart, and content by and from BIPOC friends and leaders and neighbors.
Read MoreI cannot encourage and urge you enough to listen to people of color, to learn from them (without asking them to do the work for you!!!), to follow as they lead (instead of thinking you know better), to believe their stories and their perspectives, to trust their wisdom, and to join alongside them.
Read MoreWe're bringing our beloved book club back for MORE. We've expanded our horizons reading books from authors different than us, and we can't wait to share our best recs with you!
Read MoreSome are heavy, some are helpful, some are hard, one is hilarious.
All are powerful, beautiful, worthwhile.
Read Morei am still alive. i therefore have a light. and i'm going to let it shine.
i will not hide it under a bushel.
i will not let satan blow it out.
i'm going to let it shine.
Read MoreAnother murder.
It’s sickening, but it isn’t surprising, and that wrecks me.
He did not look like me, but that does not mean I cannot mourn and grieve the loss of his life. His life mattered. He mattered.
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