The only way we’re going to change the way this country thinks about race is to do it together. And that conversation needs to include you.
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We were created in the image of God- what does that mean for our lives and our careers?
It’s easy to say that name-calling and harsh words don’t change out lives, but they sadly do. Words have the power to give us our identity, and in the same way, if they are negative, have the power to give us our insecurities. I’ve spent the last three years thinking about a comment a friend made who said I was…
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You don’t need a superhero level super power. You just need the determination to stand again.
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Maybe it’s time we redefine for ourselves in our own circles what “black looks like” and take it to a new level.
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“Don’t you think we’re being hard on King David? He did a lot of incredible things, being a little bit disappointed in himself for messing up is no big deal. We all do that!” “We definitely do. But I think David’s biggest failure is not that he messed up. His biggest failure is decades later he was still expecting repercussions…
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Love the contrasting story lines in Thor: Ragnarok between the Hulk and Thor. Thor gets stuck on a random planet fighting to get back to his home and finds he is in the same arena with Hulk. He is able to get Hulk to turn back into Bruce Banner, and they discuss all the time that has passed with him…
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In the world of filmography, multiple characters have daddy issues. Marvel characters, Disney characters… it’s a frighteningly common issue in movies. Some are angry at the way their fathers raised them. Others defiantly convinced that they do not need their father. Others are seeking to fill a hole from a lost father. But finding healing in father issues is the…
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Every time the Olympics are on I start thinking about Cool Runnings. Cool Runnings is one of my favorite movies of all time. If you haven’t ever seen it (and I really think you should), the movie is about the first Jamaican bobsled team in 1988. Three of the men on the team are Jamaican qualifying sprinters who don’t make…
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What is it about movies nowadays that have us actually routing for the bad guy? After watching the second movie with my friends, they both exclaimed that they had only watched the movie because of Loki. I turned to them in complete surprise. “But, Loki is the bad guy, and not the main character, and you can’t trust anything he…
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V.I.R.G.I.N. is a book written as a seven day walk through self worth and study of scripture. LaWanna discusses her decision to remain abstinent until marriage. She also uses the acronym “virgin” to show how that decision gave her a new purpose in life and how to walk that out in our lives as well.
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