These Bones Will Dance Again Someday
I had an incredibly helpful yet potentially devastating revelation recently. I was reflecting on some recent tense conversations my...
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Sep 275 min
WOUNDS, WORRIES, AND CHECKING FALSE HUMILITY AT THE DOOR
When you’re a person who is practiced at practicing humility, it eventually becomes easy to get prideful about how humble you are. Weird...
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Jul 14 min
My First of July Lament
This has been a less than stellar year. Â My hopes that it would miraculously turn around were abandoned somewhere around the Ides of...
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Mar 296 min
Musings on Doctor's Day 2024
2024 was heralded by the distinct sound of glass shattering against linoleum--thousands of champagne flutes in rapid succession. So...
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Mar 225 min
When Nice Becomes Unkind
I haven't blogged in over five months. This wasn't intentional, but a natural byproduct of needing to, once again, examine my motives, do...
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Oct 27, 20237 min
EXCESS, HOARDING, & MEASURES OF EARTHLY SUCCESS
Confronting my consumerist demons
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Sep 29, 20234 min
Visions, Dreams, & Inner Monsters
Americans—immigrants and non-immigrants alike--are encouraged to dream. How many sappy movies are out there about characters chasing...
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Sep 8, 20237 min
GETTING REAL ABOUT RACIAL TRAUMA
Is racial trauma a thing? I talk about why it is.
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Aug 25, 20235 min
G-D and Country
In America, Christians are largely known for professing faith while living faithless lives. The Bible and cross are mere photo props here.
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Jul 28, 20234 min
I KNOW WHY THE CAGED (JAMAICAN) TIGER SINGS
I pride myself on being self-aware. All good writers are incredibly introspective. Writers in my preferred genres (personal essays and...
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Jul 14, 20234 min
RELIGIOUS IDENTITY DESERVES TO BE PROTECTED & DEFENDED
I am a big fan of the writings of Tish Harrison Warren--a female Anglican priest in a denomination largely divided on whether or not...
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Jun 8, 20232 min
A Prayer for Someone Who Sees Me As Their Enemy
Gracious Father in Heaven I lift up this Precious One before you Someone you lovingly knit together in their mother's womb and imbued...
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Jun 1, 20236 min
Unintended Outcomes of Publishing My Book
I examine some of the unexpected fruit of publishing this book. Including, some thoughts this has inspired regarding the heritage of Indo-J
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May 11, 20234 min
Jayma's Inner Universe of Madness
"Happy" is what happens when all your dreams come true, isn't it? I tackle this question in light of the release of my debut book.
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Apr 21, 20233 min
Ballad of a CWPOCA: There Are No Strings on Me
CWPOCA = Christian Woman Person of Color in America My experiences as a person of color have been commandeered as a tool of political...
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Mar 30, 20237 min
STILL AMBIVALENT ON NATIONAL DOCTOR’S DAY
TWT is a one-year-old, guys!!! Big whoop, right? I don’t honestly expect anyone to give a flying Funion about my blog's fake birthday....
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Mar 8, 20233 min
I AM BETTER THAN NO ONE
I expand on what it means for me and other Christians to live out the gospel message. We fail the moment we elevate ourselves above others.
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Feb 23, 20231 min
My Interview
Please check out my interview on the Collected Podcast. I am so grateful to Jes for inviting me to the show and to Tia for introducing...
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Feb 23, 20235 min
UPSIDE-DOWN POWER DYNAMICS
I contrast our upside-down world with the right-side-up Kingdom of the Heavens.
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Feb 10, 20235 min
REJECTING FUNDAMENTALISM IN ALL OF ITS FORMS
The henna was about a week old at this point so the flower in the front was fading. Not wearing my head art in public caused it to fade...
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