Jayma Anne Montgomery
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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Jayma Anne Montgomery
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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Jayma Anne Montgomery
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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Jayma Anne Montgomery
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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Jayma Anne Montgomery
Oct 27, 20237 min
EXCESS, HOARDING, & MEASURES OF EARTHLY SUCCESS
Confronting my consumerist demons
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Jayma Anne Montgomery
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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Jayma Anne Montgomery
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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Jayma Anne Montgomery
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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Jayma Anne Montgomery
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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Jayma Anne Montgomery
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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Jayma Anne Montgomery
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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Jayma Anne Montgomery
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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Jayma Anne Montgomery
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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Jayma Anne Montgomery
Jan 20, 20233 min
Camera Shy
I touch on my long-standing issues with self-image.
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Jayma Anne Montgomery
Nov 13, 20227 min
CULTURAL VS CRUCIFORM CHRISTIANITY
I contrast the difference between cultural vs cruciform Christianity. Cultural Christianity has driven unjust wars, eugenics, and racism.
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Jayma Anne Montgomery
Nov 7, 20227 min
THE EXASPERATED MIDDLE BETWEEN EXTREMES
A church sister of mine made an excellent comment on one of my posts recently. She said a particular phrase that caught my attention. It...
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Jayma Anne Montgomery
Oct 16, 20227 min
The Different Skin We Are All In: Race vs Ethnicity
I discuss race as it pertains to skin color and other physical features. I also highlight some institutions that supported white supremacy.
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Jayma Anne Montgomery
Sep 18, 20226 min
THE LITTLE MERMAID IS BLACK BUT...
I more or less live under a rock of my own choosing until things not directly related to my life command my attention. I like it that...
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Jayma Anne Montgomery
Aug 11, 20226 min
WHEN FICTION IS MORE THAN SKIN DEEP
'I need to be white.' This is what my ultra-cocoa, brown-skinned four-year-old daughter says to me as I’m twisting her thick, curly hair...
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Jayma Anne Montgomery
Aug 1, 20224 min
MY OWN WORSE CRITIC
My internal dialogue is not the healthiest. The combination of being a naturally insecure person who was raised by a well-meaning,...
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