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I attended a conference session called, “Defusing the Power of Toxic Religion for Sexual Advocacy,†because I’m writing a memoir…
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Do you wear a wig around the house, even when you’re by yourself? I do, and I feel conflicted about…
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My Writing-For-Freedom Summer has come to an end. I learned under instructors I would like to take back to…
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I’ve been trying to process why Prince’s death feels so much worse to me than Michael Jackson’s or even Whitney…
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You may ask for freedom only if you live above reproach. That was the message to enslaved black people in…
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In my last column for NCR, I wrote about my somewhat surprising desire to find a church home in my…
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Around this time last year, I was parked in the lobby of a hotel in Tobago (the smaller island of…
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I remember attending a Sunday school class several years ago in which the gentleness of God was the topic. I…
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On September 1, 2015, I will begin the master of fine arts program in creative writing at Rutgers University-Camden. This…
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“There are all boys at Stephanie’s (invented name) house, so you can’t turn up like you do here. You have…
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Earlier this week I wrote in my journal that I need a spiritual practice that includes faith and hope,…
Since January, I’ve been making an effort to accept my own challenge of re-envisioning God. I made a silent commitment…
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One of the reasons I stopped working on my memoir was because when an agent strongly suggested I adapt my…
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I spent a portion of my last day at 33 dancing and thinking about the messages in the dance. On…
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I write about my life of “existing in many spaces at once, holding multiple identities and not quite serving…
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I could have had this blog entry completed and posted yesterday, but I chose to spend time I could have…
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I got a surprise during a recent visit to a public library to use a computer. I looked up from…
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April, the only character on Grey’s Anatomy who identifies as Christian and the only one who has conflicts about…
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“Intergenerational Prostitution.” These words greeted viewers at yesterday morning’s Daughters of Greatness breakfast. I’ve become a regular attendee at the Ali…
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I’ve made a commitment to #BlogLikeCrazy this month, an action I believe is necessary but also for real for real…
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I left the gym three-and-a-half hours after arriving there the other day. I’m not obsessed, I promise. One hour of…
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Many years ago, my father said that by the time I have children, they’ll be white kids dipped in chocolate….
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I recently received some proof my normal-person job is important. I try to keep my normal-person job (as opposed to…
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Last Thursday, Jeff Chu, author of the new book, “Does Jesus Really Love Me? A Gay Christian’s Pilgrimage in Search…
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Today I’m joining what I hope will be billions of women all over the world in celebrating “One Billion Rising,”…
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