Spiritual Wellness begins with knowing, embracing and tapping into the power of who you innately are. When you realize the stock you come from, the divine entity that shaped and formed you,…
If religious leaders were to be truly transparent, they would acknowledge that the relevancy of the Church was already declining prior to the pandemic. Christians were leaving the Church in droves. Men and women were embracing their “spirituality” and rejecting religion as they experienced it.
In great Golden Girls fashion, picture it! April 1983! A high school gym filled with about 500 small town students. I’m there giving a campaign speech for Student Council Vice President for the next year which would be my senior year in high school. Something happened during that speech that seemed like an out of body experience. At the end of that speech my schoolmates were on their feet cheering, clapping, and stomping.
I have been a constant supporter and advocate for my community. I have over 30 years of working in the Black queer community. I spent many of those years working in HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, surrounded by death and dying and creating programs to empower and educate the Black queer community in Los Angeles, when no one else would.
Wishing upon the stars was something I did a lot of as a child, and just like Pinocchio, I prayed of becoming a real boy. I am a man of trans experience, and I am fearfully and wonderfully made. At a very young age, there were two things I knew: one was I was called to serve …
“I have come that you might have life and have it more abundantly” are words that have kept me engaged and determined to impact every person that crosses my path. I am an ordained minister of the Gospel, a licensed therapist with a master’s degree in social work, and a certified ATMANA Intuitive Life Coach,
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and gender expansive teens are committing suicide at alarming rates and few are giving this crisis the attention it deserves. Headlines on social media and news outlets blast their stories, picture after picture, leaving us wondering, “Who could be so cruel to push these kids to suicide?”
In responding to the Lord’s divine calling on my life to become a servant of the ministry, I was immediately struck with initial feelings of shame and unworthiness that because I am a Black Same Gender Loving man, my reconnection to Christ …
