If I focus on the glass as half-empty instead of half-full, giving thanks this year really requires me to dig […]
Archive for ‘REFLECTIONS’
PRAYERS THAT KNOW THEIR WAY HOME: A TRIBUTE TO DAD (1921-2016)
Dad, Hicey Ross, Jr., who many of you know as a living prayer, went home. Spiritmuv shut down for awhile […]
PRAYERS WHO COME TO GOD ASKING FOR NOTHING
The simplest form of prayer is actually the most difficult: to be aware of being one with God without begging […]
PRAYERS THAT WIN OUR BATTLES BEFORE THEY EVEN BEGIN
The movie War Room, by authors, directors and actors Stephen and Alex Kendrick, is an awesome testimony on the power of […]
PRAYERS WHO WORK WITHOUT CEASING
I have learned to take a break from work. This not only includes taking a break from my “9 to […]
A SEASON FOR LISTENING
As we approach February 18, which is “Ash Wednesday,” we are reminded that this is a time for spiritual rebirth. […]
A SPIRITUAL ACCOUNTING
On its face, the book of Numbers is a book about the census, an accounting of the twelve Israelite tribes. […]
NO-FAULT RESOLUTIONS
The thing that makes many of us cynical about resolutions is that we so rarely have the fortitude, discipline or […]
A PLACE WHERE IT IS EASY TO SEE GOD
During the 2014 God is a Brown Girl Too Retreat in Sedona, Arizona, we witnessed magic. We rose each morning […]
THE SALVATION MESSAGE by Leroy Hyter
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should […]
SOARING ON EAGLES’ WINGS
While celebrating Black History Month, I was reminded of Exodus 19:4, when God instructed Moses to remind the Israelites how […]
WHAT HAVE I DONE FOR ME LATELY? PUTTING THE YEAR IN PERSPECTIVE
Remember when Janet Jackson sang “What Have You Done For Me Lately?” As we end 2013 and begin 2014, it’s […]
THE CHILDREN ARE TELLING US SOMETHING
When I heard that 20 children were killed by the massacre at the Sandy Hook Elementary School, the first thing […]
A WAY IN THE WILDERNESS
When I see the devastation of Hurricane Sandy, I think of Isaiah saying God opens “a way through the waters” […]
THE POWER OF LOVING “STRANGERS”
On July 31, I was up early – trying to find out if our political leaders had reached an agreement on […]
RELEASE THE PAST AND BEGIN AGAIN
I was watching one of the catfights on The Housewives of Atlanta, and as much as I love all of […]
BROWN GIRLS DON’T NEED TO WORRY: OUR WORK IS DONE
When we are called to do something, the work that we know we need to do in the physical world […]
WHERE DO I BEGIN TO SEE THE DIVINITY WITHIN?
For ages, women and girls of color — of every nationality, ethnicity, and origin — have been dehumanized, marginalized, enslaved, murdered, raped, or […]