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How To Share Your Spiritual Gifts

How To Share Your Spiritual Gifts

Each of us has a gift to share with the world. Showing up for our gifts takes work. Patience. Courage. It may be scary to face our gifts because we often have to face ourselves for who we truly are. Your gift is your calling. Here’s how to show up for it.

How To Build Relationships That Feed Your Spirit

How To Build Relationships That Feed Your Spirit

You deserve affirming relationships that build you up. Human connection is one of the most essential parts of life and has a powerful effect on our paths. Here’s how to build relationships that serve your spirit.

This Humble Food Staple Is Both Soul Food And Spiritual Mojo

This Humble Food Staple Is Both Soul Food And Spiritual Mojo

What’s the most powerful soul food in your pantry? Could it be beans? After all, the humble bean is the “soul” of so much of our food. Our enslaved ancestors depended on it for survival. But beans brought them more than just sustenance. They also brought magic.

4 Ways To Create Sacred Space Around Your Home

4 Ways To Create Sacred Space Around Your Home

We all deserve time in spaces that create a sense of peace, respect, and calm in our spirits. And the best part is that these spaces don’t have to be huge or expensive because they can exist in our hearts, too. What do you hold holy?

What Matthew 27:3-4 Teaches Us About Betrayal And Liberation

What Matthew 27:3-4 Teaches Us About Betrayal And Liberation

How do you feel about those skinfolk who ain’t kinfolk? Those who hurt our communities with their words, actions, and views can have dangerous consequences for us, but should we forgive them for their harm?

How To ‘Hang Up’ When Negative Self-Talk Calls

How To ‘Hang Up’ When Negative Self-Talk Calls

Negative self-talk is anti-Blackness creeping into our subconscious. “I’m not good at this. I shouldn’t even try,” is an example of negative self-talk and it is spiritually draining. Here’s how to hang up when negative self-talk comes calling for you.

How To Release Internalized Anti-Blackness And Live Proudly

How To Release Internalized Anti-Blackness And Live Proudly

You are powerful. You are worthy. You are whole. You are important to your community. The lies society tries to tell about you roll off like divine rain. Unlearning the harmful anti-Black messages we get each day is spiritual work. Here’s how.

The Spiritual Power of Community

The Spiritual Power of Community

You deserve care and protection. When we tend to one another, we tend to God’s will for our people. We’ve always been each other’s harvest, and Proverbs 31:8-9 proves it.

This Bible Verse Is Your Reminder To Think BIG, Not Small

This Bible Verse Is Your Reminder To Think BIG, Not Small

You’re thinking small when you need to be thinking BIG. God has big plans for us and our futures. 1 John 3 reminds us that anyone guided by Spirit will likely be misunderstood by society. We can’t allow this to make us question our worth. If anything, this makes us even more worthy of God’s love.

How To Begin A Solitude Practice

How To Begin A Solitude Practice

Spending time alone doesn’t have to be lonely; it can be a powerful spiritual tool. Here are three ways to practice being in solitude.

How To Love The Negativity Out Of Your Life

How To Love The Negativity Out Of Your Life

Do you ever feel uneasy, like you’re restless and all over the place? It may be that you need to take a moment to turn the negative energy around you into more positive vibes. You deserve to feel more pulled together. Here’s how you practice making that happen.

How We Can Grow Black Children To Be Spiritually Strong Activists

How We Can Grow Black Children To Be Spiritually Strong Activists

Black children deserve all of the goodness in the world. But the world doesn't always deserve our people. It's never too early to equip children with liberation tools. Here's how we build the next generation of spiritually strong activists.

Why Soul Food Is A Staple For Black Liberation Efforts

Why Soul Food Is A Staple For Black Liberation Efforts

Whether it’s a huge spread of our family recipes or enjoying lunch with friends, we cannot help but feel full both physically and spiritually when we eat with our families and friends. We call it soul food for a reason.

How To Live So Fearlessly, You Go Out Like A Meteor

How To Live So Fearlessly, You Go Out Like A Meteor

Audre Lorde’s fight against cancer reminds us life is short. It's hard not to fear death, but we can still find ways to live our lives fully. Here are three steps you can take to start living fearlessly.

Our Heads Are A Powerful Spiritual Site

Our Heads Are A Powerful Spiritual Site

Our heads are potent spiritual sites. Think about it. Our hair is often referred to as our crown. Our third eye is located in the middle of our forehead. Our head holds our crown chakra. But what if Spirit lives inside our heads, too?

This Ancient Wellness Practice Reminds Us To Slow Down And Focus On Our Healing

This Ancient Wellness Practice Reminds Us To Slow Down And Focus On Our Healing

We all deserve wellness practices that bring us rest, ease, and a sense of safety in our bodies. There are many traditional Afro-diasporic practices that our ancestors preserved over the years with our health and wellness in mind. Here’s a powerful one that you might not expect.

How To Build An Altar That Helps Make Your Dreams A Reality

How To Build An Altar That Helps Make Your Dreams A Reality

Close your eyes and imagine your dream world. What does it look like? Feel like? What does it taste, smell, and sound like? All of it is possible through intentional altar work. Here’s how to create your own.

How To Create Your Own Gris-Gris Bag For Abundance and Protection

How To Create Your Own Gris-Gris Bag For Abundance and Protection

God already protects us, but a little extra protection never hurts. Gris-gris bags are the perfect spiritual protection we can always carry with us. A West African practice preserved by our root working ancestors, these bags will keep you in your bag. Here’s how to create your own.

How To Talk To Your Ori, The Spirit Guide Inside Your Head

How To Talk To Your Ori, The Spirit Guide Inside Your Head

In the Yoruba spiritual tradition it is believed that our heads are a powerful spiritual site. Our head is where our Ori resides. An Ori is the Orisha assigned to be your spirit guide and govern your unconscious mind. What’s the best way to communicate with your Ori?

What Jesus’ Resurrection Teaches Us About The Importance Of Our Collective Revival

What Jesus’ Resurrection Teaches Us About The Importance Of Our Collective Revival

“Then go quickly and tell his disciples: ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee.” – Matthew 28:7. Looking at his mother he asked her the question that tests all Black parents’ faith.

Our Liberation Depends On Reshaping The Future Like This

Our Liberation Depends On Reshaping The Future Like This

Change is inevitable, but when we embrace it as a truth of life, we are empowered to take action toward making necessary changes. The best part is God is on our side, helping reshape everything around us.

How To Share Your Truth As An Act of Divine Courage

How To Share Your Truth As An Act of Divine Courage

Truth telling takes courage. For some people, our truths might land as an “unpopular opinion.” For others our truths are wisdom that helps them on their own journey. First and foremost, sharing our truths honors who God made us to be.

Gideon’s Story Reminds Us God Is With Us In Our Toughest Battles

Gideon’s Story Reminds Us God Is With Us In Our Toughest Battles

“The Lord is with you, mighty warrior.” – Judges 6:11. Gideon was not a confident leader. He even had moments where he doubted God. But God was patient with him, reminding him how important it is to lean into faith when our battles seem impossible.

The Unsung Heroes Keeping Black Faith and Freedom Alive

The Unsung Heroes Keeping Black Faith and Freedom Alive

You are deserving of the truth. Griots are culture keepers whose work reminds us that God’s love for us is unwavering and liberation is His will.

How To Remain Present In Your Body To Cope With Trauma

How To Remain Present In Your Body To Cope With Trauma

If your body were a sponge, your spirit would be the teeny-tiny pores soaking up the energy surrounding you. We're constantly healing from inherited ancestral trauma and from today's anti-Black violence. Here's how to remain present through it all.