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Why The Burning Of The Nottoway Plantation Is Incredibly Spiritual

Why The Burning Of The Nottoway Plantation Is Incredibly Spiritual

As we celebrate watching flames consume the Nottoway Plantation, let’s remember fire’s spiritual cleansing power. Fire rituals call in the spirit of transformation. Only through transformation can we meet Spirit.

Signs It’s Time To Protect Your Energy

Signs It’s Time To Protect Your Energy

We’ve all been told, “protect your energy,” but did you know that saying is really a warning about vampires? And not the kind we see in films. The real vampires suck our energy from us. Here’s how to peep an energy vampire.

This Icon Helped All Of Us Feel God

This Icon Helped All Of Us Feel God

Every time Whitney Houston sang, we heard God in her voice – she helped us feel God in our spirits with her rich vocals. It’s when we feel God that we start to trust in God. What helps you to trust in God?

Angie Stone Taught Us Faith Is Found In God’s Wings

Angie Stone Taught Us Faith Is Found In God’s Wings

God’s wings are infinite. Each of us exists within His divine wingspan. Which is why we will succeed whenever we devote ourselves to God. God wants us to soar.

It’s Time To Invite Our Higher Selves Forward

It’s Time To Invite Our Higher Selves Forward

We can invite Spirit into our lives by calling our Higher Selves forward. Our Higher Selves remind us that we are all a part of Spirit’s divine plan, and exactly where to find the answers we’re looking for.

What Does Living Authentically Look Like For You?

What Does Living Authentically Look Like For You?

When we live authentically, we align with our sacred actions. Our authenticity invites others to be authentic, too. What does living authentically look like for you?

Our Appeal To God Is Our Ultimate Testimony

Our Appeal To God Is Our Ultimate Testimony

If you were to appeal to Spirit, what would you say? To bring an appeal means we trust God to guide us toward liberation. Our appeal is our ultimate testimony. What appeal are you bringing?

Like God, We Are Who We Are

Like God, We Are Who We Are

Say these words aloud: I am love. I am patient. I am learning. I am kind. I am deserving of grace. I am loved. Like God, I Am who I am.

Feeling Low? A Good Laugh May Be Just What You Need

Feeling Low? A Good Laugh May Be Just What You Need

You deserve to laugh until you cry and your stomach hurts. There’s so much bad stuff happening around us that sometimes we need a good laugh. And seriously, laughing’s good for your mental and physical health.

What Does Being Of Service To God Mean?

What Does Being Of Service To God Mean?

To be vessels for God means we dedicate our lives to service. We understand that service doesn’t just stop at “one good deed.” It’s a consistent practice. An endless prayer. Service so sacred that when death greets us, it’s with the words, “Servant of God. Well Done.”

We Come From A Line Of Sacred Magicians

We Come From A Line Of Sacred Magicians

Our ancestors were magicians who were constantly performing acts of creative genius, spiritual warfare, and Black love. They had to. The art of escape was the only option. Here’s why.

How Asking For Care Helps Build Connection

How Asking For Care Helps Build Connection

What’s your favorite way to receive care? Such a simple question, and yet for so many of us it’s hard to admit when we’re seeking connection with and care from our community. But here’s what making a bid for connection can teach us about faith.

Community Care Is Our Phoenix Rising From The Ashes

Community Care Is Our Phoenix Rising From The Ashes

While we sit with the grief of California's wildfires, let us not allow our faith to go up in smoke, too. Now is the time to lean on each other. Now’s the time to ask God, “How can I be a resource to my community?”

What Would You Do If God Mailed You This Invitation?

What Would You Do If God Mailed You This Invitation?

Imagine you get an engraved invitation from God. You open it, see your name, and read these words: “Yes or No?” There’s no other clue, no words on whether this is a blessing or trial that will require perseverance. You feel a tingle course through you. How will you RSVP to God?

How To Be Ten Toes Down With Spirit

How To Be Ten Toes Down With Spirit

When was the last time you stood on business? Sometimes society is quick to try telling us what we can and can’t do. But true freedom means standing on business each and every day, knowing Spirit will guide us through.

Faith Is Believing Our Fight For Freedom Isn’t In Vain

Faith Is Believing Our Fight For Freedom Isn’t In Vain

When life tests us, we might wonder if our efforts to seek Spirit are in vain. Even when it feels like a war is raging on the inside, trust that Spirit is always there to guide us through.

Go Where God Tells You To Be

Go Where God Tells You To Be

We’re children of God, meaning we belong wherever God is present. Be sure and tell them that the next time they try telling you where you’re “allowed to be.”

We Each Have A Unique Way Of Sensing Spirit

We Each Have A Unique Way Of Sensing Spirit

How do you sense the Spirit? Everyone can talk to Spirit. And each of us has our own special way of sensing Spirit. This is what’s called our “sixth sense.” Time to tap in.

The Spirit Resides Wherever There Is Water

The Spirit Resides Wherever There Is Water

Water is a divine teacher and spiritual metaphor. It reminds us to consider how life's currents guide us to the Spirit. Their river is perhaps the most sacred. Why?

What Gospel Music Teaches Us About Devotion

What Gospel Music Teaches Us About Devotion

Whenever we recognize God’s devotion within us, we can create anything we put our minds to. She did, taking this city and gospel music genre by storm, bringing divine thunder in her wake. Where will you focus your devotion?

The Black Love We Need To Bless The World With

The Black Love We Need To Bless The World With

We talk about romantic Black love, but what about spiritual Black love? This type of love is ours to bless the world with. Who are you going to bless with your love today?

Trouble Communicating? Start With Your Throat

Trouble Communicating? Start With Your Throat

There is freedom in speaking your truth. Anti-Blackness works hard to keep us voiceless, but these strategies for unblocking the throat chakra work even harder.

The Soul Of Black Folks Lives In Our Name

The Soul Of Black Folks Lives In Our Name

For generations, they forced names on us: slave, Negro, colored, African-American, “Black.” But we wanted a name For Us, By Us. A name that honored our enslaved ancestors and the culture they created and preserved. A sacred name that celebrates our Soul power.

Why The Love We Receive From Ancestors Is The Most Sacred

Why The Love We Receive From Ancestors Is The Most Sacred

Even more than romantic love, the love we receive from our ancestors has the potential to be the most reciprocal love we will ever know. Here’s how to recognize and return it.

Let’s Get Creative With Our Protest

Let’s Get Creative With Our Protest

You deserve to live in the spotlight. The way you think, create, and use your voice to take a stand gives main character energy. So go ahead, step into your light and shine. Spirit will always be there to give you a round of applause.