Stories How Black Joy Can Be Passed Down Through Generations When we experience joy, we nourish our spirits and heal our bodies. Imagine if we could bottle up our joy and pass it down to future generations. How strong would their spirits be? What kind of world would we create together?
Stories The Divine Healing Tool We Can Use To Live Out God's Will You deserve to walk with a bounce in your step and unwavering joy in your spirit. Here’s how vent writing can be a transformative tool that brings you closer to God’s will.
Stories Rethinking Forgiveness Can Help Us Heal Ourselves If you’ve ever forgiven someone for harming you but still feel hurt and angry, take heart. This feeling means there is space for you to experience something much more powerful. Here’s how you can begin to free yourself from harm.
Stories This Centuries-old Adoration Practice Is A Beautiful Ancestral Ode You deserve your flowers while you can smell them; we all do. But when our people become ancestors, we can practice this beautiful custom to honor them.
Stories On A Mission To Spread God’s Message, He Created A Black Gospel “He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free.” - Luke 4:16-19. God has always been the God of the oppressed. He knew this and made it his mission to spread the word, unaware he would create a new gospel that’s still used today.
Stories Three Ways To Tap Into Our Ancestral Nature Nature can nurture our spirits in a way nothing else can. Take care of yourself with these three ancestral-inspired ways to embrace the natural world.
Stories This Scripture Shares An Important Lesson On Parenting Raising Black children takes a specific kind of love. Black parents, you are truly superheroes who deserve all the praise. God has gifted you with this divine task. You are raising the next generation of freedom fighters.
Stories God Gifted Us 3 Important Tools To Win Our Battles To be Black is to be divine. God gifted us with the tools to win our battles. When we stand in our power, shield ourselves with love, and control how we respond to negativity even hatred holds no power over us.
Stories The Yoruba Goddess Helping You Embrace Change And Abundance You are capable of powerful change. Ọya is the Yoruba goddess known for her ability to evoke abundance and transformation. Here’s how you can, too.
Stories To Be Black Is To Be Divine. God Lives In Our Blackness. ”You are altogether beautiful, my darling; there is no flaw in you.” - Song of Songs 4:7. To be Black is to be divine. God lives within our Blackness. Our relationship to our Blackness is our relationship with God.
Stories Ruler Of Both Realms, Nana Buluku Has A Divine Message For Us Ruler of both the spirit and living worlds, this traditional West African spirit exists in the in-between. Considered their Supreme being, this spirit has a message about spiritual soul-care for us. One that is similar to God’s wish for us.
Stories This Yoruba Orisha Shaped Creation With Love He was the West African deity who made all humans. The first few humans all looked the same. But one night he lost control and woke up to a creation he had never expected. But it turned out to be the most sacred.
Stories 4 Revolutionaries Who Prove God Has Always Been At The Root Of Black Liberation These 4 Revolutionaries have 1 thing in common: they’re all here doing God’s work. They’re proof that God has always been at the root of our liberation.
Stories Do You Always Strive To Be Perfect? Here’s Why You Shouldn’t We all have room for improvement, but how does the thought of you, just how you are in this moment, make you feel? What happens if you never get better or achieve your goals? Let this be your reminder that you are enough just as you are.
Stories This Deity Transcends Folklore To Reflect Spirit She lives in deep, black river waters. Her rumbling laughter can incite both joy or fear depending on how you’ve treated her. Like us, she too is a child of God. And she’s ready to help us drown out anti-Blackness for good. Like a river after a storm, it’s time to rise up.
Stories This Deity Transcends Folklore To Reflect Spirit She lives in deep, black river waters. Her rumbling laughter can incite both joy or fear depending on how you’ve treated her. Like us, she too is a child of God. And she’s ready to help us drown out anti-Blackness for good. Like a river after a storm, it’s time to rise up.
Stories Black Friendships Are Sacred And Necessary For Our Spiritual Soul-Care It’s not an accident who God puts in our lives. Family, lovers, and especially friends. Deep friendships are sacred and not something we come by every day. Who are you trying to build deep friendships with? These are the folks who will be on your spiritual frontline.
Stories The Spiritual Reasons We Wear All-White You look amazing in white. The color not only compliments your beautiful complexion, but it also carries spiritual significance that makes the color even more inviting. Here’s why your beauty in white is way more than skin deep.
Stories Truth Telling Has Always Been Our Divine Gift from God To be Black is to be divine. When we talk about the magic that is Blackness we’re referring to a very real super power. You’ll know it when you feel it. It’s God’s way of saying, “Keep going! Say it with your chest.”
Stories How We Can Spiritually Reclaim this Black Landmark and Redefine Belonging To be Black is to belong deeply to ourselves and to our community, laughter, food, creativity, and our relationships with Spirit. Reclaiming “belonging” is also healing for our ancestors. Here’s how we can welcome our ancestors home.
Stories The Spiritual Significance of Solitude Is More Important Than You Think When was the last time you spent quality alone time with yourself? While being in community is important, taking moments to be alone is sacred. Alone time has always been a part of our spiritual practices, from our African ancestors to Jesus himself.
Stories The Incredible Healing Benefits Of Wellness Writing Each day allows us another opportunity to care for ourselves better than the day before. We all know pouring into others from an empty cup doesn’t work. Journaling is a powerful way to show yourself some love.
Stories Loving Our Blackness Is How We Honor Spirit To be Black is one of the most beautiful things in this world. Embracing our Blackness goes deeper than self-love. It’s spiritual self-care.
Stories Darkness Has Always Been Sacred There is so much beauty in darkness. The night sky. Romantic evenings. Our skin. Darkness has always been sacred – and here’s why.
Stories Black Pleasure Is Spiritual. It’s Time To Reclaim It As Divine. We’re told to follow our dreams. But what about our desires? Here’s why pleasure is an important part of spiritual liberation.
