Dom Writes Stories

This is where I write about life as I'm living it, cultural moments that make me stop and think, and personal experiences I couldn't keep to myself. Because our stories are more connected than we let on, and there is power when a person reads the thing they've been afraid to say out loud.
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Not Catholic, Still Convicted: What the Black Church Can Learn From Pope Francis

I was raised Pentecostal, but educated Catholic from Pre-K through 12th grade.

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Brother Love, Brother Pastor: What Diddy and Church Leaders Have in Common

From religious institutions to the glamorous yet guarded realms of celebrity, the patterns disturbingly mirror one another.

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One Hoe Does: A Poem About Who We Actually Blame and Why

The thing about hoes is — they wouldn't be hoes if y'all left them alone. So what's the allure?

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How I Wrote and Self-Published My First Book in 3 Months

People do not only make time for the people they want, but people make time for the things they want to do. With any amount of determination that lives inside of you, if you wake up one day and say you want to do something - you do it. There are no excuses.

Dom Writes Stories

Not Catholic, Still Convicted: What the Black Church Can Learn From Pope Francis

Brother Love, Brother Pastor: What Diddy and Church Leaders Have in Common

One Hoe Does: A Poem About Who We Actually Blame and Why

How I Wrote and Self-Published My First Book in 3 Months

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