I am not Brené Brown. I am not an expert on shame. What I have is life, lessons, and ears that have listened long enough.

She came to the well at noon — when the sun was hottest and the crowds were thinnest. Intentionally.

There's been a lot of noise lately about Sinners — a film many “critics” haven't even seen.

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

I think about why more people don't rush toward Christianity. My answer usually comes down to the same reason I'm not running toward any other religion.

'Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation?' So... poetry from Psalms, right? Nope. This is Job.

On the ride home a few weeks ago, Tre told me there were scary things at his school. There was an alligator, he said.

I was not rushing to read the book of Numbers. It's hard to read — and this is from someone who doesn't love to read anyway.

I can't swim. Water can kill me. And yet I started a business about hope called 'water' — OMI.

"The planes crashed. The fires burned. The inauguration happened. And I sat with the very human urge to believe that God had looked away. He hadn't. Here's the poem that came out of that."

"Tobe Nwigwe said the thing the church has been tiptoeing around for years — out loud, on a record, with his whole chest. The response told me everything I needed to know about who's actually ready for the gospel and who just likes the idea of it."

My mother walked into a room of 300 people who came specifically for her — and still managed to make every single one of them feel like the guest of honor. That's Andrea Wilder.

My problem is that it takes me too long to reach my boiling point. Truth be told, I'm blessed.

I sought therapy determined to unpack my need for perfection. At the very same time, I've tried to write this single blog post three times. Stopping each time because it wasn't 'it.'

'When are you going to get the stains off your teeth? Don't you think it's embarrassing?' The text came from a random number.

I've always been the defender. When my friends needed someone to stand up for them, I was there, ready to speak up.

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

It's an ordinary night to end an anything-but-ordinary day. Jarrett Billups is a hilarious churchy teenager who makes videos being himself.

She was silenced, isolated, vulnerable, scrutinized, and hiding. She met Jesus who went out of His way to break the rules just for her.

I can taste the confidence I ate in high school. Top of my class, acne-free, skillful dancer, powerful stepper, free writer.