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An update on me and the fam

Posted: March 6, 2012 in inspiration, personal, personal development, sabbath, spirituality
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Blog! Oh how I have missed u blog. U have constantly been on my mind and have been the muse for all sorts of ideas and creativity. Although I had to pause and take a break from u in order to concentrate on some other things. No disrespect but a brotha gotta get his grind on.

Well….I’m now reentering the blogosphere and wanted to give those of you who so desired an update on me and the fam:

1. It’s been four months here in Pittsburgh and one of the mildest winters ever. I think God sent a memo to mother nature to go easy on this Cali boy. It’s been snowing but we have not been visited by any blizzards.

Right now we r keeping ourselves busy with multiple things as we sort out what is next for us. Yvette is now being trained as a Jazzercise instructor and is making progress towards her fitness goals. I am working at Trader Joes and gearing up to apply to schools for a PhD in theology, religion, or related field. I am also making progress with my fitness goals and have lost 12 lbs since late December. Kaydon and Syenna are growing fast and love to go to the library and Grandma’s house (she lets them watch tv :)

Right now we are definitely in need of prayer for direction but underneath all that is a greater need for healing. We realize that over the years we have accumulated so many failures and disappointments that it casts a negative shadow of doubt on any decision we make. Trusting God now is a matter of committing our will and standing on sure ground instead of a surge of excitement that leads to new and unexpected places. Some call this maturity but no matter how u slice it maturity hurts.

2. On another note I started this blog in order to take a break and get my head together. I realize how foolish that was. My head is ok. It is my heart that needs a tune up. With that being said I will be posting more frequently on my big three subjects: faith, culture, and justice. I will still post about random things I am learning and give updates on the fam but for the most part. It’s faith, culture, and justice. These r the words that encompass what I love to speak and write about and I definitely have some new perspectives in those areas. Real talk. I gotta bounce but stay tuned for a new blog look and some new posts coming your way

Finished my thesis….Now What???

Posted: December 15, 2011 in goals, personal, personal development, sabbath, Uncategorized
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Look for the white blaze!

Last week after months of blood, sweat, and tears I opened my Fuller account. Attached a file to an email for my faculty mentor and pressed send. It was the culmination of 4 years of assignments, a program change, moving across the city and then across the country. After numerous interviews and edits and revisions I finally sent in my Master of Arts in Intercultural Studies writing project.

Consequently all this week that’s all I have been talking about. I can’t help but let people know that I am finished. But after I let them know the inevitable question comes up: What’s next? Personally I am just satisfied resting in the glory of my accomplishments. I have learned that I need to rest in the present moment before jumping into something else wholeheartedly. And as I am resting I am planning and thinking and preparing.

“What’s next?” you ask. I am planning on hiking a section of the Appalachian trail here in Pennsylvania otherwise known as Rocksylvania to the many hikers who have conquered the terrain and paid the price with their boots. Why do I want to hike the trail?

3 reasons:

1. I have always wanted to hike the most beautiful trails in every part of the world. This is just a warm up. I have so many on my list (simien mountains national park in Ethiopia, the japanese alps, samaria gorge on the island of Crete, the campostela in spain, Cinque Terre in Italy)

2. It is a good motivator to get in shape. The last hike I went on took 8 hrs instead of the standard 4 because I was huffing and puffing.

3. Seeing that I am in a season of learning self care it is a good next goal that has nothing to do with anyone else but me.

So that’s my next goal. My next step is hitting up Planet Fitness tomorrow and hitting the treadmill and the stepper.

Also I am up in the air on which section of the trail I should hike. Maybe you can help me.

This one: Clark Creek to Swatara Gap

or This one: Blue Mountain Ridge

or This one: Fox Gap to Delaware Water Gap

I want something challenging but also exciting. Not just boring rocks.

Oh yeah one more thing. If you are in the Central/Eastern Pennsylvania area in late April to early May then please come and join me! (more…)

Start Here!

Posted: November 19, 2011 in about, focus, life hack, personal, sabbath, Uncategorized
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Some things are pretty obvious. If u see a blog titled “Writer’s Block” you would probably guess it’s about writing or a writer trying to get over her writer’s block. If u see a blog entitled “Hip Hop News” you expect to see news about Hip Hop. And if u see a blog entitled “Mama’s Musings” you expect to hear about a mother’s thoughts on motherhood and life. Well my blog is named after me but it is about more than just me. It is about my journey. See for the past eight to ten years I have taken a hiatus. A hiatus from living authentically as me.

See I have been an impostor for a long time. Not the kind of impostor with sinister motives to topple down governments but pure motives. I was an impostor for others. An impostor who had sincere motives of serving others; of serving God. The past two years have been very revealing and have helped to shed that false mask. I have seen a church that I love become a church that I don’t love and eventually go from declining to death. All the while I have noticed that not only was it the church that I didn’t love but I also didn’t love the person I had become.

So now I am back from hiatus and undertaking a  journey into becoming a better person. It is the journey of a pastor who has preached about living an abundant life-a better quality of life-but has not fully experienced that. See I believe true authentic spirituality is supposed to encompass more than just religious observances but it is supposed to show you how to live 24/7. It is designed point the way to a better quality of life in all areas that you touch-work, relationships, recreation etc. So this blog will chronicle my journey in becoming a better person; a better me; as I seek a better quality of life.