Faith
Turn It for Good: Difficulties Will Turn into Victories
After a roller coaster of a day where I experienced the bliss that overcomes me when I am lost in the wonderment of my son and the sorrow that arrives with goodbyes, I decided to take a long drive this…
A Conversation with Adey: A Time to Sow and a Time to Reap
About two months ago, after my first interview with Adey Chekol was met with such a resounding response, we sat down for a follow-up conversation. The topic was “shadow work”, which focused on the need to dig deep within ourselves…
Send Me: Henok’s Choice to Heal and the Courage to Share His Testimony
Though it’s hard to understand in the moment, the more we observe life, the more we understand that we meet people at the precise moment we are supposed to. There are no accidents, just lessons waiting to be learned in…
Forgiveness is for Us: I Did Not Remain Broken Because I Chose to Let Go
This morning, while honoring Sabbath, I decided to listen to healing music that is rooted in love and forgiveness. After listening to a few music videos, I eventually landed upon a song by Zeritu Kebede titled “ Eza Alkerehum” (see…
The Pursuit of Happiness Goes Through the Road of Sadness
I thought my rendezvous with soul-sucking tribulation ended five years ago, after enduring more than two years of homelessness, it seemed that all the scars I harbored throughout my life finally had a meaning when I found love in the…
What Was Not Done for Us…
Even when we forget, we always remember. The painful memories we stuffed deep inside and the traumas we blurred away with the awful benevolence of time live on even as we pretend we are alright only to be triggered by…
This Wisdom that Arrived Upon My Heart: Coping is Prison, Feeling is Freedom
You never know what freedom feels like until you escape the walls that have kept you in bondage for so long. I write this not from a place of piety as if I have life figured out but as a…
Memo to Me: Love Thyself as You Love Thy Neighbor
It took until my 47th birthday and the deepest cut of them all for me to finally realize that my biggest enemy was me. For nearly three decades, ever since I became an adult, I have been trusting everyone by…
