Found in the Margins. The design resembles a scrapbook or memoir journal spread with warm burgundy, gold, cream, and parchment tones
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The Woman Who Wrote the Prayer Didn’t Know the Ending Yet

While cleaning out a box of old papers, I stumbled across a stack of Bible study notes from 2009. At first, I thought I had found old sermon notes. Instead, I found a conversation with my younger self. Hidden in the margins were prayers for a future spouse, future children, and a future family. There were goals, declarations, and reminders about faith, identity, and healing written during one of the most transitional seasons of my life. Seventeen years later, I can see something that thirty-year-old Lela could not: God was already rebuilding a life I couldn't yet imagine. Read more on Memoirs of a Black Girl.
Left My Purse. Left It All With God.
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Left My Purse. Left It All With God.

I thought leaving my purse at church had thrown my entire day off. Instead, God used one small inconvenience to position me for prayer, provision, encouragement, and service. From running on E to preparing our newly launched Comfort Room for inclusive families, every moment reminded me that what feels like disruption may actually be divine direction. Sometimes the setback really is the setup. 💛
A thoughtful Black woman sits at a desk looking at her phone, surrounded by warm tones and journaling elements. The graphic emphasizes intentional communication, emotional awareness, and the message “We Are Not AI.”
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We Are Not AI: The Cost of Transactional Communication in a Convenience Culture

In a world of instant messages and constant notifications, we’ve started communicating with people the way we interact with machines—quick, transactional, and without pause. But relationships were never meant to function on autopilot. This reflection explores the cost of convenience culture and the power of intentional communication.