In my last post, Choosing to Stand for Justice (Part 1), I talked about the need for people to take a stand for godly biblical principles. Holiness and righteousness is one of those principles - God calls us to be holy because he is holy. When we stand in the Word of God, we should …
Continue reading Choosing to Stand for Righteousness (Part 2)
When prompted to do something, we all have a tendency to tell God and others that we do not have enough resources to do that thing instead of reaching out and taking hold of it. If we are starting a new project at church, wanting to reach those in our community, we tell ourselves that …
This past weekend, my 20 month old daughter decided to do something she had never done before - climb out of her crib! I mean I had seen her try to in the past but never in a million years did I ever think that she would actually do it. When I got up to …
Continue reading Life Transitions When You Don’t Think You Are Ready
Several years ago I had an epiphany that uprooted the foundation of my world. You may think that what I realized isn’t profound but I care very little about what you think. In a moment’s time my life was changed and I realized that my life is not defined by success or failure, what I …
Continue reading Crisis of Identity that My Education Couldn’t Solve
An excerpt from Dancing on Hot Coals: I was starting the final trimester of my first year at Bethel Seminary, sitting in the library diligently working on…something. As I was there, a friend of mine sat down next to me and started a conversation. In our conversation he asked me if I would ever like …
Several weeks ago I shared my frustrations about a recent visit to Target in Shoreview. I had gone in to buy some hair products for hair, and came to quickly realize that there was not much of anything there for people who looked anything like me, regardless of whether they had permed hair or natural …
Continue reading Update: I Am Not My Hair – Reflections from a Disappointed Consumer
Ebony Johanna 