Earlier this summer I had a delightful conversation with my 15 -year-old daughter. It was delightful for a couple of reasons. Since being in tween and teen-dom the last few years, I have learned that when this one talks and shares her deep thoughts or insights about anything she is thinking or feeling, I had…
Recently, I published a book, The First Lady: African American Pastors’ Wives in Their Own Voices, and I was having a conversation with a colleague about my own experiences as a pastor’s wife. The colleague said, “It must be really hard to be in that role.” I responded as I always do, which is, “not…
On this past Sunday evening, I was finishing up my syllabi for the semester and engaged in a couple of conversations on Facebook with other professors lamenting over the same thing. I don’t really watch award shows, but all the sudden I noticed several people posting about Oprah Winfrey’s acceptance speech of the Cecil B.…
Happy New Year Speak Lifers! I have a confession. Since Thanksgiving, I’ve been off the wagon…the food wagon that is. I am a fairly disciplined and healthful eater. I say fairly because I do have the middle-aged, mid-section roll that is evidence of indulging in carbs, sugar and fat from time to time. They taste…
In the last few days of 2017, its always good to reflect on everything we experienced and accomplished throughout the year. Over the last 363, I can count an abundance of blessings as I experienced God’s provision, protection, mercy and favor. Likewise, I have experienced and watched good friends experience parts of our lives shatter…
This post was originally posted March 8, 2011 on a blog I participated with other pastors’ wives about being a pastor’s wife. At the time, I was working on collecting narratives from pastors’ wives and that collection of stories turned into The First Lady: African American Pastors’ Wives in Their Own Voices which will be…
This post was originally posted February 22, 2011 on a blog I participated with other pastors’ wives about being a pastor’s wife. At the time, I was working on collecting narratives from pastors’ wives and that collection of stories turned into The First Lady: African American Pastors’ Wives in Their Own Voices which will be…
This post was originally posted October 26, 2010 on a blog I participated with other pastors’ wives about being a pastor’s wife. At the time, I was working on collecting narratives from pastors’ wives and that collection of stories turned into The First Lady: African American Pastors’ Wives in Their Own Voices which will be…
This post was originally posted on January 11, 2011 on a blog I participated with other pastors’ wives about being a pastor’s wife. At the time, I was working on collecting narratives from pastors’ wives and that collection of stories turned into The First Lady: African American Pastors’ Wives in Their Own Voices which will…
A few months ago, I was invited to speak at a women’s conference. I was fascinated by the concept the conference organizer envisioned for this portion of the conference—six women speaking back-to-back for eight minutes each on her assigned topic. I thought to myself, “Cool! Eight minutes is not really that long, and I am…
