When Dr. Brown asked me to identify my spiritual practices, I knew exactly what to write. Morning prayer. Daily Bible reading. Bible study. Choir. Prayer meeting. Listening to gospel music. I handed in my assignment feeling pretty confident. I was doing everything I had been taught to do. He returned it with a question: What else? What else... ? I didn't understand the question. What did he mean, what else? I prayed. I read my Bible. I went to Bible study and prayer meeting.

A practice for noticing what a season has given you. We often move from one season of life into another without pausing to notice what has happened within us along the way. The Harvest Examen is an invitation to look back, not to measure your accomplishments or decide whether you have done enough, but to notice what has grown. Your harvest may include joy and accomplishment, but it may also be wisdom gained through disappointment, a boundary you learned to keep, a relationshi

From a Christian perspective, lament is a heartfelt expression of sorrow, grief, or anguish directed toward God. It is a form of prayer or worship that acknowledges pain and suffering while expressing a deep trust in God. Lament is an honest, raw, and vulnerable way of communicating with God, often in moments of great struggle or distress. Why Lament Is Important Authentic Connection with God: Lament allows believers to be completely honest with God about their struggles and

I remember walking into a church in the early 90s and hearing the congregation singing, "Yah is an Awesome Yah." I was alarmed! What had I walked into, and who was this, Yah? For context, let me say that my family church was Anglican, and when I joined AME as an adult, my family thought I had joined the "holy rollers." Needless to say, walking into this Pentecostal church was putting pressure on me, and hearing this calling of "Yah" wasn't helping. Back then, I was of the min