ROOTED RENEGADE

Prophetic Words, Testimonies of Grace, & Stories of Hope

  • Choice vs. Right

    Today was not like a normal day. At least not for me. Maybe it was for you. Maybe for you, like many others, you woke up as you normally do. Completed your morning routines with sleep still lagging around you, that stuff in your eyes that you can barely get out until the hot shower… Continue reading

  • Just one day…right?

    This week.  This one week of every year.  Why could it not be any other week?  I could think of a thousand reasons why it could be any other week.  Any other day.  But no.  Two days before my birthday.  The week of my birthday.  Like I am ever going to be able to forget.  Every year it will roll around and the first… Continue reading

  • Proper Posture before a Holy God

    We all know what it is like to feel underserving of God’s love, grace, and mercy. Many of us feel that at least once or twice a week (some more). Some never feel like they will measure up to the standards that they have heard preached over and over again. Churches tend to fill the… Continue reading

  • The 5 P’s for People in Your Life

    As I was journaling the other day, lost in thought, prayer for others, and really just trying to find the right words at the right time, I was moved by the Holy Spirit with such grace and love. My pen just began to flow with words and I was reminded of my own flesh and… Continue reading

  • Another life…

    The pandemic leads to the epidemicAnother life goneLost to the addictive mindMental health at its bestSelf injury at its worstKids left behindParents left to mourn. A friend lost in thoughtsMemories flood like the deepDepths of the soulThe soul lost to the world. Wake. Pray. Wake. Pray.God sees what I don’t.My heart feels what my mind… Continue reading

  • To You Mom & Dad…

    As I sit here reading about identity I realized the reason I wanted you to be proud of me. For years I struggled making sense of who I really was. Bound by chains of a man. Trapped by curses of a heritage. Do I go left? Right? Forwards? Backwards? Up? Down? I break free from… Continue reading

  • We have to shed our “grave clothes”

    Often times when we go into recovery of any kind we go into it wearing what I call “grave clothes”. The clothes we are wearing when we enter jails, institutions, or in some cases the final phase…death. The clothes we wore in and out of the trap houses. The clothes we wear for days on… Continue reading

  • Don’t Sit in Darkness

    Open up the shades and let the light shine in! Open the windows and doors and let the light come into the darkness! We are not meant to sit in silence. We are not meant to sit in the pain. We are not meant to hold in the hurt and anguish we feel. It is… Continue reading

  • What We Are Not!

    Ugh! Another week and again it happens. Why is it that still we are treated like criminals and outcasts? Less than human. Less than worthy. Less than good enough. Less than accepted. Less than ENOUGH. Just because of the trauma we have been through…sex trafficking, prostitution, sexual exploitation. If it were just domestic violence we… Continue reading

  • From God…

    For the woman who is waiting for her husband to fall asleep drunk so she can have reprieve…I see you. For the child who is waiting for the man to leave her alone tonight…I see you. For the little girl who is begging her mom to stop hitting her…I see you. For the little boy… Continue reading