Oye Pappi, Ven Acá!

If you love a  good mix of print and story that blends diverse culture with sustainability, gurrrl, hold your horses… or don’t.

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Are You Waffles or Spaghetti?

If you have a distinct spot for each thing in your house and could guide someone step by step to grab something over the phone, you’d likely consider yourself an organized compartmentalizer. (more…)

Heart to Hart on Being Beautiful

The poet Nayyirah Waheed once wrote, “My mother was my first country, the first place I ever lived.” When mother is present, all becomes possible — a sentiment shared by Ericka Hart as she retold the story of her ascent beyond bravery to a place where the full human experience becomes nonvocal and omnipotent. (more…)

Don’t pay the consequences forever

When I think about all the times I’ve felt stuck in any particular area of life, it’s usually been a result of some emotional cocktail with central ingredients such as fear of failing (again), a fatigued disdain toward starting over, angst about what people will think, worried conclusions as to whether or not this is what God would have for me, but if I can narrow it down to one common denominator, it’s my suspicion that I’ve somehow screwed up the chances given and perhaps it’s time to pay the consequences. (forever)

When I think about David (You know David + Goliath?) and all the ways and times he screwed up, I’m slightly comforted… Remember that time he impregnated Bathsheba? Another guy’s wife? (Uriah, amazing + faithful guy, by the way) We know he paid the consequence when his son to Bathsheba died. (cringe!)

BUT HERE’S THE KICK… HE DIDN’T :

-Drown in his sorrow to the point of paralysis

-Disqualify himself from future calls, projects and assignments

-Get angry and blame others or God for his consequence

-Let his mistake define him for the rest of his life

Now we might see his mistake as a BIG KAHUNA, but we can easily turn the page and see all the awe-inspiring things he later carried out in complete confidence and reliance on God. He not only trusted God’s company, provision and wisdom in the almost enviable accomplishments under his belt, but he also let God DEFINE who he was and what he was capable of.

So now I want to ask you, how do you categorize your mistakes, setbacks or failures? Are they simply weird turns that reveal the right direction, or are they dead ends that conclude your journey, minimize your impact and cheat your identity?

I know I’m choosing grace during the detour, strength in the setback, and freedom in the new beginning. (not to mention excitement like every time I secretly eat baby food)

How about you?

-Hugette

Saying you’re enough, isn’t always enough.

I don’t know if it’s just me, but the message of “enoughness” seems to be everywhere these days. It’s definitely a refreshing stance considering most media and marketing campaigns have led us to believe otherwise for years, but somehow, this message still feels like a cotton candy anchor. (more…)