On my 17th birthday, I took 18 shots of vodka, smoked 2-3 blunts, got behind the wheel of a car illegally without a license, drove to a football game, and then to a friend’s house. – Little did I know what was to come after. Shortly after hanging out at a friend’s house, a minor … More Breaking Through Adversity, Trauma and Generational Curses
Full transparency: For so many years, I lived in fear when it came to trying to start a family. I’ve had so many insecurities and fears surrounding being a dad and bringing a child into such an evil world. I have lived in a world of what-ifs for far too long! On top of my … More Becoming a Dad
Wait on the Lord Recently, in my downtime, or what I like to call my thinking time, I felt a prompting from the Holy Spirit to wait on the Lord. Honestly, I haven’t thought about waiting on the Lord for quite some time. If you are anything like me, waiting doesn’t always come easy. … More Wait On The Lord
As I sit here at my desk and process my thoughts, I keep coming back to this title, “In Pain, There Is Healing.” As anxious as my chest feels right now, as scattered as my brain feels, I have come to know and understand that so much of life is a paradox. Two things can … More In Pain, There Is Healing?
A dream of mine has come true! 🙌🏽 🎉 … More I Launched an Online Store
I hope you find these words to be an invitation to understanding why black experiences and black voices matters. … More White Feelings, Black Experiences
I wasn’t supposed to be here… 1.2 GPA end of my junior year of high school Smoking weed every day Selling weed Three minor in possessions of alcohol all by the age of 17 40 hours of community service I had to take an extra class to graduate high school I had zero basketball/academic scholarships … More I Wasn’t Supposed To Be Here
Pick Up Your Cross The heaviness of my heart belongs to You LordYou bore my sins, carried my grief and sorrowYou became one of us so that we could become like You This weight I hold is not mine to carry aloneEven toward Golgaltha, You gave opportunity for one of us to carry the crossToday, … More Pick Up Your Cross
In Luke 6, on a Sabbath day (a day of rest), Jesus passes through the fields where his homies, the disciples, were hanging out. They were picking grain, shaking them in their hands like a pack of skittles, and tearing them up. (I don’t know why I want to put a laugh out loud right … More Don’t Miss The Miracle
I believe the gifts God has given us is exactly what we need. What happens when we look outward first at others is we begin to walk away from the full potential of our God given gifts. Looking outward at the gifts of others will place you and I on an island of comparison. An … More Desire the Greater Gifts!
Josh Samarco 