by Brie | Mar 6, 2018 | Basics, Feature, Purpose
Kemberley “Kemcents” Washington, CPA is the co-founder of Washington CPA Services, LLC and the B.A.D.G.E.® plan as well as an author, educator and personal finance news contributor. Her Bible plan The Ten Commandments to a Financial Healing was the most downloaded...
by Brie | Feb 13, 2018 | Feature
When Destiny Oribhabor left for the University of Houston at the age of 18 she had every intention of becoming a doctor. God, however, had other plans. While in college, Destiny and a group of her friends started an organization called Women of the Word and it showed...
by Brie | Jan 1, 2018 | Community, Feature, Identity, Purpose
Dr. Estrelita Bruce is a Life Coach, Christian Counselor, Motivational Speaker, Author, Mother, and Wife. She is also the visionary and creator of A NEW ME: Transparently, Abundantly which has a mission to educate, encourage, and equip individuals to live their lives...
by Brie | Dec 18, 2017 | Faith, Feature, Purpose
Born and raised in Oak Cliff, Texas Saratta Murphy had no intentions of making bracelets her full time gig. She received her degree in Sociology (which she notes she’s done nothing with) and spent the majority of her adult life as a professional speaker for...
by Brie | Nov 6, 2017 | Feature, Identity, Purpose, Relationships, Self-Love, Stories
Queen Smith is a storyteller and the founder of OpenSeat – a movement designed to gather women together to share meals and share stories. A West African native married to a natural born Texan, Queen grew up in a polygamous home where her father had six wives and...
by Brie | Oct 30, 2017 | Faith, Fear, Stories
In July of this year (2017) I attended the Pinky Promise Conference and it changed my life. They had phenomenal speakers, delicious food and fantastic fellowship. Out of all the phenomenal things that happened, however, one takeaway superseded the rest. Cornelius...
by Brie | Oct 27, 2017 | Faith, Fear, Stories, Trials
Immediately Jesus reached out His hand, caught hold of him and said to him, “You of little faith, why did you doubt?” Matthew 14:31 The irony of Matthew 14:31 is striking. Two verses prior, Jesus tells Peter to climb out of a boat and Peter becomes the only man other...
by Brie | Oct 1, 2017 | Faith, Feature, motivation, Purpose
Jeanita Spikes is the owner of Painted and Polished – a salon and spa in Frisco, Texas. She first got into nails at the age of 13. She had no way of knowing that a routine trip to the Southside of Chicago to get a manicure for her eighth grade graduation would...
by Brie | Sep 18, 2017 | Faith, Fear, motivation, Purpose, Stories
I wasn’t looking for a publisher one Tuesday morning when I received a phone call from Covenant Books. Nevertheless, I knew the call wasn’t an accident because I’d just started a fast about my devotional two days prior. “Hi this is *Barbara with Covenant Books. I was...
by Brie | Sep 11, 2017 | Faith, Stories
Have you ever done something crazy? Something you had second thoughts about even while you were in the process of doing it? You talked about it out loud to make it real but something inside you still said – you must be joking. That’s how I felt the night I stopped...
