July 7, 2025 • Doing the Work Our Soul Must Have • Spiritual Direction and Discernment for Black Women As Black women, we are often celebrated for being strong. But strength has sometimes come at the cost of our own rest, care, and tenderness. I love the words of Rev. Karlene Sekou, who reminds us: “Yes, we are strong, but we are human. We are worthy of and require love, care, mutuality, reciprocity and we must create and control our own narrative.” Those words stop me in my tracks because...