Six Weeks Without Secular Music (#SWWSM): The Idea

Stuart Has Gone Mad (Men)

If I had a dollar for every time someone told me I should be a model, look like a model, always pose like a model, etc, I’d have… all of maybe $20. But, from time to time, when I’m needed, I can stand (or sit) in front of the camera and look decent doing so.

A friend weeks back a friend of mine, Joshua McNair, called me up and said he had an idea he needed my help with. He’s an up and coming (and very talented) photographer who specializes in lifestyle and wedding photography. He told me he wanted to do a lifestyle shoot in the theme of the AMC show Mad Men. read more

My Feature in J’Adore Magazine

It’s kind of cool to go to any website (that isn’t your own) and see your face plastered all over the front page. Such was the case today when I went to the site for J’Adore magazine. read more

Culture Shock: First Thoughts Back From Haiti

The eight days I spent on the island of Haiti were truly incredible in every sense of the word. My heart broke countless times — not only for the country as a whole, but for the individual lives I saw and had an opportunity to impact in some small way.

Driving through downtown Port-au-Prince, my senses were overloaded. Every where I looked I saw scenes and pictures reminiscent of something on CNN in the days immediately following the quake. But here it was, in front of my own eyes, even more moving and powerful than I could have imagined. read more

Accepting Responsibility Instead of Running Away

Have you ever said to yourself, “You know what? I’ve just got to get out of here, get away from all this, and do something different. I need to move!”?

In preparing for my summer travels, I said exactly that. Although I wasn’t planning a permanent move, only a vacation, I still felt that need to get away from the normalcy of my life and do something different. I just needed some kind of change. Little did I know what that change would really mean. read more

Chicago!!

While I’m not a big journaler, I figured since this trip to Chicago encompasses a lot of firsts for me, I should write them down. I know that I can be a bit scatterbrained so if you’re reading and it seems like I’m jumping from here to there back to here, it’s because that’s just the way I process things. Having said that, you can find my journal under the “Journal” heading from any page on this blog… Enjoy!

I Am Ready For Love… Or Am I?

I woke up this morning singing — or rather, groaning — the melody of one of my favorite India Arie songs. It’s perhaps one of my favorite songs of all time, India or not because it seems to voice those wants and desires that I can’t always articulate myself. And it does so in a beautiful way.

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In The Midst Of “I Don’t Know”

Why You Need To Be At Destinations!

Coming this Friday, May 14, is one of my favorite things in the world — Destinations! If you don’t know about Destinations, it’s an Atlanta-based hip-hop/spoken word (with a little R&B) show that I co-host four times a year. The pieces are edgy, honest, and powerful. I want to take this time to invite you to come and and enjoy the show. read more

My Burden and Issue With the Church (vlog)