A New Creature | Defining Wambaire
I am un-associated with the world and I refuse to be defined by my past. I was that party girl. The life of the party who knew…
Community-Focused Editorials
UA Archive: Different Colors of Success
Our world doesn’t need another millionaire or billionaire. It doesn’t need another CEO or high-end grocery store. Our world needs more love …
Living Without Limits | Defining Kenneth
I am un-associated with limits. I don’t believe in incapabilities. I believe we can all achieve whatever we set our minds to …
More Than “One of”| Defining Sarah
I was more than “one of,” I was one. One as in one person, an individual. Yes, God had made me part of a set, but He had made me an individual …
The Healing Component: God or Therapy?
What I’ve learned is that, at some point, our trust in God must be more than our reliance on people …
Overcoming Myself | Defining Juwan
Like it wasn’t something I naturally had the strength to muster up and overcome myself but my freedom …
We Outside?
Before indulging in whatever kind of new world is created post-pandemic, ask yourself what you want …
Putting Death to My Old Ways | Defining Samantha
By putting to death my old ways and overcoming the sin in my life, through Christ, the impact it has had on my life has been amazing …
Growing Trees We’ll Never Eat From | Defining Daniel
“[don’t] be afraid to build a better future even if you cannot yet see the full effects of it. It’s about the kids and one day, we won’t be those…”
Walking In and As the Light
I can let my light shine no matter where I am. It may feel uncomfortable, but light was created to stand out from the darkness …
Please the People or Be Yourself
It’s always to please any and everyone’s idea of what we should be, and never our own. At times, it feels like that’s what we’re supposed to do like it’s normal or something…
UA Archive: Let God Do His Thang: A Response…
I can scream and shout, curse up a storm or – maybe acknowledge the fact that the One that loves me the most in the entire universe actually…
Dear Little Black Girl, I’m So Sorry I Let You Down
This could be me, and it would make me rest a little easier if I knew that someone would do that for me – would care, would search, would fight, and would do all they could …
In the Here and Now: The Power in Choosing Happiness
I lost the weight, I had the girl, I got all the shoes I always wanted, I finally got my dream car, and I finally reached the future. But when I finally got there I wasn’t happy …
Zoom University: (A Less Than) Smooth Transition
Zoom University has been a struggle for all students, regardless of age or institution. It has made my academic senior year extremely hard due to…
I Feel Seen: The Power of Therapy
Through therapy, I have discovered things about myself. I have started to become in touch with the woman I am and also with my inner child …
No, Never Alone: How to Navigate College as a Christian
Collected from our community with a few additions from yours truly, here are tips and words to the wise on how to …
The Greatest Love of All
For some, we think our greatest love story is when we finally find our soulmate, our one true love, our Cinderella or Prince Charming. But in actuality, a lot of us fail to realize …
Growing in Faith | Defining Joy
I have chosen to be a Christian first, before I am anything else. I’ve found that this is the only sure way that I can come to the full realization …
The Power of Love: Reciprocity Sold Separately
Love is patient, love is kind, love is sacrifice, love is service, love is God, love is Jesus Christ and to add my own characteristic, love is…
Walking in Integrity | Defining Hanna
It’s all about how you respond to it, and I am grateful to have walked in integrity to realize that there is something else that is more …
Aiming to Inspire | Defining Lihem
Who I am cannot be simplified into the words that the English dictionary supplies, but who I am can be defined through my goal to inspire …
Blessed Quietness: Why Having the Last Word is Overrated
We fight with our words, or so we believe, forsaking over and over again that God is on our side and when we anchor our lives in Him …
Releasing Control and Evolving Daily | Defining Lauren
With all the uncertainty, (…) I’ve since found myself now moving into this space within myself where I have released that control …
A Christian’s Cognitive Dissonance: Israel and Palestine
The point I’m trying to make is this: when a Christian sees suffering, their heart should be moved with…
A New Creature | Defining Wambaire
I am un-associated with the world and I refuse to be defined by my past. I was that party girl. The life of the party who knew…
UA Archive: Different Colors of Success
Our world doesn’t need another millionaire or billionaire. It doesn’t need another CEO or high-end grocery store. Our world needs more love …
Living Without Limits | Defining Kenneth
I am un-associated with limits. I don’t believe in incapabilities. I believe we can all achieve whatever we set our minds to …