I’d like to ask a huge favor from my friends and family. Over the past year my friend, Stephanie Colegrove and I have hosted small group dialogue sessions called Respect Circles. These sessions have been designed to bring together individuals from diverse corners of the world to have real conversations about what’s happening in the…
Happy New Year Beautiful People!!! We recognize that the calendar has changed from 2020 to 2021 but how much has our lives really changed? Isaiah 43:19 says, “Behold, I do a new thing”! Are we open and positioned to receive whatever new thing God wants to do in our lives. Behold, I do a new…
I believe the foot of the Cross of Christ is leveled. I believe Christ died once for ALL!!! I believe we all have access to the benefits of the victory found at the Cross. With that in mind, Alesia Johnson Ministries will have an open conversation with anyone who wants to break open…
Trouble has always been something that I have usually wanted to avoid. Until I began to study the work of the Honorable John Lewis, trouble was dodged as much as possible. Over the last week we honored the Congressman’s life and legacy and found that “good trouble” is something we will experience when we are…
This past Wednesday, our sorority prayer call focus was to remember that God is our refuge, a very present help in the time of trouble. As we continue to navigate through this time of COVID-19, the civil unrest, the fear to go out, the reality of police brutality and killings, the protests that are going…
As we pause to celebrate Juneteenth 2020, I reflect and consider what freedom really means in our current context. I wonder why in 2020 are we still facing the inequalities, disparities and racially motivated disregard for people of color? On June 19, 1865 the slaves in Galveston, TX found out that they were free. In…
Permission Granted I am often asked, “What kind of devotional should I get or read to get started with my prayer life?” Most people develop a prayer or devotional life based on the teachings or perceptions of our family of origin or our faith community’s perspective. Not many people are aware of how their spiritual…
This is a topic that I’ve written on prior to this post. And somehow, it has come back to the surface again. I am reminded, Psalm 46:10a says, “Be still, and know that I am God”. This is often a difficult posture for those of us who are ALWAYS on the move; ALWAYS doing something;…
As I sat today, reading and snacking on quarantine food, I began to think about how I could be an encouragement to somebody else today. As I pursued God, to see what the word might be that could possibly provoke someone to move forward, the word that kept coming was preparation. I don’t know if…
As I traveled to the grocery store today for the third time in the last 3 weeks, I began to ask myself: why has it taken a crisis for us to simply slow down and spend time with God, ourselves and the people we love (for real)? Why is the threat of an enforced quarantine…