Believer. Blog Content Creator. Event Creator.
Vernetta Reshell’s blog is based on Matthew 10:27 (AMP),
27 What I say to you in the dark (privately), tell in the light (publicly); and what you hear whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops [to many people].
It’s still Black History Month and the theme is ‘African Americans and Labor’ so let me tell you about a tour I took with my mom last November supporting 3 Black owned businesses. Last year while my mom was visiting we went on a Chicago Mahogany Tour. I’d seen Dilla popping up on my Twitter […]
Sometimes you just can’t see up from down when you’re in a situation that you can’t immediately leave.
What happened to sharing thoughts without tracking to see what keywords will get you the most hits? When I first started blogging in 2009, it was an outlet. I still remember my first post on my first blog prayingforpurpose.blogspot.com. I vented about the Principal I had at the time minimizing Black students from participating in […]
As the year was winding down, I was just ready for the new year to get here. Then I went to a Bears game. My first NFL game ever. It was such a rejuvenating experience. Who would have thought that? It sparked me to get back into blogging seriously. I’ve been saying and wanting to […]
Leading up to my 40th birthday was a twinge of excitement, nervousness and navigating the unknown. As I got closer, I realized it wouldn’t be a day that I wanted but a day that still ushered in gratefulness. The past 2 birthdays I spent the day alone. It was mixed feelings but at the end […]
I can’t think of a time I wasn’t in the state of Texas for Juneteenth. Whether I was celebrating it or not, I was at home. Except this year. Now that I live in Chicagoland, I was able to experience Juneteenth from a different perspective. An outside perspective. And what I experienced was interesting. That’s […]
Musings as I near my 40th birthday.
It’s been over a month since the Safe House International Faith Fellowship. It was such an experience. I really haven’t been able to put into words the feeling that engulfed the gathering. Each of the speakers really sat in God’s presence and delivered HIS word and not something that would make them go viral. For […]
I finally watched this panel discussion and it was full of so many gems that need to be on display especially within the Black Church. Personally, I believe women are oppressed because the Black Church was the first place that Black men were able to hold leadership positions, be looked up to and expected to […]
It’s been a little over a month since I moved to Chicago for my new position as an Academic Director in education. Y’all I already know that sentence is redundant, but everybody doesn’t know academic and education go together. Just saying. Anyway, I’m finally out of the classroom after 12 years. Not really but no […]