About Me
To put it simply, I would categorize myself as a black sheep among the shepherd's flock. I’m an African American descendant of the enslaved (ADOS). I grew up in a predominantly white suburb in Massachusetts. And because of those things I’ve felt conditioned to critically see myself as different among the crowd.
Consequently, my racial upbringing would lead me down paths of Civic Engagement and Service Learning as I wanted to serve the communities that felt different and outside the crowd. I wanted people to know that they’re seen, loved, and valued; and since I grew up in a religious household, I quickly noticed how this idea was consistent within the Christian faith.
Jesus Christ lived an entire life dedicated to service. He sought out outcasts, the diseased, the marginalized, and gifted them with strength, hope, and shalom (peace).
Hence, through this blog, I seek to love and serve the people around me. As a motivator and storyteller, I hope that my writing can encourage you in some way, and fill you with peace. My grandfather and pastor, Charles Pratt Jr., would always emphasize the significance of stories. So following in his footsteps here’s some of mine…
About This Site
To preface, I would not categorize myself as a great writer. However, I’ve slowly learned that writing is an everyday necessity. So, if writing is a necessity, then I might as well get satisfied with being a bad writer!
So, I created this blog in 2022 because I think there’s a lot of people who are like me: People desire to write things down, but somehow can’t because “they aren’t good at writing.” And the unfortunate truth in that mindset is they are probably exactly right! they probably aren’t too good at writing, because in reality I believe that everyone is a bad writer. Therefore, once you address your pride and embrace that strange truth that it’s okay to show people your really terrible writing, maybe you might feel satisfied with writing more, or that’s what happened with me at least!
Needless to say, I mention all of this to emphasize the importance of writing down stories. As scripture says in Psalms, “Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story” (Psalm 107: 2). Our testimonies have weight. There’s power when we share stories! Will every story be grammatically correct, and polished, and award winning? No. Yet we share stories anyway, because an unpolished, messy, imperfect story, is so much better than a story never told. So, I pray that God might give you power and strength to write down stories. Maybe someone will be inspired by it, but we’ll never know until you share it.
“For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.”
(Psalm 139:13-14)