Verses About Identity & Self-Worth

16+ hour, 47+ min ago   (478+ words) Published 8:06 am Sunday, October 11, 2026 By Rev. J. Cameron Bailey Pay attention to the folks who try to measure you. For real y’all. We spend way too much time listening to folks who really shouldn’t have that much say in our lives....

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (907+ words) You know about taxes. You know about mortgages, rent, insurance, utilities, subscriptions, and all the other bills that arrive with irritating regularity. You know that if you want to live comfortably in the world, you have certain obligations to the…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (411+ words) One day, without noticing,you become the woman your younger self would have run to. Not because the world became gentler,but because you learned how to survive its sharp edges. There was a little girl oncewho believed safety lived…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (405+ words) In this evocative essay, Trijita traces the moments that render the body a living, sensing presence, inhabiting the uncertain space where the interpersonal and the personal converge. Through reflections on food, hunger, absence, and desire, she explores how relationships are…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1110+ words) There is a particular kind of pressure that can make an ordinary life feel inadequate. You see someone’s announcement online. A milestone you’ve been waiting for yourself. And then, perhaps quietly, you compare. You look at your own life and…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (583+ words) ​Rejection is an experience few of us actively plan for, yet virtually all of us encounter at various stages of life. A job application receives a polite refusal letter. Someone we hoped would choose us chooses someone else. A long-standing…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago   (1515+ words) I AM My Higher Self… Something struck me just this morning. I suppose if I was on an episode of The Simpsons I’d slap my own forehead and say ‘d’oh’. Or whatever it was the Homer used to do … I…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago   (178+ words) We asked four queer people, from four different decades of life What Is Your Body to You? Samson, 20’s. Gay, Trans guy, doctor of dirty drawingsAde, 30’s Gay, feeling like my life just startedBillie, 40’s Gay, neuroatypical, living with chronic…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (87+ words) As Jesus noted, loving our neighbor is easy when our neighbor is lovable. The challenge is to love the unlovable. So it is with loving oneself. It is easy to love yourself when all is well. The challenge is to…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (34+ words) Yay Or Nay On Serialization Some people would say that I’m a jack-of-all-trades. Other people would claim that I’m just distracted. I like to think …...