“I had very supportive parents that made the way for me, even at a time when there were very few women - no women, really maybe two or three women - and very few, fewer than that, African-American women heading in this direction, so there were very few people to look up to. You just had to have faith.”
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That bedrock faith that I could write was what blinded me to attempts to discourage me.
I do respect people's faith, but I don't respect their manipulation of that faith in order to create fear and control.
I think you grow wherever God plants you. I hope I'm growing as a person of faith, as a Christian. That should be our number one objective this journey of life. That all starts with a personal intimate relationship with Christ and then being in prayer every single day about all of those things - being tenacious about it.
I've long been really intrigued with what is the... proper role of faith and religion in public life.