I am a lifelong learner and my spiritual formation is ongoing. It began at the age of 5 with a profession of faith at New Hope Baptist Church in Jackson, Mississippi, and has never stopped expanding.

While I have been formally trained in ministry — holding a Master of Divinity, an ordination in Christian ministry, a certificate in Spiritual Direction from Unity Worldwide Spiritual Institute, and currently in formation as a Unity minister — my most profound spiritual lessons have come from everyday encounters, ordinary moments, and the long, honest work of living a conscious life.

My intellectual and theological formation has been shaped by a rich cloud of witnesses. The prophetic justice tradition of Howard Thurman, bell hooks, James Cone, Cornel West, Kelly Brown Douglas, and Emile Townes grounds my understanding of liberation, dignity, and the sacred worth of every human life. The contemplative and mystical tradition — carried by Rufus Jones, Richard Rohr, Rumi, Robert Brumet, Parker Palmer, and Barbara Holmes — has deepened my interior life and my capacity to companion others in their own.

The New Thought and Unity lineage of Charles Fillmore, Ernest Holmes, Emmet Fox, and Nona Brooks forms the theological backbone of my teaching. The modern spiritual teachers whose voices have shaped my teaching and practice — Iyanla Vanzant, Michael Beckwith, Marianne Williamson, Deepak Chopra, Wayne Dyer, Thich Nhat Hanh, and Caroline Myss — have shown me what it looks like to bring ancient wisdom into contemporary, accessible, transformative form.

I have also been forever shaped by the ministries of Rev. Johnny Coleman, Rev. Mary Thumpkin, Bishop Barbara King, Rev. Ike, and Rev. Sylvia Sumter — whose lives and teaching have modeled what it means to serve with excellence, love, and conviction.

I do not claim to have arrived. I only claim to be on The Journey — committed to continuing to learn, grow, and be formed by every encounter, every sacred text, every teacher, and every soul who crosses my path.