Toxic Concepts I (Un)learned from Church Pt. II | Building New Spiritual Practices & Experiences

In this post, I unpack just one more toxic concept that I (un)learned from church and that is, "My thoughts, my body (my Self) is inherently flawed and not to be trusted".

To Anyone Who Has Ever Dated a Churchy Fuckboy

All, Faith & Spirituality, Feminism & WomanismJade T. PerryFebruary 12, 2019churchy, trauma

Octavia Butler said God is Change

An update

All, Lifestyle, NewsletterJade T. PerrySeptember 21, 2018

What I Mean When I Tell You that Ability is Constructed & Temporary

All, Feminism & Womanism, Lifestyle, UncategorizedJade T. PerryMay 8, 2017Buddhism, chronic illness, chronic pain

"Her Sexuality Should Not Be Pathologized", Found Poetry

Published in celebration of National Poetry Month, 2017

All, Autoethnography, InterSEXtional Projects, WritingJade T. PerryApril 21, 2017poetry, sexuality, women of color

Feature: Taylor Johnson-Gordon, Food Healer, Herbalist, & Urban Gardener

On centering Black girls & women through nutrition, herbalism, & garderning, healing as resistance, and cooking intuitively

Toxic Concepts I (Un)Learned from Church - The Devil is in the Unknown

All, Faith & Spirituality, UncategorizedJade T. PerryJanuary 27, 2017Black church, Evangelical, faith, reiki, spirituality, tarot, toxic concepts

Toxic Concepts I (Un)Learned from Church - On Sex & Throwin' It In a (Prayer) Circle

All, Faith & Spirituality, Feminism & Womanism, InterSEXtional ProjectsJade T. PerryJanuary 27, 2017Black church, Evangelical, purity culture, sex, sexism, sexuality, toxic concepts

Toxic Concepts I (Un)Learned from Church - White Jesus, Colorblind Savior

All, Faith & Spirituality, UncategorizedJade T. PerryJanuary 27, 2017Evangelical, faith, racism, social justice, spirituality, toxic concepts

Feature: Sojourner Zenobia, Healer & Performing Artist

Facilitating spiritual returns for women & femmes of color

Because I'm Not Solely Writing About DT for the Next 4 Years

It is important to also resist being denied the space to tell the fullness of our stories - imagining, as Toni Morrison did, our creative works without speaking directly to an all-consuming gaze

"Tried (It) Again" - Examining ableism & homo-antagonism in Burrell's sermon

All, Faith & Spirituality, Feminism & Womanism, InterSEXtional ProjectsJade T. PerryJanuary 6, 2017ableism, Black church, disability, homophobia, Kim Burrell

What the [Cuss] to Say While Suffering?

All, Culture, Faith & Spirituality, Social JusticeJade T. PerryNovember 28, 2016Blackness, dharma talk, social justice, spirituality, suffering

While the Tower Crashed

Thoughts about Election 2016

AllJade T. PerryNovember 13, 2016election, poetry, tarot

Things I Would Add to My Resume if I Could

All, Career, Faith & Spirituality, For the Culture, Sheerly ShenanigansJade T. PerryNovember 7, 2016beauty products, Black church, crystal healing, music, natural hair, professionalism, resume, tea

Dating with Chronic Illness(es) Pt. II: "Let's Talk About Spoons, Baby"

In Pt. II, we discuss the expenses of chronic illness(es), scheduling, re-imagining dates and more!

Dating with Chronic Illness(es): Healing Conversations with Sister-Friends

Jené Colvin & I discuss dating with chronic illness(es), disclosing, going out, mutuality, and more!

Creation in the Time of Death

On living and grieving. Creating yet surrounded by death.

I Didn't Choose Mystic Life, It Chose Me! (Also titled: Inheriting Mysticism from Other-mothers)

All, Autoethnography, Culture, Faith & Spirituality, Feminism & Womanism, Stories of My GrandmotherJade T. PerryJuly 29, 2016ancestor, chakra, Evangelical, mindfulness, mystic, other-mother, spirituality, theology

Notes on Survival & Advocacy: Reflections from the Goose

In the tension between grief, struggle, and enlightenment, I learned a lot of valuable lessons about inward (and outward) survival and the conditions necessary for life in the times of death.