Kia Palmer

Wearing the shirt “Powered By the Black Women Before Me” is not just a fashion statement; it’s a declaration of gratitude and responsibility. It means recognizing that every step I take is made possible by the women who came before me. Their courage is my foundation. Their faith is my inheritance. Their love is my compass.

The woman at the well seen known and set free—faith-based illustration of Jesus meeting the Samaritan woman. The Woman at the Well—Seen,...

Jephthah’s story is found in Judges 11—a chapter that begins not with triumph, but with rejection. “Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty warrior,” the Bible tells us, “but his father was Gilead and his mother was a prostitute.” (Judges 11:1) From the start, Jephthah was marked as an outsider. He was the child no one wanted to claim. His half-brothers, born to Gilead’s wife, drove him away: “You are not going to get any inheritance in our family,” they said.