Welcome to Confessions of a Church Girl

Welcome to the newest blog in the Content Black Woman series, Confessions of a Church Girl.

Do you find yourself often asking why people behave the way that they do? It can be baffling? The meanness. The sadness. It can be downright bewildering at times.

Overtime, I have come to discover we all are the mere sum total of our experiences. While there can be much joy from those experiences, there can also be much pain.

This blog serves as the confessions of my life's journey and the impact church had on the evolution of my spirituality. I thought by having one blog, I could tell the story of my journey as a Black woman based on my personal experiences. Hence the title Why Black Women Are Angry. However, I soon came to realize, every human being's experience is unique. And because of my varying interests, my initial blog became like Lay's Potato Chips - I couldn't have just one.

And for those Black women who would admit to being angry, we all couldn't be angry for the same reasons.

The reason why I write - the reason I blog - is to heal and be a source of healing for those with similar experiences. I hate the idea that Black women are quick to be labeled angry in American society. I hate that the strength of Black women is quick to be characterized as anger. In the words of Stevie Wonder, "When you believe in things you don't understand, then you suffer."

All Black women are not angry. The negative imagery that is perpetuated throughout American society is usually the outcome of frustration and hurt.

A lot of that hurt and frustration resulted from experiences with church. At least this was my experience. As result, I stopped attending church regularly for five years. I since have found a church that I can relate to a bit more easily and have been for the last three Sundays after sporadically attending over the last year. This is huge for me because for the first time in a long time, I go to fellowship and worship because of my genuine motivation to attend and not out of fear and obligation.

Welcome to the blog. This is my story - Confessions of a Church Girl.