by bianca | May 30, 2013 | culture, pop culture
At 24 years old, I was unemployed with a degree from a reputable college, living with my parents, and utterly single. Cleaning offices, baby sitting, or working random editing jobs was how I made ends meet while stiff-arming Sallie Mae from collecting my college loan...
by bianca | May 29, 2013 | culture, pop culture
It’s hard to be 23. I’m not a kid but I’m not considered an adult either. I’m most frustrated about the fact that I don’t feel like I’m the person that I should be. —Anonymous blog reader Bar Mitzvah. Sweet Sixteen....
by bianca | May 2, 2013 | church, culture, ministry, pop culture
Dear Beyoncé, This letter is probably the hardest letter I’ve ever had to write to you. Okay, it’s the only letter I’ve written to you, but hear me out. Since your days in Destiny’s Child, I’ve been your Bug-a-Boo and remained a Survivor....
by bianca | Apr 24, 2013 | church, culture, personal, pop culture, Speaking
It has been said, a wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer. Since as far back as I can remember, I was always the child with questions. Why is God invisible? Why is that man sleeping under the freeway? Why do I have to...
by bianca | Mar 13, 2013 | church, culture, ministry, pop culture
Last week is downtown LA in a crowded club off Sunset Boulevard, I stood in a dimly lit room watching The Lone Bellow fill the room with melodic poetry and stringed instruments. I swayed to songs I knew and hummed to songs I didn’t like a kid who carried a...
by bianca | Feb 14, 2013 | church, pop culture
We don’t know much about Saint Valentine, but his legacy is pretty conflated. The guy was a rebel who went against Roman authority and raged against the proverbial machine. Basically, he raised an angry fist to authority and said, LOVE YOU! When Christian...