When the Tongue Runs Ahead of the Soul Lessons from Listening, Laughing, and the Streets of New Orleans By Kateb Shunnar I’ll tell you...

Mosquitoes in Prayer Service Finding Focus Amid Life’s Buzzing Distractions By Kateb Shunnar Y’all, when I was just a kid, Thursdays...

The Breeze Before Dawn When the Soul Remembers What the Body Forgets By Kateb Shunnar There’s something about that thin hour right...

Don’t Quit Before the Breakthrough By Kateb Nuri-Alim Shunnar New Orleans has a way of teaching you lessons without ever opening its...

Who’s Taking Your Calls? By Kateb Shunnar A porch has a way of teaching. The boards creak under the weight of stories, the air thick...

That’s All She Knew — Faith… By Kateb Shunnar Zola Bankole wasn’t even twenty when life decided to test her, and test her hard. Nineteen,...

Even the Crawfish Know By Kateb Nuri-Alim Shunnar You ever notice how the Creator has a way of pulling back the curtains on life like...

The Bank That Never Fails Wealth Without Wallets By Kateb Shunnar I’ve been thinking about wealth a lot lately, not the kind that...

Exposure: When the Creator Pulls Back the Curtain How Fake Smiles Fade and True Hearts Shine Written by Kateb Shunnar Everybody who grins...

The Creator Is My Peace By Kateb Shunnar When storms surround and shadows press, The Creator calms my restlessness. No matter how...

To my beloved readers, Many of you know me as an inspirational writer, a poet, a Psalmist, and a Folklorist but what some may not know is...

I Got a Feeling… Written by Kateb Shunnar I don’t have everything I want, but Lord knows I’ve got everything I need, and that difference...

Spiritual Potty Training How to Flush the Funk, Spray Some Grace, and Leave the Room Better Than You Found It By Kateb Shunnar I don’t...

What If My Life Was a Movie By Kateb Shunnar If my life were a movie, it wouldn’t start with a bang or a sweeping orchestral score. No,...

“I Won’t Help You Do Wrong” by Kateb Nuri-Alim Shunnar Now listen here, y’all, and I mean really listen, ‘cause I ain’t gonna say this...

The Rose That Does Not Wither by Kateb Nuri-Alim Shunnar I once prayed in a whisper so soft it could’ve slipped through cracks in the...

When Words Become Wounds A Reflection on Verbal Abuse, Healing, and the Power of Gentle Speech By Kateb Shunnar They say words are just...

Forty-Seven Rivers Flow Into One A Birthday Reflection on the Creator, My Mother, and the Pen That Bridges Worlds By Kateb Shunnar Man,...

A Necessary Love Note to Humanity Words From One Heart to Every Other Heart By Kateb Shunnar I want to write you something that feels...

When Flames Refuse to Die How Compassion Outshines Selfishness in the Storms of Life By Kateb Shunnar You ever notice how life has a...