All Waves
This blog is my canvas, where I share my thoughts and engage in dialogue with you through your comments.
Be Grateful
There are plenty of scriptures that emphasize gratitude as part of a Christian’s lifestyle. But I shouldn’t really need a scripture to tell me to be grateful. Out of the blue, the song “Be Grateful” by Walter Hawkins was in my head in the shower one morning. It was a…
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Your Enemies Can’t Betray You
I often see people post online how they thought it would have been their enemies who would betray them, not their closest friends. I groan each time I see that. Why? Because your enemies can’t betray you. Betrayal, as defined in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, is “the act of betraying someone or something…
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What I Hear When Christians Say ‘Woke’
When Christians use the word “woke” as a weapon, what does it reveal about our hearts and our faith? In this personal reflection, I explore inclusion and representation. I discuss the example of Jesus — who consistently welcomed those the world tried to exclude. When “Woke” Becomes a Word of…
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My Experience with Church Hurt, Part 4
This is the final part of my series on church hurt. In the first three posts, I shared experiences that reshaped how I view community, leadership, and trust within the church. This last post isn’t about the wound — it’s about the healing. It’s about what I’ve learned, what I’ve…
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My Experience with Church Hurt, Part 3
Hurt…Again When we found our new church in 2016, I thought the hard part was over. I was hopeful—maybe even a little naive. I wanted this to be the place where healing turned into belonging. But healing isn’t always linear, and community can be both beautiful and complicated. A New…
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My Experience with Church Hurt, Part 2
In Part 1 of this series, I shared how I grew up in church. I also discussed how I poured myself into ministry. Eventually, I reached a breaking point. It left me burned out and disillusioned. Walking away was both freeing and unsettling. I didn’t know who I was outside…
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My Experience with Church Hurt, Part 1
**I want to approach this gingerly. I realize some people have suffered severe abuse and are now dealing with the resulting trauma and crisis of faith. It’s important to note that I am only speaking from my own experience. I fully acknowledge and respect that each person’s experience of church…
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Banner Year
In the year of our Lord, two thousand and twenty-five…nah, I’m just kidding. For real though, this has been a big year for me. This is the year that I celebrated 50 years of life. At the end of last year, I had an idea. I knew how I wanted…
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Impostor Syndrome part deux
A little while ago, I wrote about Impostor Syndrome. Here is the link if you want to read it https://katrinaswaves.com/2024/09/01/impostor-syndrome/. Last month, we had a series of seminars and webinars at work to enhance our development. I don’t remember which talk it was or what the topic was, but in…
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I don’t know what I was thinking. I thought after the election, my timeline on Facebook would be done with politics. Boy was I wrong. It was relentlessly toxic, and unexpectedly so. I was in a funk, so I did a thing. I left Facebook. January 29th is my daughter’s…
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They Hear You
As parents, we wonder if the things we teach our kids or tell them about life ever registers. They seem to not be listening half the time. Their minds always seem so preoccupied with other things. When you ask them most questions, they answer, “I don’t know.” We have banned…
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Am I Carnal?
Recently during a message at church, the scripture reference was 1 Corinthians 3. “However, brothers and sisters, I could not talk to you as to spiritual people, but [only] as to [a]worldly people [dominated by human nature], mere infants [in the new life] in Christ! 2 I fed you with milk, not solid food; for…
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Honoring My Brother’s Legacy: Excerpt from His Devotional Book
I started this blog one year ago today on what would have been my older brother, LaWayne’s 50th birthday. Unfortunately, his life was taken at the hands of another in 2021 when he was 47. In thinking of how to mark this day, I landed on sharing a couple pics…
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Impostor Syndrome
What is this? I’ve been hearing this used in some communities that I’m in. I thought I knew what it meant but I was confused. It kept being used when someone was talking about how they worked so hard for this thing they got but they felt like they didn’t…
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Past Katrina
How many times have you started something with the intention to go back to it later in the day to finish it? You only realize that you didn’t finish it when its “undone-ness” causes a problem. My husband and I joke about how the past versions of us are jerks…
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Vitamin D
Earlier this year, I had a bout of fatigue and migraines. I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in 2018 and both are symptoms of MS. Even though I hadn’t had migraines for months and thought I had the fatigue under control, having either is not unusual for me. I…
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Waiting
For so many years, I took pause as I heard Isaiah 40:31 expounded upon. The speaker would always tie the word wait into meaning to serve, like a waiter in a restaurant. I’m not fond of that representation of wait. Not because I don’t want to serve but because it…
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Commit to Freedom
Repost from my previous blog. This was in response to the Daily Prompt: Commit from June 23, 2017 Some people don’t want to be free. You read that correctly. Some people don’t want to let go of their anger, pride, self-centeredness, fear, etc. They have lived so long with it…
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Guard Your Heart
Now, you know how it goes. You write or talk about something and sometimes, the principles you’ve spoken about are tested. This is one of those times when I was tested. I won’t go into much detail about my daily job. However, I will say that it is a position…
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Do Unto Others
Even if the scriptures that reference doing unto others is not the foundation, most people have been taught the Golden Rule. Do unto (treat) others as you would have them do unto (treat) you. I know it is a constant message I teach my children and try to live myself.…
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Waves of Grief
I’ve heard that grief hits us in waves. That is true. I’d also say that grief sometimes hits us like a wave. It washes over us, causing a shifting, and changing us into someone new. Sometimes the waves are soft and gentle. Sometimes they rage. Soft or raging, let them…
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Why Katrina’s Waves?
When reading a blog, I often wonder why it’s been given a particular name. So, I decided to use my first post to explain how I came up with mine. My name is Katrina, which is where the first part of my blog name comes from. The second part, “Waves”,…
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