Mysellations

Moonlight shining through dark clouds framed by palm trees — photograph by Myshjua Murray

Darkness Doesn't Get The Last Word

On the morning of 9/11, I sat with my children trying to shield them from the unfolding horror — and found an anchor in a story of teachers who carried...

Darkness Doesn't Get The Last Word

On the morning of 9/11, I sat with my children trying to shield them from the unfolding horror — and found an anchor in a story of teachers who carried...

Vintage photo of Myshjua Murray as a child with her mother, celebrating generational Black entrepreneurship

A Creative Entrepreneur's Ode to Black Business...

Entrepreneurship is in my DNA. From my great-grandfather's depression-era distillery to my grandmother's record shop — the first Black-owned in Joliet, IL — betting on myself is built into my...

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A Creative Entrepreneur's Ode to Black Business...

Entrepreneurship is in my DNA. From my great-grandfather's depression-era distillery to my grandmother's record shop — the first Black-owned in Joliet, IL — betting on myself is built into my...

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Photo of the morning sun coming through the trees (taken by Myshjua Murray, all rights reserved)

Undiluted Creation

What happens when you step outside barefoot and let God's creation speak? In this Mysellations devotional, Myshjua Murray reflects on how standing in nature — away from screens and noise...

Undiluted Creation

What happens when you step outside barefoot and let God's creation speak? In this Mysellations devotional, Myshjua Murray reflects on how standing in nature — away from screens and noise...

Consistent Intention

Consistent Intention

Life gets loud — even when the noise is made of blessings. This post is about the practice of consistent intentional attention: tuning your spiritual antenna back to God every...

Consistent Intention

Life gets loud — even when the noise is made of blessings. This post is about the practice of consistent intentional attention: tuning your spiritual antenna back to God every...

Be Still and Know that I AM — wall plaque

I Sit, And God Moves

Before the prayers, before the affirmations, and even before the worship music — comes the stillness. I sit, and God moves.

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I Sit, And God Moves

Before the prayers, before the affirmations, and even before the worship music — comes the stillness. I sit, and God moves.

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vintage photo of Myshjua Murray with her mother Dhaima Matthews

When Mother's Day Hits Differently: 25 Years of...

My mother’s journey on this Earth ended rather abruptly on May 9th, 2000—12 days after her 51st birthday and 5 days before Mother’s Day that year. My first three children...

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When Mother's Day Hits Differently: 25 Years of...

My mother’s journey on this Earth ended rather abruptly on May 9th, 2000—12 days after her 51st birthday and 5 days before Mother’s Day that year. My first three children...

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