by Mo Isom Aiken | Daily Walk, Featured, Marriage
To the life growing inside of me, You are not my own. I knew it from the moment we saw your heartbeat flicker on that screen at 7 weeks. You weren’t mine. There’s no way you could be. Because if you were mine and somehow I had created you, I wouldn’t...
by Mo Isom Aiken | Love & Relationships, Marriage, Sex
We haven’t been at it for long. You and me. The we that we became somewhere in the midst of butterflies and sweating palms and tear-filled eyes. The best kind of tears. The kind of tears that welcomed me down the aisle and already felt like home. We’re new...
by Mo Isom Aiken | Current Events, In The News
“But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven.” -Matthew 5:44-45 I’m good at obeying this commandment when my enemies are my peers. When the persecution is bullying or...
by Mo Isom Aiken | Featured, Love & Relationships, Pop Culture, Sex
When I opened the heavy door of the silver truck and a playing card fell out from the wad of papers and business cards and folders wedged behind the passenger seat… I’m thankful for 50 shades of grace. When my innocent eyes turned it over to see a man and...
by Mo Isom Aiken | Current Events, In The News, Pop Culture
“Maybe our country would actually start to listen if we made Warren Sapp the face of sex trafficking. We act like we’re so far removed from the multi-billion dollar industry. But it’s happening in your neighborhood, in your city, in the lives of the...
by Mo Isom Aiken | Adversity, Daily Walk, Faith, Featured
It was January 3rd, 2009 when my dad put a gun to heart and pulled the trigger. And about one year later when I found the courage to begin telling my story. His story. And giving voice to a topic we seem to stay so silent about. I’ve told arenas of thousands and...
by Mo Isom Aiken | Daily Walk, Faith
I tried to keep my balance for a really long time. A part of me knew there had to be something more in life, but a bigger part of me didn’t have the courage to believe I was able to change. So I walked, step by step, on the balance beam. And I stared at the...
by Mo Isom Aiken | Adversity, Faith, MOtivational MOments
It is not difficult to ACT like Christ. What is difficult is to REACT like Christ. What do your responses say about your soul? “Sensible people control their temper; they earn respect by overlooking wrongs.” –Proverbs 19:11 (NLT)
by Mo Isom Aiken | Daily Walk, Faith
I got a nervous text from one of my very best friends, Molly Bear, last night. For a girl with the kind of energy that never fails to keep you on your toes and the kind of wit that leaves your stomach aching and your face burning from laughter, nervous was new. She...
by Mo Isom Aiken | Love & Relationships, Marriage
In a culture of divorce, broken hearts and broken families, pain often seems far more prevalent than purpose. Hurt echoes through homes so loudly it’s hard to hear hope. And a dangerous silence always seems to be lurking in tense places, waiting for its...
