by Mo Isom Aiken | Daily Walk
Many of the battles I have lost in my life have been lost to individuals who held their tongues, while I filled the silence with ignorance, emotion, and opinion. My boyfriend, Jeremiah, is my greatest teacher in this regard. No matter his mood, his disappointment, his...
by Mo Isom Aiken | Current Events, In The News
“Kill yourself.” The first time I heard the expression comedically tossed around, it sent chills down my spine. Maybe it was because I heard it only a short while after staring at my own daddy’s body on a morgue table–a self-inflicted gunshot...
by Mo Isom Aiken | Missions, On-Camera Work
The Journey — Wednesday from Next Step Ministries on Vimeo.
by Mo Isom Aiken | Identity, Missions
Today was hard. Exceptionally hard. Heart-shattering, mind-numbing. Indescribably hard. It’s not that I haven’t visited LDC slums before–the bruises that the slums of Kampala, Uganda left on my heart are still healing. But walking through the slums...
by Mo Isom Aiken | Daily Walk, Missions
A mountain can only be moved one stone at a time. Don’t lose faith in the small steps towards a big goal. Why is that such a hard lesson to learn? Or rather, why is that such a hard lesson to apply? It’s applicable to most every experience in our lives....
by Mo Isom Aiken | Missions, On-Camera Work
The Journey — Tuesday from Next Step Ministries on Vimeo.
by Mo Isom Aiken | Missions, On-Camera Work
The Journey — Monday from Next Step Ministries on Vimeo. “…even though I realize I cannot always mend or meet, I can enter in. I can enter into someone’s pain and sit with them and know. This is Jesus. Not that He apologizes for the hard and the hurt, but that He...
by Mo Isom Aiken | Daily Walk, Faith
I’ve heard it too many times to count. From friends, from family, from acquaintances. From myself. “I just care SO much about this person. I care SO deeply that they come to know Jesus and accept salvation. It breaks my heart that they just don’t...
by Mo Isom Aiken | Missions, On-Camera Work
The Journey — Sunday from Next Step Ministries on Vimeo.
by Mo Isom Aiken | Adversity, Daily Walk
Sometimes I make jokes about my father’s suicide. I’ve found that almost every time I try to lighten the mood or laugh around some of my life’s circumstances, I’m inevitably met by stiffening postures and quick sips of water around me....