Ignorance and mystery are protective.

Just because we’re polite, it doesn’t mean we’re trusting.

The divine is not disgusted by you.

Vodou communities have short memories for mistakes.

Vodou is not interested in good and evil.

You don’t get to pick how you get involved.

The pursuit of balance puts vodou at odds with the majority culture.

Vodou is a religion of we, not of me.

Self-advocacy is not inherently violent.

Guests and hosts have specific responsibilities.

Let my mistakes make your life easier.

A little Sunday poetry on the priest as curriculum.

You get to be a priest by apprenticing to priests.

Death is the order which you lived.

Don’t argue with situations.

Being a mirror is not fun.

A relationship with a spirit is a relationship.

We’re all lucky that joy takes despair personally.

Doubt provides damn good lessons.

The grace of royalty is its commitment to elevation.