I Don't Know Who Needs To Hear This, But You Are Not The Puppet Of Your Ancestors!

You were not put on this earth to worship the living or the dead. Just like you are nobody’s doormat as a human being, you are not the doormat of the spirit world, either.

As a black woman I have witnessed scores of black people abandon the Christian church to get back to their roots through African spirituality. One of the main themes in African spirituality is the veneration of ancestors, or our foremothers and forefathers who walked this earth before us.

Now I see nothing wrong with honoring our deceased family members…