Ericka's Blog
Reflections and conversations on life
Find Joy Where You Are with Rochelle Asberry
Sometimes, the universe drops someone into your life -- and that's how it was with Rochelle Asberry! I was fortunate enough to meet her after I spoke at Linking Indy Women a few months ago. We met for breakfast and had so much to talk about -- and so much in common!...
Sanity and Civility in 2019 with Audrey Scagnelli
Ever felt like you were going crazy when political issues get hot? I feel ya. So does today's podcast guest, Audrey Scagnelli. Bipartisanship and civility is kind of her middle name. She's the founder of Sanity Media, a new online hangout for moderates, liberals,...
Church Politics: Diversity & Jesus with Trillia Newbell
Trillia Newbell has a voice that radiates joy. You'll hear that in today's episode, when I speak with her about her career as a writer, her love of the gospel and about important topics like racial diversity, Christians in the age of Trump and a hope greater than this...
Hero in Our Time: Jessica Hulsey Nickel’s Fight to Save Lives
Jessica Hulsey Nickel's first advocacy project came when she was in elementary school -- and she hasn't stopped educating others about addiction and prevention since then. It's been 20 years --and since then she founded the Addiction Policy Center. As a little girl,...
Pro-Life in Practice: 20 Active Ways to Help
Those of us who are pro-life have heard it again and again -- "you only care about babies until they're born." This is wholly untrue of the pro-life movement, but we can always strive to do more. Many people I know are doing a lot for women and families that struggle...
Babies Don’t Keep
Five minutes ago, I was rocking my baby to sleep. She's 10 months old with an ear infection, the chubbiest of all the cheeks and she's possibly the world's most perfect baby. We had just come from my sister's house, where she had sat happily in her seat for an hour...