Homage2be H2BE Dearborn

10/18/2026

🥳Planted from a single seed…. 😇 We may have placed this arugula in the soil, however it was Yahweh’s perfect rhythm of natural rain that did the true watering.

Stir-fry this peppery harvest in rich olive oil alongside hearty mustards and vibrant Swiss chard, and its bright, crisp bite beautifully balances those deep, earthy greens😁a perfect mingling of fresh growth and soulful tradition.

Embracing what the rain yields connects us, honors our bodies, and plants roots of health that outlast us. 🌧️🥗✨

Intergenerational Benefits
🤓 Nutritional Wealth: Arugula’s rich vitamins build physical foundations for youth and protect cognitive health for our elders. Stir-frying it with mustards and Swiss chard in olive oil creates a powerhouse of iron, calcium, and Vitamin C, while the healthy fats ensure maximum nutrient absorption across the generations.
🤓 Passing Down Wisdom: Tending to seeds and trusting the rain teaches younger generations the essential, time-honored skills of food sovereignty alongside their elders.
🤓 Deepening Connection: Preparing a vibrant, shared stir-fry bridges our rich culinary heritage with active growing practices, sparking beautiful storytelling around the table.
🤓 Sustainable Futures: Modeling how to grow food in rhythm with nature instills a deep respect for the earth, ensuring community resilience and food security for the years ahead.
The literary arts serve as an enduring vessel for a community's history, preserving the hard-won wisdom, cultural identity, and spiritual narratives of our elders for the generations that follow.

By documenting our stories, we cultivate a profound inheritance of intellectual and emotional wealth that sustains our lineage far beyond material resources. Ultimately, this sacred exchange of words fosters deep collective wholeness, ensuring our youth remain anchored in the powerful legacy and resilience of those who came before them.


📸 Mother Pat in Michigan Conference UCC Award Winning Anointed Family Vegetable and Herb Garden

10/17/2026

🙏🏾 In the Name of Yahshua Christ Jesus, we declare the restoration of what was stolen.
Great Holy Spirit, reveal the spiritual inheritance of the righteous and restore what belongs to the upright.

Yahweh Nissi, our Banner, we reclaim the birthright of the righteous and upright from the hands of the devourer.Yahweh Jireh, our Provider, we secure the divine destiny meant for the faithful.Yahweh Shammah, the Lord is There, we awaken the divine oneness of the daughters and sons of the Most High Almighty Eternal.Yahweh Tsidkenu, our Righteousness, we stand in pure spiritual truth, unified as one royal lineage.Yahweh Rohi, our Shepherd, we give thanks for all the daily benefits, protection, and grace you pour upon us.
In the name of Yahshua Christ Jesus, with the same Great Holy Spirit Anointing and Power that descended on him and all of the heavenly host, Amen and Amen.

LIVING OUR TRUTH TODAY: Simple Steps for Our Families & Community ✨
When we pray and write prayers in Truth, we bring real blessings to our homes, our blocks, and our nation. Here is how we 🥰 our mothers, fathers, grandparents, aunties, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews, and godparents 🎉 can lift each other up right now:

Stand Strong together (Yahweh Nissi - Our Banner)
What to do: Speak with hope, protect our loved ones, and never let fear rule our homes.
The Blessing: Our families and neighbors will feel safe, secure, and ready to face anything together.

Share and Support (Yahweh Jireh - Our Provider)
What to do: Trust that we have enough to get through, and share what we have with a neighbor or relative in need.
The Blessing: By looking out for one another, we break the spirit of lack and build a community where everyone is fed and cared for.

Show Up for One Another (Yahweh Shammah - The Lord is There)
What to do: Spend time with our elders, guide our youth, and check in on our neighbors.
The Blessing: Every generation—from the toddlers to the grandparents 💯f eels loved, seen, and never alone on our blocks.

Walk in Justice & Truth (Yahweh Tsidkenu - Our Righteousness)
What to do: Teach our children to be honest, do the right thing, and stand up for fairness.
The Blessing: We restore peace to our neighborhoods and reclaim the bright future that belongs to our children.

Lead with Love (Yahweh Rohi - Our Shepherd)
What to do: Listen to wise advice and watch over the little ones like a good shepherd.

The Blessing: We won't wander or lose our way. Our entire foundational community moves forward together, hand-in-hand, toward better days.
Let’s bring this spirit of oneness to our doorsteps, our streets, and our whole nation today! 🕊️🏠✊🏾

10/16/2026

🙏🏾 Building Stronger Families Through Community 🤎✨
Connecting within our community isn’t just an extra activity🥰it’s the foundation for stronger, more resilient families! Here is how plugging into your community directly benefits your home:

🙏🏾 It Builds a Trusted Support System (Your Village): No one is meant to do life alone. When you connect with your community, you gain a trusted network of people to share resources, wisdom, and lend a hand when times get busy.
🙏🏾 It Models Connection for Our Children: When our families see us engaging, volunteering, and building relationships, they learn empathy, social skills, and the value of looking out for others.
🙏🏾 It Reduces Isolation & Boosts Well-being: Knowing you belong to a bigger network provides emotional security and reduces stress, making our homes happier, healthier places to be.
🙏🏾 It Strengthens Intergenerational Bonds: Connecting with elders and youth alike enriches our lives, passing down history, values, and love across generations.

Speaking of incredible community anchors, I have to give the biggest shout-out to 📸 Mother Pat, Mother Ava, and Papa Mike! Thank you for always pouring your agape Christian love and undeniable s***k into everything you do. You show us every day what true connection looks like! 🙌🏾🙏🏾😇
Let’s keep building, supporting, and growing together! 🏡💬❣

10/15/2026

Leadership development goes far beyond simply instructing someone on what to do😉it requires anchoring a leader-in-training's life in prayer so they may receive the power of God to lead with true wisdom. True leaders do not always adopt society’s secular definition of leadership; instead, they embrace their role as servants of God, trusting that His grace is entirely sufficient. These leaders pray publicly for those they guide, but just as importantly, they intercede privately within healthy, whole, and sovereign prayer circles.

Righteousness, uprightness, being gifted, service, and community are responsibilities.

Family, time management, decision-making, vision, and mission are divine gifts.

Leadership, ultimately, is sacred.🥳

Juanita Moore possesses the rare ability to remind you exactly who you are and whose you are. Her professional approach to care in leadership is always delivered with remarkable grace and kindness. Whenever called upon, she answers "yes" without hesitation, diving into co-created, reflective, and introspective training that transforms unseen opportunities into real-time deployment. She understands that the personal and professional love of God always supersedes man’s agenda.

The Real-Life Health Benefits of Servant Leadership🤓

Engaging in this spiritually grounded, prayer-first model of leadership yields immediate physical and psychological benefits for both the leader and the community:

🙏🏾Burnout Prevention: By accepting that leadership is a service fueled by God’s "all-sufficient grace" rather than human perfectionism, leaders experience significantly lower levels of chronic stress and adrenal fatigue.
🙏🏾Cognitive Clarity and Focus: The introspective and reflective training practices modeled by Juanita Moore stimulate the prefrontal cortex, enhancing problem-solving skills and reducing the mental fog associated with chaotic, secular work environments.
🙏🏾Psychological Safety: Participating in "healthy, whole, and sovereign" private prayer circles creates a deep sense of psychological safety. This lowers anxiety, builds trust, and releases oxytocin, allowing leaders to process heavy burdens without fear of judgment.
🙏🏾Emotional Grounding: Shifting the focus from "man's agenda" to divine purpose prevents the emotional volatility tied to chasing corporate validation, offering a steady, resilient baseline of peace.

👂🏽Why Literary Arts 501(c)(3) Nonprofits are Faithful and Sovereign
The gift of writing is a profound tool for truth-telling, and literary arts 501(c)(3) organizations serve as the protected vessels for this work. They are faithful because they operate on the belief that sharing our lived experiences, virtues, and history will educate, heal, and empower the generations that follow. They require immense faith to sustain, relying on community support and shared vision rather than traditional profit motives.
They are sovereign because their non-profit structure provides a protected, independent space away from commercial or political agendas. This autonomy allows them to unapologetically document authentic cultural narratives, spiritual legacies, and community excellence. By preserving the written word, a literary arts 501(c)(3) ensures that the true stories of a people💯their wisdom, their prayers, and their leadership—are permanently recorded and governed by the community itself, answering only to God and their mission

Through our works, we see how the gift of writing provides a divine opportunity to authentically document the true stories of our professional, academic, and spiritual lives.







📸with H2BE founder Dr. Denguhlanga Julia in Historic Palmer Woods
More Info https://www.detroithistorical.org/learn/online-research/encyclopedia-of-detroit/palmer-woods-historic-district

10/10/2026

😉Homage to Black Excellence captures the profound beauty of documenting and preserving community, culture, and connection. From booking talent to coaching talent, the journey is rooted in cultivating authentic potential and providing the infrastructure for local artists and entrepreneurs to thrive. Through music, art, shared spaces, and intentional mentorship, this gathering reflects the effortless grace of divine gifts🙏🏾manifested in community, talent, and shared joy. To preserve these spaces and nurture these gifts is to honor a living legacy written by generations past and present.🥳💯

"Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights..." 🙏🏾James 1:17

10/10/2026

Weave by Weave: The Power of Intentional Community

Neighborhood threads aren't just spun from sidewalks and brick walls👂🏽they are woven by the people who show up for one another. Homage to Black Excellence celebrates the profound strength found when communities gather with purpose, joy, and collective care.

Authentic and intentional community building creates a ripple effect of generational support and empowerment, offering tangible benefits that elevate everyone:

🙌🏽Fostering Deep Belonging: Intentional spaces allow individuals to feel truly seen, valued, and connected to their roots and neighbors.
🙌🏽Cultivating Shared Resilience: When communities garden, learn, and celebrate side by side, they build a localized safety net capable of weathering any storm.
🙌🏽Honoring Collective Legacy: Showing up for each other preserves cultural traditions, uplifts Black excellence, and passes wisdom down to the next generation.
When we invest in one another, we build futures that thrive✌🏾💛

08/03/2026

😇Harvest of Gratitude 🙌🏽

Fresh from the garden to the community!

Homage to Black Excellence and GOD’S WALKING CLUB extend our sincere gratitude to the United Church of Christ Michigan Conference and the Shrine of the Black Madonna for investing in healthier communities through your generous grant support. Because of your partnership, we are able to grow, harvest, and share fresh whole foods while encouraging movement, fellowship, food sovereignty, and lifelong wellness. 💜

This week’s harvest of fresh turnips is another reminder that when communities plant together, everyone can benefit.

Did you know?
🥬 Turnips are naturally rich in vitamin C, which supports a healthy immune system.
💜 One cup of cooked turnips provides about 30–35 calories, making them a nutrient-dense, low-calorie whole food.
🌿 Turnips provide dietary fiber, which supports digestive health and helps promote fullness.
🦴 Turnip greens are an excellent source of vitamin K, an important nutrient for healthy bones.
❤️ Turnips naturally contain potassium, a mineral that supports normal muscle function and healthy blood pressure when eaten as part of a balanced diet.

Together, we are planting seeds of:
😇 Health
🤝 Community
💜 Faith
🥕 Food Sovereignty
🚶🏾‍♀️ Wholeness

Thank you for helping us demonstrate that access to fresh, whole foods and community support can strengthen lives one harvest, one walk, and one family at a time.

Shrines of the Black Madonna of the Pan-African Orthodox Christian Church Michigan Conference UCC🥳

07/19/2026

05/04/2026

🤝 The power of working together 🤝
When Lil Julia meets Jumar, something special happens…
What started as a one-person task becomes a powerful lesson:
💡 Teamwork makes everything better
💡 Supporting others creates bigger impact
💡 Good people working together can change everything
This is what "The Amazing Coloring Sheet" is really about.
📅 May 4

05/01/2026

⏳ More than just a story… this is a message ⏳
👀 SNEAK PEEK 👀
Lil Julia heads to the library, full of excitement and purpose, ready to bring her idea to life.
With crayons, paper, and determination, she gets to work… but soon realizes she can’t do everything alone.
That’s when something unexpected happens.
📖 A story about creativity, community, and the power of working together.
Coming soon…