#RedLipTheology is grounded in the belief we are whole beings. Our spiritual and sexual selves are not at war with each other. We are whole. We are good creation.

#RedLipTheology was born out of my exhaustion due to Black men dominating conversations about Black women’s faith+agency and my frustration at the reality that the respectability within womanist theology didn’t really make room for sisters like me.

So #RedLipTheology became my response to believing that Black millennial women, who are intentional about transgressing boundaries for the sake of freedom, have the right to speak *now* and construct the theologies they need to see.

Freedom is messy and life isn’t as black and white as we try to make it. There are more questions than answers. And, when we settle that into the core of who we are, we can really thrive.

Writing #RedLipTheology is, in part, about what happened when I let that settle into my spirit. It’s also about leveling the playing field a bit and not letting some of this stuff stand without a Black millennial woman countering it.

It matters to say that not every Black woman is evangelical and some sisters are to willing to wrestle with God and form a more holistic faith. And it matters that we get the same publishing opportunities, advances and platforms as the dudes. Because we deserve.

Black women are the most religious demographic in America. All the data says so.

Yet, we’re behind White people and Black men in terms of pastoral and public theological opportunities.

Something’s gotta give.

I ain’t saying everyone will agree with #RedLipTheology. I actually don’t expect that and know many will come for my neck. LOLOL

But it’s past time that it’s in the conversation. And when it is, you gon have to put some respect on it.