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Nilwona Nowlin

A Culture of Prayer Can Change the World
Faith and Culture

A Culture of Prayer Can Change the World

ByNilwona Nowlin November 1, 2022October 29, 2022

I’ve become that person who gently encourages others to overcome their fear of praying out loud.

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Was Blind, but Now I See: My Sankofa Story
Faith and Culture

Was Blind, but Now I See: My Sankofa Story

ByNilwona Nowlin December 1, 2018November 29, 2018

Sankofa is a word from the Akan people of West Africa (primarily Ghana and the Ivory Coast). It is both a word in the Twi language and one of over a hundred Adinkra symbols used by the Ashanti people (one of many Akan subgroups). It translates to “go back and get it,” illustrated with a…

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Why I Choose to Do the Hard Thing
Faith and Culture

Why I Choose to Do the Hard Thing

ByNilwona Nowlin February 1, 2017February 2, 2017

It was a cold and rainy night in early February. I stood in the dark, on the property of Mr. Jacob Burkle, whose home was a depot on the Underground Railroad. I shivered from the cold but also from a fear that had suddenly come over me from out of nowhere. Was I as safe…

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