Welcome, Beloved.
My name is Damisha (she/her), and I’m a chaplain, womanist biblical scholar, and Black liberationist theologian. I write for Black women who are holding it all together, even when it’s falling apart. For the ones who are tired of being strong. For the caretakers, the survivors, the ministers, the freedom fighters, the mothers of movements and children alike. For the ones who have been expected to pray, lead, give, and serve—without ever being asked how her soul is doing.
This Substack is a sacred space for us. A place to lay it all down. To be ministered to. To rest.
What You’ll Find Here:
I offer reflections, devotionals, poetic blessings, and spiritual meditations rooted in womanist theology, radical rest, and sacred refusal. Through scripture, story, and the wisdom of our ancestors, I invite you to reclaim your time, your tenderness, your boundaries, and your belovedness.
You’ll find:
Devotionals that speak to your lived experience
Chaplain’s Field Notes from the bedside and beyond
Poems and Prayers for when words are hard to find
Theological Essays that reimagine the Bible through Black womanhood
Blessings and Affirmations for your everyday sacred life.
This is not just a newsletter—it’s a digital altar.
Why “Black Woman Psalms”?
Black Woman Psalms is a spiritual offering and a womanist witness. It’s a space for Black women to name our joy, rage, fatigue, and freedom without performance or apology. It’s where Scripture meets lived experience, where liberation sounds like rest, and where God is not far off—but present, embodied, and familiar to our grief.
The psalms are our prayers. Our resistance. Our reclamation. And our reminder: we are the sacred text, too.
A Bit More About Me
I’m currently a Clinical Pastoral Education resident, walking with people through grief, loss, joy, and spiritual searching. My call to ministry and theology was shaped through caregiving for my mother, wrestling with suffering, and finding God in the in-between.
My work is deeply influenced by Black women who have taught me to survive—and thrive.
