In this edition of the Ericaism, Erica Campbell talks about the wisdom she heard from the elders in her church growing up, and later on in life, coming to understand the full gravity of that wisdom and what it meant. When we’re younger and we get advice from our elders, sometimes we right it off […]

In this edition of the Ericaism, Erica Campbell talks about the fact that, most of the time, we know when we’re about to make a poor decision! We are usually rationalizing and trying to find ways to justify our reasons for making the choice- this is certainly a clear sign that we’re doing what we […]

In this edition of the Ericaism, Erica Campbell talks about having a conversation with someone you don’t agree with. She explains that there is no reason to go off on somebody when they have a difference of opinion- people have the right to have that opinion. It’s totally okay for somebody to believe something different […]

In this edition of the Ericaism, Erica Campbell explains her long history with heartache- or just simply “boys changing their minds,” as it was in her early years. She talks about how this history (and the way her parents handled it) helped her learn at an early age not to let her whole world crumble […]

In this edition of the Ericaism, Erica Campbell explains why she’s not into blaming anybody but herself when things don’t go as planned. If she’s late, she won’t blame traffic, she’ll be honest with herself and realize she didn’t give herself enough time. It is only we ourselves, she says, who are responsible for our […]

In his edition of the Ericasm, Erica talks about going through her DMs a few days ago after having been posting about love. She received a message from someone who didn’t understand why Erica could have posted something positive about people who have done not so great things in the past. Erica didn’t understand how […]

In this edition of the Ericaism, Erica Campbell recalls a time before she was a gospel artist, at 14-years-old, when she realized that she was very blessed. Later on, while she was going to hair school and hustling to be a gospel singer, she didn’t give up because she had gospel music to keep her […]

In this edition of the Ericaism, Erica Campbell talks about being a good steward over what God has given us. She opens up about her personal choices, noting that some of her earliest decisions were governed by the knowledge that she wanted to spend her life singing for Jesus. She reads a verse out of […]

In this edition of the Ericaism, Erica Campbell talks about attending the wedding of Kirk Franklin‘s daughter, which Kirk himself officiated. She says it was a beautiful affair because Kirk was so honest about what marriage is and what it isn’t. Erica also says its easy to look at the world and assume marriage isn’t […]

In this edition of the Ericaism, Erica Campbell talks about a time when she was younger and not acting right, and needed to apologize to someone. She didn’t know how to go about it, and really just wanted to pretend it never happened. But there’s a scripture in the bible that talks about forgiveness, which […]

In this edition of the Ericaism, Erica Campbell reflects on a list of accomplishments that she and her sister compiled in hopes of achieving as Mary Mary. Some things on the list include doing a live recording, singing at Carnegie Hall and performing at the Kennedy Center. Recently, Mary Mary was invited to sing their […]

In this edition of the Ericaism, Erica Campbell discusses a book by her friend Sheila Walsh, entitled “5 Minutes With Jesus.” In the book, she encourages us to try to find time even in the midst of our hectic lives, to spend time with Jesus. Even if it’s 5 minutes, Erica says, it will make such […]