Witness
Spoken moments, lived testimony, and visible fruit of the work.
Spoken Word & Teaching
Faith Over Fear
This moment was shared in a church setting, where I was asked to testify—not from resolution, but from surrender.
What you’re watching is a decision made out loud: to choose faith in a season where fear had every reason to lead. It is a testimony shaped by loss, obedience, and the kind of peace that only arrives when control is released.
This was not shared as performance or motivation, but as witness—to what happens when faith is chosen in real time, at great personal cost.
The words spoken here come from lived experience, Scripture, and a willingness to obey even when the outcome was uncertain.
Conversation and Testimony
This interview offers an unfiltered look at grief, identity, and faith formed through loss. Cola reflects on survival after trauma, the rebuilding of trust with God, and the daily decision to live fully in the face of uncertainty. The conversation centers endurance over answers, and presence over performance.
Voice and Truth
Cola-A documentary portrait
This documentary offers a reflective portrait of identity shaped through grief, creativity, and motherhood. Told through spoken word and lived memory, it traces how faith, art, and survival intersect after loss. Rather than resolving pain, the work stays with it—naming how joy, memory, and meaning continue to form over time. Created in honor of KayKay, this piece holds space for becoming, remembrance, and the choice to live fully.
Originally filmed and released by Justin Smith & Andrea Villanueva.
Listening and Understanding
This conversation revisits grief years after loss, exploring how healing unfolds in layers rather than conclusions. Cola reflects on losing her son, navigating trauma, rebuilding boundaries, and learning how to live honestly with God through disappointment, surrender, and peace.
Rather than offering resolution, the dialogue stays with the long work of healing—how faith matures, how boundaries form, and how rest becomes an act of trust. What emerges is a grounded reflection on grief, resilience, and learning to build life with intention after loss.
This conversation continues in print.
Interview with Cola Bennett — Author of C.O.L.A. (First Conversation)