Women of Color Pray

Cathy Song - CeCe Winanas - Della Reese - EMpress Yamatohime - Harriet Tubman - Irene I. Blea - Iynala Vanzant - Janice Mirikitani - Joy Harjo - Linda Hogan - Mary McLeod Bethune - Monique Greenwood - Naomi Quionez - Patricia Locke - Paula Gunn Allen - Phillis Wheatley - Rabi'a Al-Adawiyya - Rachelle Ferrell - Sandra Cisneros - Savitri Bess - Sojourner Truth - Susan L. Taylor - Teresa Palomo Acosta - Toni Morrison - Yolanda Adams
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A celebration of the voices of women of color in prayer

Women of color pray and have prayed out of necessity for survival, out of love for the Divine and because we believe in the power of prayer. Prayer has been the prevailing force behind the education of our children, protection and courage for our men, hope for our daughters and the balm that heals sorrows.
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Prayers by women around the worldfrom China and Japan, to Syria and Ghanato African American, Asian American, Native American and Hispanic women in the United States including:

Teresa Palomo Acosta Yolanda Adams Rabi'a Al-Adawiyya Paula Gunn Allen Savitri Bess Mary McLeod Bethune Irene I. Blea Sandra Cisneros Marian Wright Edelman Rachelle Ferrell Monique Greenwood Joy Harjo Linda Hogan Patricia Locke Janice Mirikitani Toni Morrison Naomi Quinonez Della Reese Cathy Song Susan L. Taylor Sojourner Truth Harriet Tubman Iyanla Vanzant Phillis Wheatley CeCe Winans Empress Yamatohime ... and many others

This beautiful collection of prayers will take you on a journey into the spiritual walk of women of color around the worldincluding Asia, the Middle East and Africaas well as Native American, African American, Asian American and Hispanic women in the United States. Through these prayers, poetry, lyrics, meditations and affirmations, you will share in the strong and undeniable connection that women of color share with God. As you delve into the words of unwavering faith, perseverance, resistance, celebration and communion with God and family that fill each page, you will find your ideas about prayer challenged and your own prayer life inspired and renewed.