Research Catalog

Title

This is my story : testimonies and sermons of Black women in ministry / edited by Cleophus J. LaRue.

Publication

Louisville, Ky. : Westminster John Knox Press, c2005.

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Details

Additional Authors

LaRue, Cleophus James, 1953-

Description

ix, 203 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Subjects

• Anthologie
• Church history
• United States > Church history
• African Americans > Religion
• Black theology
• Sermons, American > Women authors
• Sermons, American > African American authors
• African American women clergy

Genre/Form

• Anthologie.
• Church history

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction : Black women and ordained Christian ministry / Cleophus J. LaRue -- The testimony of a butterfly / Cokiesha Lashon Bailey -- Sermon : "dispatched to die--predestined to live" Philippians 3:10 / Cokiesha Lashon Bailey -- From the pew to the pulpit / Cecelia E. Greene Barr -- Sermon : "say my name!" I Samuel 16:1-12 / Cecelia E. Greene Barr -- For such a time as this / Deborah K. Blanks -- Sermon : "telling God where it hurts" Mark 5:25-35 / Deborah K. Blanks -- Not by might, nor by power / Alyson Diane Browne -- Sermon : "straighten up!" Luke 13:10-17 / Alyson Diane Browne -- The journey I have known / Delores Carpenter -- Sermon : "what can you get with the faith you've got?" Matthew 15:28 / Delores Carpenter -- Determined to please God / Odessa Coder -- Sermon : "tell them you're with me" Luke 23:39-43 (KJV) / Odessa Coder -- All dressed up with nowhere to go / Claudette Anderson Copeland -- Sermon : "Tamar's torn robe" 2 Samuel 13:1-20 / Claudette Anderson Copeland -- From the driver's seat to the passenger's seat / LaVerne M. Gill -- Sermon : "the day God ripped open the skies" Psalm 29; Acts 19:1-7; Mark 1:4-11 / LaVerne M. Gill -- Tensions, tears, and triumphs / Alison P. Gise Johnson -- Sermon : "when the miraculous happens" Luke 7:36-8:3 / Alison P. Gise Johnson -- Dancing to the tune of life / Cynthia L. Hale -- Sermon : "celebrated, not just tolerated!" Genesis 1:26-27 / Cynthia L. Hale -- Too far to turn back / Carla A. Jones -- Sermon : "forgiven" Luke 23:32-35 / Carla A. Jones -- Laughing and dancing with God / Cheryl A. Kirk-Duggan -- Sermon : "from the wilderness to the light" Genesis 21:14-20 / Cheryl A. Kirk-Duggan -- A preaching desire / Charlotte McSwine-Harris -- Sermon : "at the table" Mark 2:13-17 / Charlotte McSwine-Harris.

ISBN

0664227767 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2004057247

OCLC

56413588

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library