prayers

66) Tired of Suffering

From the novel Jubilee (1966), by Margaret W. Alexander (1915-98); (Quoted in Conversations With God: Two Centuries of African-American Prayers, ed. by James M. Washington, pp. 211-212, HarperCollins).      Brother Ezekiel held the (two year old) child down close to her mother’s face and said soothingly, “It’s your mama, Vyry, say hello to you maw.” […]

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2) Precious Lord, Take My Hand

By Thomas Dorsey (1899-1993); Guideposts magazine, October 1987     Back in 1932 I was 32 years old and a fairly new husband.  My wife, Nettie, and I were living in a little apartment on Chicago’s South-side.  One hot August afternoon I had to go to St. Louis, where I was to be the featured soloist at a

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