Suppose that you have ever experienced professional rejection or made to feel like your presence is both unwanted and unworthy of having a seat at the table because of your race, gender, level of education, socio-economic background, and not fitting the description for what society deems normative. If you have ever been that person whose presence was problematic, this book is a must-read.
Using Chaplaincy as a metaphor to describe the ministerial journey, Reverend Linda Davis articulates both the joys and challenges of being anAfrican American Woman in ministry while working and serving in traditionally male dominated environments. Reverend Davis writes: "Chaplaincy, for me, has been a call to the world. But it is a call that not everyone understood." This statement reflects the rich yet tension-filled experiences of Reverend Davis as she trusts God's direction into a future of promise and hope while undergoing painful rejection and separation from people and institutions that she holds dear to her heart.
In these pages, we find Reverend Davis's strength, perseverance as she finds herself at the doorsteps of new ministerial horizons.
Dr. Kenneth L. Gates Jr,
Supervisory Chaplain, FCI Fort Dix, Federal Bureau of Prisons