My Lord, he calls me : stories of faith by Black American Latter-day Saints / Alice Faulkner Burch, general editor.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Burch, Alice Faulkner, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• African American Latter Day Saints--Religious life.
• African American Latter Day Saints--Biography.
• Racism--Religious aspects--Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
• Race relations--Religious aspects--Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
• African American Latter Day Saints.

Genre:

• Biographies
• Biographies.

Physical Description:

xii, 225 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, Utah : Deseret Book, [2022]

Summary:

"An anthology of personal essays by Black American Latter-day Saints, detailing their experiences in the church"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

• This body of color : four simple words / Lita Little Giddins
• Our road trip to Jesus / Hayley and Millie Fletcher
• One seeking to know and learn / Abner Leonard Howell (August 9, 1878-September 6, 1966)
• Staunch members of this religion / Mary Lucille Perkins Bankhead (August 9, 1902-June 16, 1994)
• Poem : This body of being
• "I, Too, Am Part of God's Plan" / Tayler Jolley
• The path we take
• Do I belong? / Gloria Talley Wilkinson
• In the same manner / Eugene Orr
• Following where the Holy Spirit leads
• Slain in the Spirit / Rodric Anthony Johnson
• "As a mother in Israel, thou shalt be known among the people" / Jane Elizabeth Manning James (November 5, 1821-April 16, 1908)
• Gifts of God / Alice Faulkner Burch
• Spiritual learning and social belonging / Jermaine Sullivan
• Spiritually locked and loaded / Rah Freestone
• Poem : When truth first spoke to me
• Searching for my Heavenly Father's church / Pepper McCoy
• Born of goodly parents / Wayne Lee
• Where Heavenly Father led me / Esther M. Branch
• Hosanna! Hosanna! / Elizabeth "Bessie" Ritchie Rogers (November 17, 1884-February 10, 1970)
• The answer? The Plan of Salvation / Sherri Camp
• God wanted me in this church / Stuart Scott
• I knew it was true / Norma Banks
• What are you? / Anonymous
• From tabernacle to temple / Kayla Wyatt
• Not necessarily fair / Kevin Flowers
• Poem : Without
• I thought the gospel was free for anyone that wanted to hear it / Marie Benjamin Graves (1878-1930) - Identity and priority / Parker M. Jolley
• The family with the Black kids / Abigail Hansen
• Poem : Jesus understands me Black
• Is that still a thing? / Robert S. Burch Jr.
• Nothing small in the Kingdom of God / Samuel Davidson Chambers (May 21, 1831-November 9, 1929)
• Learning the gospel as a young woman / Tianna Jolley
• Heritage and legacy / J. Tekulvē Jackson-Vann
• I know the work is of God / John Wesley Harmon Jr. (January 17, 1881-October 30, 1940)
• Poem : Testimony of an aged ancestor on being banned from the Holy Priesthood
• The bicycle trip / Randy Cutliff and Denise Silva
• The gospel is here on earth / Frances Ann Stewart Hood (January 1832-March 21, 1910)
• I found a brother / Earl Joseph Hunter Jr.
• Poured from the hand of God / Randall Silas
• Creative narrative : I know the voice of my Jesus
• Tuning my heart to my ancestors / Kinnith E. Holloway.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

• 9781639930296
• 1639930299

OCLC:

1348644623