Joie Rasberry | Bestselling Author

How an inner-city kid with a preposterous dream used her gift of speech, debate, and theatre to carve out a life that placed her onto life's top shelf. She dreamed an impossible dream and won.

How laughter and love outweighed the heavy load of caring for a mother when her health failed.

A heart attack was turned into hope, a stroke turned into strength, and a nervous breakdown turned into new beginnings.

How the church pews taught invaluable lessons on womanhood, femininity, and sexuality. These were the sermons that shape life and give reflection and direction.

Jesus was never married and didn't have children. If a human being emulates that they somehow clash with societal norms, even when they are winning.

Rejection is a master teacher. Learning how to navigate the no's and turn them into yes's builds self-reliance, fortitude, and power.

A select group of women in the marketplace and ministry share their redemptive stories of hope, healing, and success.

Dr. Freeman's archives and rolodex were a treasure chest. It was a pleasure to find students & ministers across the globe who he taught and impacted and ask them to share their reflections of him.

It was those old second-hand books my mother allowed me to fill her basket with at the old thrift Goodwill Store in Fifth Ward on Jensen drive that started me to dream, write and speak. The White House experience was just icing on the cake!