56: Khristi Adams | Parable of The Brown Girl

Khristi and I chat about what led to the writing of Parable of The Brown Girl, providing a safe space for young girls of color to talk about their experiences, common struggles girls of color face and God’s truth that speaks to those struggles. 

6:31 Will you share a little of your faith journey with us?  When did you come to know Jesus as Savior?

11:20 You are passionate about providing young women and girls of color with safe and supportive spaces to help them grow and thrive. Will you share a little of what growing up as a girl of color is like and why it is vital to have safe and supportive spaces to help them thrive?

“It’s really important for…girls of color that are growing up in spaces, whether they’re in spaces where people look like them or particularly the ones that are growing up around people that don’t necessarily look like them to know that they’re not blending…Sometimes, that whole we’re all one in Christ…can make it seem like we’re all, sort of, this big melting pot….They’re unique and important to the body of Christ. They’re a part of, what I mention in the book, the Imago Dei, the image of God.”

“We can’t comprehend the uniqueness and multi-facetedness of God.  Because of that, we put our own limitations on God, as far as what we perceive God to be.”

“If we approached Father, Son, and Holy Spirit the way we do diversity, then we would think we  [Christians] were polytheistic.  We would be worshipping three gods. Yet, we can easily comprehend worshipping one God with three distinct persons, yet we don’t understand the diversity of the human body.”

16:55 Let’s talk about your book Parable of The Brown Girl. What led to the writing of this book?

20:14 Each chapter of the book covers common struggles women of color face.  Struggles like being viewed as angry, not having a voice, being insecure. What has been the response of young women, as they have read and discussed the book? 

First Reaction of Parable of The Brown Girl Video

Chapter Overview Videos

“She said, ‘I never really felt heard and understood. I felt like you heard me and wrote down what I felt.’….She said, ‘I even got the God part.’….That was the aha moment for me. This is what it’s all about moments….My prayer was always that people, regardless of what the topic is, they can see Christ in it.”

25:32 Not only do you share testimonies of young women of color in each chapter, you follow each story with God’s truth and what He has to say about our voice, our security, our identity and so on.  Will you share a few of the truths you shared in the book?

Chapter 1: The girl asked, “Why did God make me a warrior, when I am really just weak?”

“The truth that came from that, the spiritual truth, was about strength and weakness and how God, when we’re weak carries our strength. He is our strength, but also that God makes room for our weakness.”

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