title: Abide: A Coloring Book with Verses of Comfort and Hope for Christian Women
author: Kimberly Rae
description: Kimberly Rae is an author, speaker, abolitionist, former missionary, and wife and mom. With six different health conditions, she battles discouragement and loves finding or creating things that lift up others. She started coloring mandalas in a book one day, but then decided to draw her own, and that's how this coloring book came to be! Rae typically writes about fighting human trafficking (check out her Amazon bestselling suspense/romance books set in India- Stolen Woman, Stolen Child, Stolen Future - or her new novel, Shredded, about trafficking in small town North Carolina) and living joyfully despite chronic illness (see her encouraging books titled Sick &amp; Tired, Laughter for the Sick &amp; Tired, Why Doesn't God Fix It? or You're Sick, They're Not). Rae has also written a series on human trafficking that is age-appropriate for pre-teens (Capturing Jasmina, Buying Samir, and Seeking Mother), as well as a coloring book for children, with an adult lesson-book companion, on how to recognize and prevent childhood sexual abuse (I Am Safe). Rae has been published over 200 times and has work in 5 languages. After living in Bangladesh, Kosovo, Uganda and Indonesia, Addison's disease brought her permanently back to the U.S. She now lives in North Carolina with her husband and two young children. Check out Kimberly's other books, order autographed copies, or contact Kimberly at www.kimberlyrae.com.
zlib_text: PARABLE OF THE BROWN GIRL
  
  THE SACRED LIVES OF GIRLS OF COLOR  
  
  KHRISTI ADAMS
  
  FORTRESS PRESS
  
  MINNEAPOLIS
  
  PARABLE OF THE BROWN GIRL
  
  The Sacred Lives of Girls of Color
  
  Print ISBN: 978-1-5064-5568-6
  
  eBook ISBN: 978-1-5064-5569-3
  
  Copyright © 2020 Fortress Press, an imprint of 1517 Media.  
  All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in critical articles or
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  1209, Minneapolis, MN 55440-1209.
  
  The names of the people included in this book have been changed to protect
  their identities.
  
  Cover design: Josh Dingle, LoveArts
  
  > > > > _F_ or all the brown-skinned black girls who courageously shared their
  > story, their wisdom, and their truths with me.
  
  > > Society may put you on the margins, but you are at the center of God’s
  > heart.
  
  CONTENTS
  
    * Acknowledgments
    * Introduction
    * 1\. Parab