Pray For Them: The True Story of a Racist White Christian Called to Black Seminary

By Trisha Fenimore

Book Overview

"BOOK OF THE YEAR" AWARD, SILVER MEDAL (North American Book Awards)

EDITORS' PICK & "BOOK OF THE YEAR" AWARD, SEMI-FINALIST (Indies Today)

Trisha Fenimore had a long list of things she never wanted to become. By her early twenties, she had become most of them.

Racist.

Hate-filled.

Addicted.

Poor.

And finally... Christian.

More than anything else, Trisha vowed she would never become a Christian. One day she realized the very thing she was running from might actually be her escape route, away all the rest.

In 2014, while riding the New York City subway to a dead-end job, it dawned on the young woman that, despite all her best efforts, she had nevertheless become racist, herself. Following this profound realization, Trisha sought guidance from an older Christian mentor and received advice which was simple, though far from easy.

After over a year of prayer, practice and failures too numerous to count, she felt God call her to the most unlikely place of all: a predominantly black seminary school in Harlem, New York.

Trisha's time as the only white student in her class proved revelatory. But she soon learned that when you've danced with the devil for so long, you don't get to choose when the music stops.

From becoming an atheist at age eleven in the rural Midwest, to attending a historically black seminary in Harlem, to bringing the gospel to convicts in America's most notorious prison, Pray For Them is a gritty, searingly honest coming-of-age memoir about a young American woman's struggle through the good and evil which reside in all of us, as well as her desperate search to find God... and herself.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0C5PCXMGF
• ISBN13: 9798986859910
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Trisha Fenimore
• Length: 524 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Honest and Enthralling!!!

Thrisha is completely open-hearted and incredibly brave in sharing her story, her feelings & emotions so that others might be helped with her words. I admire her greatly for being incredibly courageous to write her inner thoughts about racism and life story on paper for all to read...thoughts that many people have, but are afraid to speak...held back by fear. She is one AMAZING and beautiful person! A truly inspirational book and she has taught me so much about the power of faith, prayer and trusting in God. Thank you Trisha and I look forward to reading your next book. ~ I am not a big reader so any book that can hold my attention and desire to read more and learn is definitely worth your time!