Table of Contents
Acknowledgments 11
What Is a Yes Sister? 13
Part 1 Yes to Believe
1 We CAN Be Ready 17
A Word from a Yes Sister: Cheryl Pullins, "A Loss to a Yes" 28
2 We CAN Realize Our Dreams 30
A Word from a Yes Sister: Cindy Monroe, "Dreaming with Others in Mind" 39
3 God DOES Love Us 41
A Word from a Yes Sister: Cara Whitney, "No Bones about It" 48
4 We ARE Beautiful 50
A Word from a Yes Sister: Angela Guzman, "Beauty in Grief" 60
5 We ARE Worthy 62
A Word from a Yes Sister: Suzanne Eller, "Worth Discovering" 68
6 We CAN Find People to Love Us 70
A Word from a Yes Sister: Barb Roose, "My Pink Circle of Yes Sisters" 77
7 We CAN Find Yes Sisters 79
A Word from a Yes Sister: Holley Gerth, "Better Together" 87
8 Our Faith WILL Sustain Us 89
A Word from a Yes Sister: Liz Curtis Higgs, "Trusting God through the Storm" 94
Part 2 Yes In Action
9 We CAN Create Our Dreams 99
A Word from a Yes Sister: LaTara V. Bussey, "Dreaming for Each Other" 109
10 We WILL Overcome 110
A Word from a Yes Sister: Dr. Nicole LaBeach, "A Greater Love for The Color Purple" 119
11 We DO Get Second Chances-and Thirds … 121
A Word from a Yes Sister: Tricia Goyer, "A Legacy of Yes" 128
12 We ARE Finding Our Way 130
A Word from a Yes Sister: Tamela Mann, "The Friendship Anchor" 138
13 We HAVE Shoulders to Cry On or to Stand On 139
A Word from a Yes Sister: Vetta Cask, "Leaning on One Another" 145
14 We CAN Handle the Truth 146
A Word from a Yes Sister: Dr. Terry Whitt Bailey, "Embracing Tough Truth" 154
15 We WILL Rise from the Ashes 156
A Word from a Yes Sister: Genma Holmes, "A Light-Bulb Moment" 163
Part 3 More of Yes
16 Becoming a Yes Sister 167
A Word from a Yes Sister: Cynthia Ruchti, "Yes Sister Beginnings" 174
17 The Yes Sisters You've Never Met 177
A Word from a Yes Sister: Maurita Sutton Brown, "Believing without Seeing" 183
18 Knowing and Forgiving the No Sisters 185
A Word from a Yes Sister: Heidi Chiavaroli, "Choosing Freedom" 193
19 Righting Wrong Yeses 195
A Word from a Yes Sister: Amy Parker, "The Best Yes" 200
20 Yes Sisters of the Bible 201
A Word from a Yes Sister: Wilisha Scaife, "At His Feet and in His Face: The Principle of Priority" 209
21 A Celebration of Yes Sisters 211
A Word from a Yes Sister: Candace Cameron Bure, "The Faithful Yes" 216
Notes 219
