The Yada Yada Prayer Group — by Neta Jackson

• Sep-2003

What do an ex-con, a former drug addict, a real estate broker, a college student, and a married mother of two have in common?

Nothing, or so I thought. Who would have imagined that God would make a prayer group as mismatched as ours the clos...

• Aug-2004

A robbery, a lynching, and a mourning mother shake up the Yada Yadas.

I had never felt so violated! The Yada Yada Prayer Group was "gettin' down" with God in prayer and praise one night when a heroin-crazed woman barged into my house, demand...

• Jun-2005

The Yada Yadas thought they had a handle on forgiveness, but it seems God has them on a crash-course to an even deeper level.

After everything the Yada Yadas had been through in the past eight months, I told God I could sure use a little "du...

• Sep-2003

The Yada Yads got tight in the past year, but they're about to learn the real meaning of togetherness. We'd done it: we'd taken a mismatched, diverse group of women and cobbled together a prayer group that really worked for all of us. Now that spr...

• Aug-2006

For the Yada prayer sisters, getting' caight up in troubles isn't the problem, it's how to get free. Only weeks ago, we Yadas toughened our prayer knees when one of our own was the victim of a vicious, racial attack. Now it seems each household is...

• Apr-2007

A devastating fire wakes up the Yadas to a new reality: God is on the move. In spite of MaDear's failing health. In spite of the breakup of a teenage love. In spite of the curse of HIV. In spite of prison time hanging over the head of a beloved child...

• Oct-2007

A festive novella featuring America's favorite prayer group, the Yada Yadas! Sometimes dubbed "chick-lit" for their bright covers and catchy titles, this series provides far more depth than witty banter and wacky situations. Inspired by a prayer g...

• Dec-2008

Sometimes you find hope in the last place you look.

Gabrielle Fairbanks has nearly lost touch with the carefree, spirited young woman she was shen she married her husband sixteen years ago. But when the couple moves to Chicago to acco...

• Mar-2000

When Gabby loses custody of her sons and nearly all of her worldly possessions, she's surprised to discover what she's really made of. Now if she can just get her sons back . . . Gabby Fairbanks's husband locks her out and disappears with her sons...

• Jun-2010

Now that Gabby is back on her feet after being in a homeless shelter, she has a new dream that will stretch her faith farther than ever. Gabby expects a fight from her husband over custody of their boys, but she is taken aback when he leans on her...

• Mar-2011

Gabby knows God is the God of second chances. She just isn't sure she can give one to the man who betrayed her. When she was thrown out of the penthouse she shared with her husband and their sons, Gabby didn't know if she'd ever find a soft pla...