How have they done it?  How do they continue to do it?  How do black women endure life’s excruciating struggles and come forth with a whole heart and a sure soul?  How do black women seem to find hope in the midst of brutal pain?  Can the black woman’s strength be found in the spiritual life?  Are her stories of pain and grief, depression and despair, hopelessness and sorrow consoled by her faith?

Yolanda Pierce, writer for Religion Dispatches, offers a glimpse of the strength, courage, beauty, and wonder of the black women in her article, BLACK WOMEN AND THE SACRED: WITH “LEMONADE,” BEYONCE’ TAKES US TO CHURCH.  Read more and possibly ask yourself how, for centuries, has the black woman survived such unremitting heartache.

http://religiondispatches.org/black-women-and-the-sacred-beyonce-takes-us-to-church/