The Yada Yada Prayer Group
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Average rating3.8
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Ratings6
Average rating3.8
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 group as mismatched as ours the closest of friends? I almost didn't even go to the Chicago Women's Conference--after all, being thrown together with five hundred strangers wasn't exactly my "comfort zone." And being placed in a prayer group of twelve women from such diverse backgrounds seemed completely awkward. But something happened that weekend to make us realize we had to hang together. The "Yada Yada Prayer Group" was born, and we decided to meet regularly to pray for each other: knocking off each other's rough edges and learning to laugh and cry along the way! And when I faced the biggest crisis of my life, God used my newfound girlfriends to help teach me--Jodi Baxter, longtime Christian "good girl"--what it means to be just a sinner saved by grace.
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One of my real first reads for Christian chick lit. Like most chick lit, a lot of it was mindless, filled with the heroine's daily nothings –cooking dinner, worrying about what the neighbors think, social events that in the end, don't pertain to the plot at all.
Despite this, I guess it was still a heartwarming story .. Although it really feels as if the author totally copped out at the end, just to make it a happy ending. Or was that supposed to prove the supremacy of God's power? Either way, the crisis was resolved as quickly as it was formed, leaving me unsatisfied. I was really expecting it to break off with a cliffhanger & lead into the 2nd book.
This is probably one of my favourite novels of all time. It has all the things that I enjoy: multi-culture, prayer, optimism, challenges and it's an easy read. The perfect book to read before going to bed.
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6 primary booksThe Yada Yada Prayer Group is a 6-book series with 6 primary works first released in 2003 with contributions by Neta Jackson.
