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March 1, 2009

Enuma Okoro

Enuma Okoro was born in the United States and raised in Nigeria, Ivory Coast, and England. She holds a Master of Divinity degree from Duke University Divinity School where she served as Director for the Center for Theological Writing. She is a spiritual director and has served as a Spiritual Formation Leader for seminarians. Okoro is an author, speaker, and she continues to lead workshops and retreats on varied topics engaging the arts, and spiritual disciplines.

Okoro's spiritual memoir, Reluctant Pilgrim: A Moody Somewhat Self-Indulgent Introvert's Search for Spiritual Community was a winning finalist in the 2010 USA Best Books Award and received the 2011 National Indie Excellent Book Awards Winning Finalist in “Spirituality and African-American Non-Fiction.”

She is co-author with Shane Claiborne and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove of Common Prayer: Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals (Zondervan Publishers, 2010). She is also co-author with Susan Briehl and Don Richter of a companion study guide for On Our Way: Christian Practices for Leading a Whole Life, ed. by Dorothy C. Bass and Susan R. Briehl.

Okoro’s poetry is featured in At the Still Point: A Literary Guide to Prayer in Ordinary Time compiled by Sarah Arthur (Paraclete Press, 2011)

She writes a biweekly online column at Patheos called “Cornering God,” about women’s ways of knowing and engaging the holy.

In addition, her writing has been featured in:

ABC News' Good Morning America online
Burnside Writers’ Collective
The Christian Century
Christianity Today’s Her.meneutics
Neue: The Magazine for Leaders Shaping the Future of the Church
Weavings: Journal of the Spiritual Life
Red Letter Christians (Tony Campolo and Friends)
DaySpring’s (in)Courage for Christian Women
The Cry: A Word Made Flesh Advocacy Publication
Faith and Leadership
Horizons Magazine for Presbyterian Women
Conspire Magazine: Plotting Goodness
The Journal of Student Ministries
The UpperRoom Disciplines
Boundless Webzine for Young Adults (Focus on the Family)

Visit her website www.enumaokoro.com and follow her on twitter at @Tweetenuma.

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We're Just Friends. No, Really. | Our culture - and church's - obsession with romance has crowded out the chance for real friendship between men and women. (October 24, 2011)

Obama's Visit Challenges 'African Woman' Stereotype | The Young African Women Leaders Forum demonstrated that not all African women are victims and in need of Western help. (July 13, 2011)

Should Christians Pursue External Beauty? | A controversial Psychology Today article arguing that black women are less attractive than others got me thinking about real beauty. (June 24, 2011)

Why 'Happy' Isn't a Christian Word | How to practice hope during the happiest season of the Christian year. (June 1, 2011)

Posted by Sarah Pulliam Bailey on March 1, 2009 11:43 AM

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