Brown shares many of her rich life experiences as a black clergy woman and seminary professor. She preaches and teaches to all women so they can begin to break through the very real "brick ceiling" that threatens to hold them in and keep them from their call to ministry, using the coping mechanisms familiar to the African American experience. She truthfully, gently, and practically confronts the issues, using 'Mother Wit' and 'Sister Sense.' Her understanding and part of her own call is that women need to be in community as 'Sistahs' to succeed, and she takes a giant step to empower and help them actualize their ministry. Each chapter includes invaluable, practical suggestions to help women in ministry faithfully navigate the internal and external challenges at every turn.

Teresa L. Fry Brown is associate professor of homiletics at Candler School of Theology, Emory University. She was interim director of the Candler Black Church Studies program and a pastor in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. She earned her Ph.D. from Iliff School of Theology.