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me something, but I’ve brought nothing to
the table. My worship was tired. I needed to
change that, and in doing so, how I viewed
worship and rest changes. I wanted to share
that experience with other people, especially
women, who never stop themselves from
spinning forward. We wear ourselves out
for everything and leave nothing for God
to use. I’m also super excited about collab-
orating with my sister again (wink, wink).
I started writing a chapbook for younger
readers because I didn’t see my daughter’s
face represented in the chapbooks for girls
her age (1st-5th grade). I recognized this
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when it was “dress as your favorite book
character” day at school. There were not
many book characters that looked like her,
especially girls. That bothered me. So, I
took Toni Morrison’s advice and began to
write the book I’d want to read if I was
a little girl her age. Hope and I will be
working on that book together, because the
main characters are sisters.
HimPower: Hope, we understand you’re
published too. What is the name of your
book?
Hope LeNoir: I wrote Rush because I
thought it was important to deal with the