She Said God Blessed Us

Gail Hovey is an editor and writer. Her activism began with the civil rights movement and grew to include economic and social justice work with people’s movements from southern Africa to Hawaii. She lives in New York’s Lower Hudson Valley.

• Table of ContentsSection I—An End to Childish Ways1. In the Beginning2. Whither Thou Goest3. Suffer the Little Children4. Your Cloak as Well5. Putting Away Childish Things6. Will Set You Free7. Becoming Obedient8. With Those Who Rejoice9. With You AlwaysSection II—In the Wilderness10. Neither Jew nor Greek11. Sojourners in a Strange Land12. Neither Death nor Life13. Wipe Away Every Tear14. Not Unless You Bless Me15. Tidings16. Your Neighbor as Yourself17. The Devotion of Your Youth18. A Child Is Born19. Talk Leads Only To…20. Nothing on My Own21. Thou Shalt Not22. Through a Glass Darkly23. Only in Part24. Then Face to Face25. Your Flight Be Not in WinterSection III—By Their Fruits26. Spirit and Soul and Body27. The Dust from Your Feet28. Unless I See29. The Third and Fourth Generation30. Gather Stones Together31. Time to EmbraceEpilogue: And Pondered Them in Her HeartAcknowledgmentsIndex

“Hovey's riveting, beautifully written memoir is an excruciatingly honest account of her complex and committed life after abuse.”—WATER: Women’s Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual