Seeds of Racial Healing

A Spiritual Journey Toward Healing and Justice for Christians of Color

You are born from a seed that cannot die.

In a world filled with discrimination, racially motivated violence, and miscarriages of justice, hope and joy can feel unattainable, and lies denying your personhood try to dim the truth that you are created in the image of God.

In Seeds of Racial Healing, counselor and spiritual director Sheila Wise Rowe offers you a season of rest and restoration. Her spiritually formative approach enables you to deepen your faith as you pursue healing from racial trauma, past and present.

Anchored in daily Scriptures, these fifty-two devotions help you become more aware of God every day, even as you confront interpersonal racism and systemic oppression. In each devotion, Rowe inspires readers to share your stories and reminds your weary soul that you are fearfully and wonderfully made.

In these devotions, you'll find



- personal stories,

- prayer and encouragement,

- Scripture passages,

- questions for reflection, and

- actionable steps to help you pursue both healing and justice.

If you're a Christian of color looking for a an accessible, trauma-informed devotional, Seeds of Racial Healing will help you confront challenges, embrace your worth as a child of God, and sow seeds of healing and transformation, whether on your own or as part of a group. You'll find encouragement to employ rest, resilience, and the power of faith to nurture growth in yourself and your community.



Sheila Wise Rowe (MEd, Cambridge College) has over thirty years of experience offering counseling and spiritual direction to individuals, couples, leaders, and trauma survivors. Sheila also spent a decade ministering to unhoused and abused women, children, and youth in Johannesburg, South Africa, where she was a lay pastor and taught Christian counseling and trauma-related courses. Sheila is a speaker, trainer, and writer, authoring the award-winning Healing Racial Trauma and Young, Gifted, and Black. She and her husband, Nicholas Rowe, live in Boston, Massachusetts, and coauthored Healing Leadership Trauma.

Introduction
Part 1: The Sower and the Seeds: Days 1-10


1. Imperishable Seed


2. The Sower


3. Rooted in God


4. Seedbed


5. Seeds of Welcome


6. Crossroads


7. Seeds of Promises


8. Seeds of Trust


9. Seeds of Hope


10. Gathering Straw
Part 2: The Soil of Your Story: Days 11-21


11. The Condition of the Soil


12. Toxic Soil


13. The Footpath


14. Rocky Places


15. Amongst Thorns


16. Grains of Responsibility


17. The Fruit of Thoughts and Feelings


18. Pulling the Weeds of Shame


19. On Being


20. Sustenance


21. Seeds of Wounds and Wonder
Part 3: Wheat Among the Weeds: Days 22-32


22. Uncovered


23. Seeds of Safety


24. Wheat and Weeds


25. Germination


26. Seedlings


27. The Fruit of Surrender


28. Dormancy: Grief and Mourning


29. The Fruit of Forgiveness


30. Cultivating Justice and Repair


31. Seeded: Community


32. Seeds of Value
Part 4: Becoming Grown: Days 33-42


33. The Vine and the Fruit


34. Growing Perseverance


35. Pruning


36. Blossoming Peace


37. Deeply Rooted Rest


38. Seeds of Gratitude


39. Growing Humility


40. The Fruit of Truth


41. Bedrock


42. Harvest of Blessings
Part 5: Sow, Tend and Harvest: Days 43-52


43. Planted for God's Glory


44. Mustard Seed Faith


45. Well-Watered Garden


46. Flourishing


47. Cultivating Good Fruit


48. Securing Pleasant Places


49. Fields of Abundance


50. Tending with Peace and Joy


51. Walking the Fields


52. Fruit that Lasts