Singing in the Closets of Life

Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX—Thelma Wells, author and popular speaker on the Women of Faith tour, specializes in the art of motivating, inspiring, and equipping people to “be their best.” Her latest book, God Is Not Through With Me Yet, offers readers the encouragement to face times of testing and uncertainty in life. As a writer, Thelma possesses the unique talent of communicating with her audience in a disarming, folksy manner, as if she and the reader are already good friends. As she shares some of her own memorable life experiences, her “tell-it-like-it-is” style, combined with her natural tendency toward motherly warmth, makes God Is Not Through With Me Yet an uplifting, irresistible read.

When she was just a little girl, Thelma was locked in a dark closet for hours at a time by her abusive grandmother. In this environment she discovered the power of praise. As she sang every old hymn she could remember, God met her in the darkness and exchanged her terror for overwhelming peace. Since that time, Thelma (or Mama T, as she is affectionately called) has been spreading the message of prayer and praise to everyone she meets, encouraging them to “sing in the closets of life.” This philosophy has given her the strength and determination to become:

• Recognized in newspapers and magazines as the first Black woman to serve as assistant vice president of a commercial bank, North Park National Bank in Dallas , TX
• The first Black woman in the South to organize her own international speaking and consulting company
• The first Black woman to become a core speaker for the largest Christian women’s movement in the world, the Women of Faith Conferences
• The first Black woman to found and implement a national mentoring program for women in ministry, The Daughters of Zion Leadership Mentoring Program
• The first Black woman to become a professor at Master’s International School of Divinity in Evansville , Indiana . A Women’s Issues Department was created as a result of the books and programs she developed.

Thelma has seen God do mighty things through the fervent prayers and praises of his people—including her own miraculous healing from breast cancer. After recovering from two surgeries and months of sickness, Thelma is one energized great-grandmother who is truly convinced that God is not finished with her yet. The book is scheduled for release in February 2007.

God Is Not Through With Me Yet
By Thelma Wells
Multnomah Publishers February 2007
The WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group
ISBN: 1-59052-785-2/hardcover/224 pages/$15.99