PATRICIA RAYBON

Writing To Move Mountains

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Move from barriers to blessings with the best-selling One Year God’s Great Blessings Devotional, a 365-day journey through Scriptural virtues that God blesses. It’s a life-changing path to the beauty and wisdom of godly blessings!
(Tyndale House Publishers)

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Follow the path to freedom with Bound for Glory, a full-color celebration of African American spirituals featuring Tim Botts' beautiful calligraphy with reflections in verse by Patricia Raybon. A lovely treasure to share.
(Tyndale House Publishers)

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Move from struggles to power with I Told the Mountain to Move--the memoir of my journey to learn the secrets of mountain-moving prayer. A 2006 Book of the Year Finalist (Christianity Today Magazine).
(Salt River/Tyndale House)

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Move from racial hurt to healing with my forgiveness memoir, My First White Friend. Winner of the Christopher Award for "artistic excellence affirming the highest values of the human spirit." Also Books for a Better Life Award.
(Penguin/Putnam)

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HIS ART, OUR WORDS:


How can a white artist and a black writer explore a tough topic? With a shared faith. See the result in Bound for Glory, our beautiful collaboration on African American spirituals, featuring the compelling art of renown calligrapher Timothy Botts. Pick up your copy today!


The great team at Kyria.Com hosted my prayer webinar which drew 730 enthusiastic registrants. Watch it now by clicking here.


Welcome. I’m Patricia Raybon and I write faith-building, life-changing books that help people heal. Many lovely book readers seem to agree:

  • “One of the most gifted women writers I’ve ever experienced.”--Beth Moore, Author

  • “Daring, raw and real.”-- Philip Yancey, Author

  • “Patricia Raybon’s school of prayer is life itself.”--Jane Vennard, Author and prayer scholar, Denver.

  • “My favorite author.”--Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil, Author and professor, Seattle, Washington

  • “At every page, I’m saying: I love this book!”--Deanie Himmaugh, Louisiana

  • "Satisfying and illuminating."--Carleen Brice, Author

  • “Outstanding.”--D. Adams, West Palm Beach. Florida

  • "One of the cutting-edge voices in all of spirituality."--Rev. Dr. Teresa L. Fry Brown, Candler School of Theology, Emory University

  • “You have a natural gift for writing and a wonderful journey of faith to share.”--Ginny Dent Brant, Author

  • ”I am a fan of your writing!”--Virginia Johnson, Prayer Ministry Coordinator, Faithbridge United Methodist Church, Spring, Texas

  • “Your writing is beautiful, honest, instructional and inspiring.”--Leslie Teddy

  • “A blessing.”--Beth B. Leslie, Greenville, South Carolina

  • “The most moving book I’ve read in a long time.”--Vera Calderon, Clovis, California

  • “Awesome. Inspiring.”--Judith Flowers, Baltimore, Maryland

  • “I can’t say thank you enough to our God for you and this book.”—Paige Lammey, Southaven, Mississippi

  • “A must read for any pastor's wife, Sunday school teacher or any sister searching for a deeper relationship with the Father.”--Daria Dillard Stone, Dayton, Ohio

  • "There is so much power and healing in the first 100 or so pages that I can't wait 'til church is over today so that I can finish it."--Pastor Roy Snapp-Kolas, Salvation Army, Inglewood, CA

  • "Thanks for writing a book that made me re-examine my inability to forgive."--Paul Martens

  • "What a powerful testimony and journey and so very well told."--Sylvia Artz, Centennial, CO

  • And my list of great comments goes on...! Thanks, book lovers.

    • Critics say nice things, too:

  • “Glorious...Raybon can tell a story to be sure.”--Publishers Weekly

  • “Fresh and open."--Christian Retailing Magazine

  • “Candid and captivating.”--Black Issues Book Review

  • “Lush prose...eminently readable.”--Christianity Today Magazine

  • “Highly recommended."--Midwest Book Review

  • “Powerful. Inspiring. Masterful.”--Good Girl Reviews

  • “A real gem...(her) writing is fluid and substantial.”FaithfulReader.Com

  • “Lush prose...eminently readable.”--Christianity Today Magazine

  • “Raybon is an award-winning writer. This book shows why.”--NAPRA Review

    • P.S. Thanks for reading all this feedback. And for a taste of my new One Year devotional, God's Great Blessings, watch this short book trailer--created by a talented friend, Tyora Moody of Tywebbin Creations in Columbia, SC. (Thank you, Ty.)

    A LIVING WORD

    "Anything is possible if a person believes."
    Mark 9:32 NLT