Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Down Author:Neta Jackson A robbery, a lyching and a mourning mother shake up the Yada Yada Prayer group.I had never felt so violated! the Yada Yada Prayer group was getting down with God in prayer and praise one night when a heroin- crazed woman barged into my house, demanded our valuables and threatened us with a 10 inch knife- a knife that drew blood. We wondered if w... more »e'd ever get back to normal after this terrifying experince. I assumed we would although normal doesn't usually describe the tweleve of us mismatched women anyway. after all we'd started praying together at the Chicago women's conference last spring. and we'd been through a lot ready as spirirtual sisters. this was just one more hurdle to conquer right? but then a well meaning gesture suddently included a back lash of anger in the group forcing us to confront generations of racial division, pain and distrust and stretching our friendship to the limit.« less