Live Interview With Shani McIlwain, Author of Sharing My Mess

Shani McIlwain was born in Los Angeles in the Queen of Angels Hospital. In 1982, she and her mother moved to New York. While there, she learned to play the violin, played sports, studied scripture, and adopted her love her writing. After high school, she went to Hampton University where she majored in History. After college, she moved to DC, and began work in Customer Service Management and Process Improvement.

In 2009 after the death of her 4th child, she joined Faith Presbyterian Church under the leadership of Rev. Bernice Parker-Jones. It was there that she began her journey of healing through spirituality, love and writing.

In the middle of her mess, she realized that Jesus is real. “He’s more than a song. He’s bigger than anything and everything I could imagine, and I wholeheartedly believe that my calling is to empower others to get know Jesus in a way that will transform their lives.”

Her 90-day devotional helps you build your personal relationship with God by maturing your prayer life, elevating your thought patterns, developing your faith, and transforming your mess into a life-changing testimony. Drawing from inspirational bible passages and her own heartfelt experiences, Shani E. McIlwain offers insightful instruction on what spiritual intimacy with God is and how to go about achieving it. Through Jesus Christ, we can do all things, and as we build our lives around Him, we break open tremendous opportunities to become all that He has created us to be. 

Join me Hezekiah L. Montgomery host of The Man In The Mirror and co-host Nichelle Johnson as we welcome Ms. Shani McIlwain on the show.  She will give us more detail of her life and what made her write this awesome devotional that has been helping all those who have dared to read it.