May 2, 1998
Mrs. Solomon was interviewed by Ms. Mary Demory who is an active member and officer of the United Baptist Church, in Baltimore, MD. She is the Director of Community Relations for Bons Secour Baltimore Health System; President of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Baltimore Metropolitan Chapter; and President of the Baltimore Delta Alumni Foundation. Ms. Demory has a strong interest in the increasing number of African American authors and their works.

MD We are on line with Stephannie R. Solomon author of Conversations With The King a Christian book published in January 1997. Mrs. Solomon when you were led to write this book what did you expect your readers to get from this publication?

SS Well I wanted the reader to know above all things that God is real. In addition to this they should know that through Him there is hope and encouragement, understand that nothing is too hard for God, know that no circumstance has the power to leave anyone in a desolate state, and that God is able to fulfill every promise found in His word.

MD Should Christians always know that God is in every life situation?

SS Most definitely. Oftentimes we allow our situations to become consuming. We give them power that they are undeserving of. Sometimes as Christians we see God handling some cares and seemingly not others. We think that we should handle some cares and allow God to handle other issues. We pick at times what we will call on God for and we choose what we will cast before Him. But being in the likeness of Jesus Christ it is God's desire for us to give everything that He has given to us back to Him. He desires that we give ourselves to Him totally, our mind, emotions, and body. And we do not do this when we devote much of our thinking, feelings, and concerns to the issues of life. God even wants us to give Him our issues, but we are selective. I am a firm believer that if we as Christians would truly take God at His word and cast our cares before Him we would have more empowered Christians working to empower other Christians.

MD In doing that, how would attitude impact their ability to live an empowered life for Christ?

SS Attitude is truly everything because if you do not have the right attitude, which is the mind of Jesus Christ, you miss the mark. Whatever attitude we have should be what Christ wants it to be. And whatever Christ desires is the correct mind-set. If we are thinking in line with how the world is used to seeing situations mapped out, planned out, worked out, or resolved, it is simply not God's way and we are out of His will. That is just the bottom line. Sometimes we get so used to seeing how situations flow and end that we think that these are the only routes to take. But God says that He has a plan for our life and it is not always the plan according to man. He also said that He knows the way that we should go and that His ways are not our ways. Attitude has everything to do with it because if our mind is made up to be like Jesus, want what Jesus wants, and hate what He hates, then we are well on our way. But if our attitude is I can handle this, My mother did it this way, My father suggested that I should do this, Friends say I ought to, My pastor even said I ought to, it is not the attitude of God because you have now given over what should belong to God to somebody else. This is not the attitude that God wants. He wants a submissive attitude, one that truly has believed that God is able to take care of whatever the situation is. We must trust and believe Him to do it.