Katara Washington Patton

Katara Washington Patton is publisher at UMI/Urban Ministries, Inc. She is former executive editor of VOICES from Our Daily Bread Publishing. In addition to being a regular contributor to Our Daily Bread's daily devotions, she has authored several books, including the best-selling Navigating the Blues: Where to Turn When Worry, Anxiety, or Depression Steals Your Hope (Our Daily Bread, 2023) and her forthcoming book Faith of Our Teen Girls: Passing Belief from Mother to Daughter (Whitaker House, 2027).  She holds a master of journalism from Northwestern University and a master of divinity from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary. A native of Thibodaux, Louisiana, Katara and her husband reside on Chicago's South Side. They have one teenaged daughter.