Hyacinths-That's how Rhoda McKinney-Jones approaches the writing process. She's a keen wordsmith, using life's lexicon and beauty to pay it forward. The methodology has earned her a quiet but powerful spot as a respected editor, ghostwriter, and former daily and magazine journalist. Over the past 35 years, Rhoda has garnered a sterling reputation by focusing on the client's story. Industry veterans experience her as a creative collaborator, one inherently attuned to global social consciousness with a pen that connects to the human experience. Rhoda has innate talent and studied knowledge, though she'd say, "Beneath the noise, there's a story waiting to be told. My gift is to unveil it." Her gifts. Rhoda has edited books published by Judson Press, a boutique Christian publishing arm of American Baptist Churches USA, Crazy Faith: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives, by Rev. Dr. Susan K. Smith, and What We Love About the Black Church: Can We Get a Witness, by Drs. Joel Gregory and William Crouch, and A History of the Black Church: I Don't Feel No Ways Tired, by Rev. Dr. Wayne Croft, the former having been a nominated finalist for the prestigious National Best Book Awards in 2009. She co-authored with Bishop Donald Hilliard, Midlife, Manhood, and Ministry. Rhoda created the American Baptist Churches, USA denominational in-house magazine, The Christian Citizen. And she most recently edited Rev. Dr. Glenn E. Porter's book, Journey With Jesus Through Black History.