Patricia Raybon and daughter Alana. Photo provided by Patricia Raybon.
Colorado author Patricia Raybon, a Christian, and her youngest daughter Alana, a convert to Islam, will appear on NBC’s “Today” on Thursday, April 2, in a taped segment about reaching across the faith divide. Their appearance is tied to the April 28 release of their book, “Undivided: A Muslim Daughter, Her Christian Mother, Their Path to Peace” (HarperCollins Christian Publishing).
The segment with “Today” host Willie Geist was taped last week in Nashville where Alana, an elementary school teacher, lives with her husband and children. It includes footage shot at Denver’s historic Shorter Community A.M.E. Church, where Patricia has been an active member for 35 years.
Raybon, a former University of Colorado-Boulder journalism faculty member and a Denver Post staffer before that, now writes fulltime on matters of faith. include My First White Friend and I Told the Mountain to Move.
