Friends in Faith: Emily Borman

Emily Borman and I met a little over a year ago at a Blessed Is She brunch, but I’d known about her work long before that. She is among the founders of Conversation with Women, a safe place for women to share the joys and challenges of their faith journeys. I admired even before I knew… Continue reading Friends in Faith: Emily Borman

Friends in Faith: Heidi Hess Saxton

Heidi Hess Saxton and I first crossed virtual paths nearly twenty years ago when I was the editor of Writer’s Digest magazine and she was a freelance writer. She was the kind of freelancer I enjoyed working with-always on time, her articles hitting the mark in content and length. Flash forward a few years and this… Continue reading Friends in Faith: Heidi Hess Saxton

Friends in Faith: Paula Hummel

Paula Hummel and I grew up less than a hundred miles apart in the Upper Midwest. (Me about ten years before her, but does that really matter? Not to me!) We have some other similarities in our backgrounds, but it’s the way Paula lives her faith today that inspires me. She’s a devoted wife and… Continue reading Friends in Faith: Paula Hummel

Friends in Faith: Thelma Garry

When I think of Thelma Garry, I think of two words: service and community. She’d probably tell you they’re the same thing. Service is multidimensional in her life; her husband, Pete, is a retired Air Force colonel, and she and their children, some with special needs, accompanied him around the world. Everywhere Thelma went, among… Continue reading Friends in Faith: Thelma Garry