One of the first times I spent serious time with Paula Lazor, she talked of helping and defending a good friend. The friend was an elderly woman who had said something untoward after a lifetime of professional excellence and was being treated as a pariah as a result. Paula’s eyes flashed as she told the… Continue reading Friends in Faith: Paula Lazor
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On the Nightstand: The Edge of Mercy
I ran across this title in my continuing effort to read more contemporary Christian fiction. The Edge of Mercy: who isn’t or hasn’t been there? I was thrown a little by the cover–it doesn’t look contemporary–but then I read that it’s the story of two women, three hundred years apart, one during the time of… Continue reading On the Nightstand: The Edge of Mercy
Friends in Faith: Annie Sweeney
I recently got a solicitation from AHC Inc., which builds and preserves affordable housing communities for low- and very-low-income people in my area and elsewhere. The solicitation was to help at-risk kids go to summer camp. It made me smile for a lot of reasons, not the least of which is that my friend Annie… Continue reading Friends in Faith: Annie Sweeney
On the Nightstand: Be Brave in the Scared
It was September 27, 1992, and Mary and Jerry Lenaburg were at the baptism of their second child and first daughter, Courtney. It was then that Courtney had the first of what would be many grand-mal seizures in her twenty-two years of life. I’ve heard Mary’s amazing story of faith and what caring for Courtney… Continue reading On the Nightstand: Be Brave in the Scared