Hi, I'm an everyday wife and mom who loves the Lord and loves to write. I've published a few secular magazine articles and poetry but have decided to write exclusively for the Lord from now on.
I also have had the opportunity of being a foster parent to emotionally disturbed, abused kids who just needed a safe haven while their folks got the counseling they needed. I've had lots of fun leading a youth group for a few years and was also the Sunday school superintendent and teacher. I've served as the spiritual growth coordinator for our women's group for many years too.
In the past few years, I've been a lay speaker at our church and am certified to speak outside of our local church as well. I just try to find ways to glorify God in all aspects of my life.
I'm currently working on two books - One is a fictional book, entitled, Beyond Enlightenment, which presents two parallel worlds, New Age and Earth. Each purports benevolent purpose while subtly lacing truth with deceit, until neither is discernible and personal accountability becomes an abstract concept, which pretty much mirrors current secular society.
In the beginning of the book, both worlds are presented to the reader as separate, but eventually they combine into one reality that evolves from within the delusional mind of our main character, Jason, who is a real man trapped in an actual coma. Jason projects himself into the characters and circumstances he has contrived as he works through his many guilty regrets over his self-gratifying life choices that have led him to betrayal of family and self and ultimately, to suicide.
Rather than achieving oneness with the All, which is the New Age world’s version and ultimate goal of experiencing truth, our character is tormented with a subtle, yet consistent awareness of something profoundly critical that is missing within the solutions offered by the leaders of the New Age World. Though barely discernable to him, the Holy Spirit is working within his heart, which thwarts him from achieving oneness with an empty, narcissistic illusion of the false god they offer.
(You'll just have to read the book to find out how it all comes out!)
The other book is my personal testimony about overcoming a rocky childhood having been raised by an abusive stepfather who was an alcoholic, as was my mother. I discuss the feeling of worthlessness that such an upbringing decrees and the power of our merciful God to break the vicious cycle of the dysfunctional family. Although I was consistent in my dodging of God's call on my life for many years, his loving mercy was relentless and my life has been richly blessed because of his remarkable grace. We can only tell our stories; God uses them, as He will for His glory!
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