She Said/He Said

About the Book

18 Everything is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19 That is, in Christ, God was reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed the message of reconciliation to us. (2 Corinthians 5:18-19 HCSB version)

About the Author

I became a Christian over 43yrs ago and have had many good and bad experiences in the church. I was involved in many ministries over the years and have sadly seen some things in the Church that are shameful: adultery, violence, backbiting, etc. Things that might go far beyond what any nonbeliever might be capable of doing. Because of this I have determined to try and rid the church of some of these unsavory practices. I did an exhaustive study on what forgiveness is and in the course of this study I also learned about reconciliation. I have read over 110 books, on these two subjects, and have both taken and given classes on them. I believe that teaching on the subjects of forgiveness and reconciliation is my life calling. I was involved in a couple of church scandals, as the victim, and have had to learn to forgive the malicious Christian leaders who tried to destroy me. It was a very difficult experience for me since I was taught to trust people in authority, especially in the Church. I live in Danville, California; most folks here are affluent; but I'm not. I am of Italian decent. I went to the University of Illinois and graduated with a degree in Elementary Education, with a minor in Social Services. I met and married a Taiwanese man at the University. He is a computer "genius" and specializes in Data Architecture, Data Warehousing, and ETL. We have recently purchased an old home which we are remodeling together. We have one daughter, in her late twenties, who is an accountant and livesn LA. We also have two cats, Mimi and Jingles; they make us laugh. My family lives in the Chicago area and my husband's lives near Taipei, Taiwan. I occasionally travel to see them. I am therefore an international traveler. We've also been to Japan. I no longer work outside the home. I spend my time remodeling and caring for our rather large home and writing, of course. I attend a large Charismatic Christian Church and most of my friends are from there. I am preparing to get more seriously into writing and will be doing speaking engagements. My husband and I are planning to start a business and don't believe in retirement. We are just starting our lives, at almost 60yrs old.