Behind the Writing of Hymn of Life
February 11, 2025
Sometimes there’s a story behind the book. When I sat down to write Into the Forest, I wanted to address the hate in the world. I remember thinking: what would make enemies work together? Sickness, especially if it affected one group. And just like that, the Wolf flu was born. Writing Hymn of Life was therapeutic for me. Part of the idea for the book was born out of spite. Awful, right? At the time, I was deep in church hurt and disappointment. My husband had been unemployed for two years after leaving our old church. Life hadn’t turned out
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Lest we forget. We think we won’t but all too often we do.
