I published Pro-Life Journeys a few weeks ago in a so-called “soft launch,” but it felt pretty intense for this first-time author! It’s been great to meet interested readers and to share the stories from Pro-Life Journeys about some of the remarkable people I’ve met in the course of my work. The paperback version isContinue reading ““Pro-Life Journeys” news”
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Open Book: how a unique pro-life ministry got started
A recent interview for my blog Leaven for the Loaf (reblogged here on April 12) put me back in touch via email with Melissa Ohden, a woman who survived an attempted saline abortion some years ago. Our interview reminded me of her moving memoir You Carried Me (2018: Plough Publishing House), which I’ll be re-readingContinue reading “Open Book: how a unique pro-life ministry got started”
Open Book: Welcoming Spring
Welcoming spring, observing Lent: it’s a season of new books for me. I often select a familiar devotional to read during Lent, and sure enough, there’s Fulton Sheen’s Life of Christ in this year’s rotation. I’ve added a work of fiction that’s a stretch for me on several counts: Silence by Shūsako Endō, first publishedContinue reading “Open Book: Welcoming Spring”
Ellen Kolb 