The aftermath of Hurricane Rita could be described in a word?devastating. After surviving Hurricane Audrey in 1957, Mr. and Mrs. B were again left with nothing when disaster struck on September 24, 2005. Follow as author Lisa Ann Foret captures the beauty of true love between a man, a woman and God in A Story of Love: Perseverance in Disaster, a true tale of moving forward when everything else is holding you back.
The aftermath of Hurricane Rita could be described in a word?devastating. After surviving Hurricane Audrey in 1957, Mr. and Mrs. B were again left with nothing when disaster struck on September 24, 2005. Follow as author Lisa Ann Foret captures the beauty of true love between a man, a woman and God in A Story of Love: Perseverance in Disaster, a true tale of moving forward when everything else is holding you back.
Lisa Bitel uses the history of two unique holy women--Genovefa of Paris (ca. 420-509) and Brigit of Kildare (ca.452-524)--to reveal how ordinary Europeans lived through Christianization at the dawn of the Middle Ages. Most converts did not have a sudden epiphany, Bitel argues. Instead they learned and lived their new religion in continuous conversation with preachers, saints, rulers, and neighbors. Together, they built their faith over many years, brick by brick, into their churches and shrines, cemeteries, houses, and even their markets and farms.
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