From Pain to Purpose

"L. C. Nichols offers us a compelling, deeply moving account of her journey to freedom that she found through faith. Her story runs from a frightened girl under an oppressive regime through an abusive marriage to well-being that has culminated for her in ordained ministry. Her book is a reminder that faith depends upon the particularity of God's work in specific circumstances. The whole of her story is readily subsumed under the rubric of God's faithful providence. Reading her book is itself an invitation to emancipation." --Walter Brueggemann, Columbia Theological Seminary