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Turning hearts toward home
September 21, 2007
Choose to Be Happy
Bestselling author Barbara Johnson describes how she clung to her faith and rediscovered joy after experiencing several painful tragedies.
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Guest Biography
Barbara Johnson (deceased) was a humorist, a popular public speaker and a bestselling author. She also founded Spatula Ministries, a support network for those with homosexual family members. Barbara wrote more than 25 books including Humor Me, I'm Over the Hill, Laughter From Heaven and Plant a Geranium In Your Cranium. Barbara succumbed to cancer at age 79 on July 2, 2007. She and her late husband, Bill, are survived by two grown children, two grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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