SILENCED no longer

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This is the story of a remarkable woman who reinvented her life after living with an alcoholic husband. Because of his control over her, she was silenced for more then twenty years. Learn how she gradually came out from under his control.

You will read of the messenger in her life who started her on the path of singing opera again, launching a career that included appearances on radio, television, cruise ships, and as a soloist with symphonies. Finally, with what she had wanted most her sanity she heard her call from God to be one of His chosen prophets.

Learn of the amazing story of how she entered seminary, and how she came to be is credited, along with another clergy woman, for serving in ministry longer than any other female clergy in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. These two remarkable women are role models for hundreds who have followed them.

This is not a holier-than-thou religious story. This is the bare bones truth of a life lived in helplessness and hopelessness. Donna describes the incomprehensible demoralization she, along with her spouse, fell into after years of living with alcoholism. She is not proud of this story, but she believes its truth must be told in order that others living under similar circumstances can realize that life is redeemable. Along with sharing her story, she offers tools to help any person living with an alcoholic.

One chapter is devoted completely to her children and how alcohol has affected them.

Donna has served both as a parish pastor and as a staff chaplain in hospitals. She has spent hundreds of hours counseling people living with a range of problems, particularly alcoholism.

Her first published book, Magnolia Ridge, was a historical civil war novel. She is currently working on two other books, The Female Seminarian and The Preacher Wore a Skirt.

From a woman silenced, to an opera singer, to a prophet of God, Donna invites you to join her on her journey into health. She writes in hopes her story will aid your life in some small way.

Author Bio

Hello Friends,
Just a little bit about myself I am an American writer, born in the United States of America in North Platte, NB, growing up primarily in Topeka, KS. I graduated from high school, from that very famous wild west place, Dodge City, KS.
I am a graduate of Western Union Telegraphy School, Oklahoma City, OK and "Reservations and Travel Course, Pan American Airways, followed by Delta Airlines.
I attended, briefly, Friends University, Wichita, KS. and studied Voice Performance at Lotte Lehman's Music Academy of the West, Santa Barbara, CA. I hold a Master of Divinity degree from Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, Chicago, Il. and have advanced standing in Association for Clinical Pastoral Education.
I have served as a parish pastor and as a hospital chaplain, with hours of counseling people with living problems in general and addictions specifically.
Known as a motivational speaker as well as a pastor I was recently honored along with another colleague for being in ministry longer than any other females in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
I am a widow with two adult children, and live in Glen Allen, VA.
I look forward to hearing from you at my website www.elijahshawl.com
Published Books
"Magnolia Ridge" A historical novel of the Civil War
and about to be launched
"Silenced", a story of my early life living with an alcoholic.
Books in progress "The Female Seminarian" and "The Preacher Wore a Skirt"