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By Karen, December 29, 2009 10:31 pm

If you  are not a person who prays, if you are not a person who believes in the redemptive work of God, then please, go read somebody else’s blog today. You’re welcome to come back on some other day but right now I need my friends who pray to stand with me and to pray without ceasing.

You regular readers of the blog may remember my visit to Panama City, Florida this past summer. And those of you who read my memoir may recall the chapter on Patsy Ward, the girl whose testimony for Christ compelled me to commit my own life to him.

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By Karen, November 5, 2009 1:45 am

If you’ve been listening to the news this week you probably heard the story of the Maxwell family of Fayetteville, N.C.

If not, here’s the basics: Sometime in the early evening on Monday Billy Maxwell shot and killed his wife, his son and his daughter, then turned the gun on himself and committed suicide. It’s been reported that the daughter hid in her closet, in fear of her father, no doubt.

The community has been reeling in the wake of the murder-suicide.

Billy Maxwell was a well-respected and beloved businessman. A developer, like his father before him. He was also a devoted Christian. He and wife Kathryn were active members at Snyder Memorial Baptist Church, one of the largest in Fayetteville. The couple’s children — Connor, 17, and Cameron, 15 — attended Village Christian Academy.

The Fayetteville Observer reported: