I listened to a recording of Herbet W. Armstrong (found by googling) and with its numerous references to Satan, it reminded me of a Revival Meeting that my aunt and uncle took me to when I was five. I remember getting sick to my stomach and having nightmares for three nights. After that I have tried to stay away from “Fire and Brimstone.

Carol Wong

It’s strange to look back at your childhood as an adult and clearly see how much you took for granted because you didn’t realize other people lived differently. Too, you don’t realize the choices you could have made, because as a child, you didn’t always realize you did have a choice. Children tend to blindly follow their parents choices and beliefs, of course.

I like that we know going in that Carla ends up to be a successful lawyer – it makes me feel better about reading her humble beginnings. Easier to think “Hey, she gets through this.”

One of my grandmothers followed a radio religious program when I was a child, probably because she lived in the countryside of Iowa and driving to church would have been a ways to go. She gave me a subscription to the church’s junior newsletter, which came in the mail each week with a Bible lesson. I enjoyed reading the paper and doing the lesson. I never listened to the radio broadcast. I had forgotten all about the radio newsletters until I read this review. Thanks for bringing back a sweet memory.