I am Marsha Bishop and unexplainable JOY is my goal for every day of my life. I am a wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, sister, friend, pastor and director of a faith-based non-profit called LAM.

My journey to GRM includes the death of very significant people in my life. The first was the sudden death of my dad, and eleven years later when our three year old died in a traffic accident. I have also had to grieve the loss of hopes and dreams that were destroyed because of other people's choices--choices that resulted in job loss that included selling almost everything and moving far from our home of twenty years. As well as, church-related conflicts over the years.

I have come to understand...