Lowly

I’m Lola, and I thought this year would be different. Just for once, I wanted to be a glass-half-full kind of girl for. It’s 1981, and nice girls don’t curse. But the Demented Duo has been harassing me since middle school—cutting down my looks, my Christianity, my virginity. How am I supposed to control my anger when everyone at Sunset High School seems like they’re out to get me? They’ll embarrass me about anything. And Then George strides in, and like magic, everything is better. If only it lasted. How will I ever clean up my mess and make amends? Can anyone still love me? -Dr. JJ Jones, D. Min. Family Discipleship Pastor Fellowship Nashville, Franklin Campus -Russ and Linda Murphy Russ Murphy Ministries Russ is an award-winning inspirational singer-songwriter and author of Raised in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas, Laura Angaroni (BS, Economics, Baylor University) is proud to be from what some consider the wrong side of the tracks. She and her husband, Craig, live in Houston, Texas, where Laura writes, coaches her two teens, and after four years of high school ministry is taking a break to chase preschoolers around the church nursery.