Jumpin-Beans

Taken from Joan Faith Website : It would take a pretty amazing imagination to make up a story more amazing than this one On occasion one of the unorthodox religious cults makes the news and we get a brief glimpse into what goes on in their world. We rarely get the real inside story beyond the journalistic sensationalism. Joan Miller finally takes us deep into the life of just such an organization and shows just what can take place when a charismatic leader manipulates scripture to satisfy his own ends. But it doesn ’t end there. The first part of The Transformation of Joan Faith is about Joan’s upbringing and her struggles with the abuses visited upon women and young girls. It is a fascinating and compelling story written with an even hand and lack of rancor. It is, in part, an expose of one such misguided religious organization. It is the second part of the book, however, that shows how Joan’s faith was re-channeled, though the sheer power of vision, determination, and dependence on G...