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From Despair To Purposeful Service
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Some rejections don’t just sting, they rewrite your sense of meaning. Dr. Juliana Lesher shares what happened when she was told, again and again, that women had no place in the ministry life she felt called to. That message didn’t land as a career obstacle. It landed as hopelessness, and it spiraled into severe anorexia, suicide attempts, and a fight to choose life one day at a time.
From there, her story takes an unexpected turn into clinical pastoral education, decades of healthcare chaplaincy, and senior leadership at the US Department of Veterans Affairs, including…
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