Uncommon Angels

Scott and Lori grew up when many people said they were religious, but were not especially spiritual. They lived long enough to hear many people say they are spiritual, but not religious. Many of them were neither religious or spiritual. Scott and Lori had a different perspective on the Christian life. They decided, first individually and later as a couple, they wanted to be both spiritual and religious. Spiritual, in their minds, meant they were related to God through faith in Jesus as...
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Scott and Lori grew up when many people said they were religious, but were not especially spiritual. They lived long enough to hear many people say they are spiritual, but not religious. Many of them were neither religious or spiritual. Scott and Lori had a different perspective on the Christian life. They decided, first individually and later as a couple, they wanted to be both spiritual and religious. Spiritual, in their minds, meant they were related to God through faith in Jesus as their Savior and Lord. Religious meant they wanted to apply the teachings of Jesus in their daily lives. Scott lived his first twelve years in a large Midwestern city in a dysfunctional home. Lori lived her first fourteen years in a little town in the South and grew up in a happy Christian home. They both moved to an in between small town a couple years apart. Early in their friendship, Lori guided Scott to become a Christian. From that time on, they "grew" in love rather than 'fell' in love.Scott and Lori decided they did nto want just to 'be' Christians; they wanted to live as Christians. Individually, and as a married couple, they learned to deal in a Christian way with: sexual temptations, racial prejudice, homophobia, drug abusers, teen pregnancy, societal snobbery, and bullying. They fought their own temptations by praying together and by reading the Christian Bible. They helped and were helped by Christian friends who faced the same temptations. They helped non-believers find a sense of community and belonging so as to pave they way for them to become Christians. All of this occurred in the 1950s.Scott and Lori would tell you their full time occupaton is being a Christian. They would also tell you they had employment in various places in order to pay the bills, but their full time occupation was being a Christian. In that way, they were both spiritual and religious. That is how they became known as Uncommon Angels. Their story is based on a few people the authors know. In a sense, then, this book is not only Christian fiction, but historical Christian fiction. The situations, and often the very words Scott and Lori lived and spoke, were taken from snippets of the experiences of a few close friends. Throughout the book, specific dates will be used to mark the passage of time. Those dates are authentic. In a few places, the book is strictly fiction. Of those few places, the authors especially recommend reading the clever way in which Lori informed her husband they were expecting their first child. Readers will find in Uncommon Angels: true life stories combined into one story; a bit of history; and a lot of practical information pertaining to core values in the Christian life.