A welcoming point of view from a book without barriers

By Jerry Johnston
Deseret Morning News
Published: Thursday, March 20, 2008 5:51 a.m. MDT
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FOR EASTER, CHIEKO OKAZAKI, former counselor in the General Relief Society Presidency, has brought out a new book — "What a Friend We Have in Jesus." It's an LDS book with a title from an old Protestant hymn. And if you think that signals what's inside, you're right.

I've always enjoyed Sister Okazaki's books. But then, among living LDS authors, I find myself turning more and more to the women: Ardeth Kapp, Emma Lou Thayne, Sheri Dew, Anne Osborn Poelman. Many of them write for other women. I wish more would write for a general audience. I tell people the lessons I need most in life I never get to hear — they're taught in Relief Society.

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