July 14, 2014 Current Events 0 Comments

Father Michael Lapsely, who has partnered with Barrier Free Living on Healing of Memories workshops, was featured on the July 11 epsiode of the PBS Religion and Ethics NewsWeekly show.

PBS Reports: Father Michael Lapsley is an Anglican priest who was sent to South Africa during the institutionalized racial segregation of apartheid. He became a chaplain to Nelson Mandela’s African National Congress and a target of the white supremacy government. One day Lapsley opened a package that turned out to be a bomb. He lost both hands and one eye in the attack on his life, but his faith survived. He now uses his wounds to connect with those who have experienced trauma and help them find healing.

Read more and view the episode here. 

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