I Couldn't Read and You Taught Me
by Karen Johnson Zurheide
Hometown:
Edmond, Oklahoma
Place of Birth:
Littleton, New Hampshire
Church Affiliation:
The First Baptist Church of Oklahoma City
Number of Years Writing:
7
List of Other Publications and Year Published:
BOOKS:
In Their Own Way: Accepting Your Children for Who They Are
(Augsburg, with husband Jeffry R. Zurheide), 2000
When children hurt, parents hurt. This book offers hurting parents the grace of God--and some human understanding--as they struggle with children who have difficulties. No matter what the source of those problems, God is there for children and parents who are less than perfect.

Learning with Molly (Spectacle Lane Press), 1997
Children have as much to teach adults as the other way around, if only we will stop, look and listen. Posturing parent as student, rather than teacher, this book is packed with lessons of life and faith--enough for one a day throughout a month--that one parent has been learning from a precious, but contrary, child.

BIBLE STUDY LESSONS in these Baptist Center for Ethics guides:
--The Practice of Living Faithfully, 2000
--7 Vices and 7 Virtues, 1999
--Families in 3D-2, 1998

PERIODICAL ARTICLES published in (besides L&LM):
Connecticut Woman
Discipleship Journal
Family Ministry
The Lutheran
Oklahoma Woman
PATHWAYS
Pastor's Family Bulletin
Psychology for Living
Seeds Magazine

FUTURE ARTICLES accepted for:
Rev. Magazine
Woman's Touch

VOLUNTEER WRITER for:
Central Oklahoma Habitat for Humanity

GREETING CARD VERSES for:
DaySpring
Gibson Greetings

Education:
MBA, The Amos Tuck School of Business Admininstration, Dartmouth College, 1984.
BA in Psychology, Gordon College, 1977.
Employment:
Former Executive Director of Parents Available to Help, Inc., a Connecticut-wide support network for parents of children with medical problems.

Previous varied business experience, including co-ownership of a mortgage brokerage.

Family:
Married to Jeffry Zurheide since 1977. Jeff is Pastor of First Baptist Church, OKC.
Children: Molly, born 1988 and Andrew, born 1991.