Hope

Guests: Chris Maxwell & Ana Laura

How can we have hope when we illness or tragedy robs us of ability? Faith Café host Scott Dente and author Chris Maxwell discuss Chris's bout with viral encephalitis and his resulting disability. They discuss how people who have or face disability can cope and find hope for a better life. Recording artist Ana Laura sings songs from her latest CD, adding even more hope to the bottom line. It's a little serious, but funny too.

Chris Maxwell | www.chrismaxwellweb.com

Chris Maxwell is a frequent guest on Faith Café. Not only is a conference speaker, an author, and frequent contributor to a host of national magazines, he's also the campus pastor at Emmanuel College in Franklin Springs, GA. Chris also works as a Writer, Editor and Motivational Speaker for LifeSprings Resources and the Epilepsy Ambassadors.

The author of two books, Changing My Mind and Beggars Can Be Chosen, Chris has written over a thousand articles, reviews, curriculum studies, devotionals, poems, commercials, and songs for a variety of national publications including CCM, Ministry Today, Charisma, Christian Retailing, Live, Leadership, God's Word for Today and more. His Internet devotional, Another Day Along the Way, turns everyday experiences into stories which cause us to see beyond the normal.

Chris and his wife Debbie have three sons, Taylor, Aaron, and Graham.

Ana Laura | www.analauramusic.com

The methods vary from instance to instance, but the message remains the same: "You're not good enough. Young people coming of age in this new millennium face this idea every day, from peers, from authority figures, from the mass media communication swirling around them constantly: You can't be this, you can't do that, you'll never have the other because you're not good enough."

As a girl growing up in the decidedly mixed culture of Brownsville, Texas, Ana Laura thought the same thing…until she realized that, through the power of Christ, with passion, talent, determination and hard work, she could be more than good enough, and she could share that message through the very medium that so often delivers the negative: music.

Ana Laura invites listeners to take a glimpse into what the world can look like through the prism of faith and a plethora of musical styles, both modern and classic, on her self-titled Reunion Records debut, Ana Laura.