Plagued by intrusive bad thoughts, a Maryland teen turned to drugs and sex amid the women’s liberation movement of the ’70s to escape from herself. Selling herself on the streets of the U.S. capital to pay for her daily crack cocaine, guilt and shame overcame her. It was only after becoming reacquainted with God that she found a way to reclaim her life.
Today, 63-year-old Lisa Kraft Thomas is a public speaker, author of three books, and prisoner reentry advocate living in Richmond, Virginia, with her husband, Joseph, and two children. She works for the Department of Corrections and Prison Fellowship, traveling the United States to tell her story and spread a message of hope and God’s love. She has spoken in front of 12,000 students at Liberty University’s Convocation and has hosted a weekly radio show for two years….