A Fierce Belief in Miracles: My Journey from Rape to Healing and Wholeness

When faced with overwhelming hardship, what we believe makes all the difference.

At age twenty-six, Anne Reeder Heck was attacked by a stranger and brutally raped. Years later, still seeking to heal the remnants of this trauma, Anne stands alone in her living room one winter day and claims her desired belief aloud: “This is my year of strength.” Her clear intention results in a phone call; her rapist has been identified—fourteen years after the crime.

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