Laura Thomas is a renowned national championship-winning cat breeder living in Eastern Virginia. More than that, she is a woman of faith - expressing her daily relationship with God in everything she does and wherever she goes, encouraging others along the way with her central life-message:

"Live to fulfill God's dream for you.and watch your own dreams come true!"

For anyone thinking the Christian Life is boring, Laura's story will correct that notion. Written with her unique combination of humor and deep faith, "How to Have Purr-fect Faith. Even at a Cat Show" (Abiding Books, July 2004) brings alive the adventures coming with taking your beliefs -and God - seriously.

Growing up, Laura says she "had no clue who God was." A divorced teenage mother and a survivor of abuse, she worked three jobs to pay the bills. When she remarried, her new family's first home was a chicken coop converted into a mobile home. One evening, Laura was washing the dishes, barely listening to the television on in another room. But then, the words of a gentleman on the 700 Club caught her attention. With a lump in her throat, she prayed aloud for Jesus to reveal Himself to her. He did, and her wondrous, new life-journey with God began . . .