Reba Orton's Book Reviews

Prosperity Stories: Testimonies of Divinity in Everyday Life by Carolyn Bothuel My rating: 5 of 5 stars Prosperity Stories were a delight to read because I knew some of the people who contributed their stories to the book. It was a joy to learn more about who they are and their struggles. I was surprised to find that some authors tended to contribute multiple stories and others only one. I was expecting to get a one to one correspondence, one author, one story. My expectations were blown away. I got to know some authors very well through their contributions. For example, one story written by Rev. Cynthia Tootle about personal business affirmations was easy to relate to as I am still having difficulty dong my own personal business after having sprained my ankle on April 8th. It still needs more healing as of today, May 22nd, 2016. This afternoon, I was reminded of the little red wagon that was hidden behind all the newspapers in Rev. Jim Webb's story. His stor...

Ms. Rebecca Rose Orton, otherwise known simply as Reba Orton, was born Deaf.     She attended Cornell College with its intensive one class a month schedule for the freshman year and by the end of the academic year, she was taking computer science classes that juniors usually took.   However, for the rest of her college years at the University of Northern Iowa, she wisely kept a healthy balance between general education and major courses every semester because switching between subjects while studying was equivalent to getting a mental break.   When she completed her Bachelor of Arts degree in Computer Science in May, 1990, she had completed every course for her major in the university catalog except one.   That one class was Project Management and she never registered for it because she feared that she would not be able to interact with her hearing teammates on an assigned project that they would work on together for the entire semester.   After she gr...