title: Hell in the Hallway, Light at the Door: How to Move Gracefully Through Change into Renewed and Abundant Life
author:  Ellen Debenport 
description: First as a news reporter, and then as a minister, Ellen Debenport has accompanied countless people as they endured dramatic changes in their lives. In her personal transitions as well, she has recognized that spiritual awakening is possible, even when change is unwelcome. Debenport is a Unity minister in the Texas Hill Country and author of The Five Principles: A Guide to Practical Spirituality.
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  [ ] Dance till dawn
  
  [ ] Go skydiving
  
  [ ] Wear a bikini in public
  
  [ ] Start living
  
  Two best friends jump-start their lives in a summer that will change them
  forever...
  
  Single mom Ellen Fox couldn’t be more content—until she overhears her son
  saying he can’t go to his dream college because she needs him too much. If she
  wants him to live his best life, she has to convince him she’s living hers.
  
  So Unity Leandre, her best friend since forever, creates a list of challenges
  to push Ellen out of her comfort zone. Unity will complete the list, too, but
  not because she needs to change. What’s wrong with a thirtysomething widow
  still sleeping in her late husband’s childhood bed?
  
  The Friendship List begins as a way to make others believe they’re just fine.
  But somewhere between “wear three-inch heels” and “have sex with a gorgeous
  guy,” Ellen and Unity discover that life is meant to be lived with joy and
  abandon, in a story filled with humor, heartache and regrettable ta