title: With Us in the Wilderness: Finding God's Story in Our Lives
author: Laura A. Barclay
description: <strong>Laura A. Barclay</strong> has served churches and parachurch organizations for nearly a decade. An ordained minister, she earned her M.Div. from Wake Forest University School of Divinity and spent five years with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina as Social Ministries Coordinator. She currently manages networking, communications and missions for the Kentucky Baptist Fellowship. She blogs at The Winding Labyrinth (http://revlaurabarclay.blogspot.com). She is married to Ryan Eller, a minister and community organizer. Laura can frequently be found decked out in red and cheering for her beloved Louisville Cardinals, her undergraduate alma mater.
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  PRAISE FOR _THROUGH THE EYES OF A LION_
  
  
  
  
  
  “I will never forget meeting Pastor Levi over this past summer and hearing the
  incredible story of Lenya as we sat by the side of her grave. That experience,
  combined with this book, has impacted my life deeply, and I’m excited to share
  it with others.”
  
  
  
  
  
  —Kevin Durant  
  2014 NBA Most Valuable Player
  
  
  
  
  
  “I’d give anything for Levi not to write this story. I’d rather he write a
  book about angels or Old Testament characters or the best way to pastor a
  church. If he wrote those books, that would mean he didn’t have to write this
  one. And that would mean that his precious Lenya would be alive on earth. But
  she is in heaven. And he has this story. And he has told it well. With candor.
  With honesty. With hope. Maybe you need to hear it. No one gets though life
  unscathed. If you find yourself in a sad season, this story is for you.”
  
  
  
  
  
  —Max Lucado  
  Pastor and _New York Times_ bestselling 