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Linda Lee Smith Barkman, PhD
Linda Lee Smith Barkman, PhD

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Feb 23, 2019

The Schizophrenic Woman in the Back of the Room

Since I ministered in the psychiatric unit of a women’s prison for twenty-eight years, I am use to people who ask, “Do you really think those women get anything out of the church services?” Yes, I do. My favorite example is the schizophrenic woman in the back of the room. …

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·Jan 16, 2019

The Toilet Tissue Church

How a prized prison commodity turned ritualistic for a group of women believers — When new prison ministry volunteers and inmate worshippers attend services at the California Institution for Women (CIW), they are invariably surprised as the inmate ushers hand them a neatly folded rectangle of toilet tissue as they walk in the door. “Why are you handing me toilet tissue?” they ask. “Because…

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The Toilet Tissue Church
The Toilet Tissue Church
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Linda Lee Smith Barkman, PhD

Linda Lee Smith Barkman, PhD

50 Followers

served 30 years in a California prison, advocates for marginalized women, and her book “Hidden Power and False Expectations” is coming soon from Urban Loft Pub.

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