 Description: Carolyn A. Koons was the victim of abusive parents. Her mother was a prostitute, her father a violent alcoholic. Koons migrated from place to place with her nomadic family. In her teens, virtually abandoned, psychically damaged, and without roots. She was befriended by an adult who involved her in a Christian community where she achieved inner healing. Koons later became professor of Christian education at a Southern California university. As an adult, she, found and adopted a child who was in a Mexican prison. She discovered that the damage done to him at an early age matched her childhood pain, and together they found redemption.
The radio program, "Scan," was nationally-syndicated, airing in the U.S. and around the world from 1975 to 1991. This program features first-person stories of individuals who share their lived-out wisdom.
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