Ashley Blanco's faith in Jesus Christ and her love for people fuels her activity in the church and the larger San Francisco community. When she is not working with families or mentoring children and youth, she enjoys hiking, Mitchell's Ice Cream, and laughing loudly with family and friends. Encounter Jesus Christ afresh through the short stories of Liberated through the Love of Christ. This collection of conversations, thoughts, and internal lives capture expressions of God in the lives of ordinary people. Humans who struggle with identity, rejection, racism, societal inequities, dysfunctional relationships, life questions, mental illness, addiction, loneliness, isolation, sexual identity confusion, and ego find themselves in the Presence of a holy, merciful, gracious and loving God. Liberated through the Love of Christ showcases the reality of what is possible when people with real challenges encounter a real God whose love and mercy for them is tangible."