Cherie Bell relays the purpose of life to the spiritual. With humor and grace, she shares for the first time her experience living as a Pentecostal teen-ager in the 1970s. At first happy her chaotic family life would be tamed by church membership, she finds her parents' choice too strict. After a few years of learning the reasons for the 'holiness' lifestyle, she joins, following the plan of salvation and conforms to the church's teachings. An enthused youth, she lives the Pentecostal life with gusto. But as she grows into an independent young woman, with a curiosity toward world religions,...

On the Road to Find Out: an MLS Journey begins with a crisis that eventually turns into inner exploration and world travel. Cherie Bell writes with humor and honesty of her decision to return to college after almost thirty years to work on a liberal studies degree in graduate school. Her intention was to focus on world religion and philosophy, but varied interests led her to courses that would take her around the world. She writes in detail about her journeys to India and to World War II sites in England and France. More poignantly, she reveals how liberal arts studies became a journey into...