-Finding out I had cancer was like going to sleep in my own bed and suddenly waking up in the middle of a boxing ring. Out of the clear blue I am standing toe-to-toe with the Heavyweight Champion of the World, the crowd is looking on, and I am in my pajamas and don't even know how to throw a punch.-

Stepping into the Ring is the 2002 Women of Faith^(R) drama sketch by Nicole Johnson, possibly her most powerful piece of writing to date.

-Women have always had a unique fellowship of suffering, - Nicole says. Where is the woman old or young who will not shed a...