Extravagant Love: Exploring God's Passion for Us by Avriette, Carole Engle

"There's no greater love or adventure than knowing Jesus Christ," says nationally known speaker and bestselling author, Carole Engle Avriett. Her distinguished publishing career includes fourteen years at Southern Living magazine, where she wrote hundreds of articles on architectural and interior design and co-authored several books, notably At Home with Southern Living. She also served as editor in chief of an award-winning lifestyle monthly for Central Florida and spearheaded a magazine for Disney's internationally acclaimed town Celebration.

Currently, she invests her skills full-time writing Christian books and military history memoirs, the latter inspired by her own family's tradition of military service. In addition to writing, Carole leads women's conferences, sharing her powerful testimony of personal struggle until Christ came into her life at the age of thirty. For the past eight years, she has led a large non-denominational ladies' Bible study. "We are doing life together with Jesus," she says. "It's been an amazing experience!"

As active members of First Baptist Church, Orlando, Carole and her husband have often served as missionaries to Brazil with the church's missions program. "When I write and teach, I draw from a wide range of personal experiences including surviving cancer, caring for aging parents, and riding every roller coaster in central Florida with my seven grandchildren," she says. Her other books include Extravagant Love and national bestseller Coffin Corner Boys: One Bomber, Ten Men, and their Harrowing Escape from Nazi-Occupied France.