Shannon Evans

Shannon Evans is a spiritual writer exploring the connection between our relationship with God and relationship to the world around us. She is the author of Embracing Weakness: The Unlikely Secret to Changing the World, available wherever books are sold. Shannon and her family make their home in central Iowa.

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