Summer Book Read

Join us on Saturday, July 19, at 9:30 a.m. at Castillo’s Family Restaurant (5656 S Packard Ave, Ste 21, Cudahy) as we discuss “A Caged Body with a Freed Soul” with author Payton Lange. We are excited that Payton can join us. Please sign up on the yellow sheet, in the narthex, or by visiting https://tinyurl.com/2025SummerBookRead so we can be sure to have a big enough table at Castillo’s.

 "A Caged Body with a Freed Soul" is an autobiography that epitomizes triumph over tragedy, as the book follows a six-year timeline of Payton Lange's physical, mental, and spiritual recovery after a horrifying, spontaneous spinal cord injury and paralysis. This story encapsulates that life is unforgiving and cruel, but more importantly, it expresses that life can be miraculous even if the darkness is enough to consume everything. Containing four sections that convey the losses, healings, struggles, and rewards of this grueling, but gratifying journey, this book is a movingly intricate weave―a detailed and poetic chronicle of healing against all odds.