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They particularly choose people who could benefit from a good tongue-lashing.

After listening for 3 years, I just know when a caller is fixin' to get shredded. My daughters and I will be whooping and cheering when Dr. Laura lets go with both barrels.

It did take many months to get used to her abrasive style. Just remember she is a New Yorker and lacks Southern grace. She knows how to get to the truth of the matter and usually leads the caller to a greater understanding.

She has greatly changed my life and my kids, too.

I personally heard the broadcast of these "spiritual jouney" comments. I have felt for some time that the Holy Spirit is drawing her near. I join with many others in the prayer of salvation for Dr. Laura. She has been a faithful servant for a long time, I pray for her to have a relationship with the Master.

Myprecious, I too have been listening for a long time--five years? I can't recall--and like you I've found that Dr. Laura has changed my life and the lives, maybe the futures, of my children. She has hauled me up short and made me realize that some of the things I was doing, and excusing, were not right, and she has made me unafraid to cut my kids off at the pass when they were trying to push their limits, as my teenager is now doing. I'm grateful to her.

I find that the people who criticize her tend to fall into a few different groups:

--They may be (like you and me, Precious) from a Southern background, and they may recoil against her abrasive style. They might recall that being gentle on the radio is not the way to gain listeners, which is her job. Many of these people are men who can't stand a shrill woman's voice. For this I don't blame them. I think that's basic biology. Men are biologically wired up to respond very very badly to a shrill voice.

--They may be people whose morality is somewhat flexible or relativistic, and they don't like hearing that certain things are just plain BAD and WRONG no matter what, no matter how it feels. Especially if they themselves are engaging in the behavior in question. Remember, folks, if you have this reaction you are just steps away from calling any criticism of behavior "judgemental"--the classic liberal's trick!

I'm in prayer for this brave lady and for the ministry in which she is engaged. May God protect her and give her the grace of faith so she can truly know Him.