Healing Touch and Saving Word

About the Contributor(s): Linda Malia is a priest of the Episcopal Diocese of Western New York who serves two historic parishes of South Buffalo. From 2000 to 2006 she authored ""Spiritually Speaking,"" a monthly column on spirituality, for Church Acts, the official diocesan publication, for which she received a Polly Bond Award and an Honorable Mention from the Episcopal Communicators. Her articles and book reviews have appeared in the Toronto Theological Review and the Anglican Theological Review.