Karen Harter

I was so saddened on hearing that you went home to God. I for some reason thought you had much more time left. I mean your faith alone between you and Linda was guaranteed a extra 20 years! But who am I to think such things when God, who knows all things called you to be with him on August 19th. And we all know His timing is always perfect. It was you and your family who introduced me to God & Christ Jesus at the early age of seven. It's not that I never did not believe in God but after...

I had to add something to this guest book before it goes off line.
I think that I first got to know Karen when we were counselors together at Circle C Ranch. This was a Covenant camp in Leavenworth Wa.
Karen's camp name was "peanut butter" (P.B.),so she gave me the side kick name of Joanie Jelly or J.J..
Counseling was a wonderful spiritually stretching time.
At some point during that summer I think we decided that we should go on another kind of adventure together.The next...

My thoughts and prayers are with you as you grieve the loss of Karen.
Because I have been "out of the loop" for so many years I didn't even know Karen was a celebrated writer! I am eager to read her books.

I remember with fondness my growing up years at the Covenant Church and the special families that made the church memorable. The Stevens are one of those dear families and I embrace you now as you grieve. May the Lord comfort you and give you His peace.

I heard of Karen's passing on our writing organization's web site and wanted to pay my respects. I, along with other members of the American Christian Fiction Writers, will keep you and your family in our prayers, secure in the knowledge that Karen is dancing on streets of gold, healed by the Savior's hand.

My name is Brandia... I am Rich's wife. I only met Karen a handful of times but she touched my heart & my life more profoundly than I can express in words. Her heart was the first thing you would notice about her, she was an exceptionally beautiful woman outside but after a few words you knew her true beauty lay inside. Her faith & attitude was amazing to me. Once I had met her & then her & Linda told me that she was sick, I was so angry, I couldn't figure how in this world that people like...

Today I am wearing yellow. Yellow is sunshine, happiness, joy and warmth. For years yellow ribbons were worn as a sign of hope as women waited for their men to come marching home from war.

Yellow ribbons are still used to welcome home loved ones. I am wearing yellow as a symbol of Karen being welcomed home by her Heavenly Father.

I am also wearing yellow in honor of a dream; more like a daydream really, that was not realized. One lovely summer day on Lake Ketchum, Karen,...

A few more thoughts about Karen,

I met Karen in 1999 while walking my terrier, Lucky, in the Lake Ketchum neighborhood where we both lived. Jeff had recently brought home a feisty little pup, also a terrier, named Dudley. Lucky and Dudley liked to say hello to each other. This encounter would invariably pull Karen from her work, and so, our arrival on the sidewalk outside their home posed an inconvenience to her. Karen, who later told me that she had prayed for a friend in the...