From pulpit to page: Judith Johnson shares a legacy of joy

After 16 years in the pulpit, Judith Klute Johnson has turned from sermons to sonnets. The Hampton graduate recently celebrated the release of her book, “The Poetry of Joy,” a tribute to her mother’s life and the nearly 1,000 poems she left behind, gathering friends and former parishioners for signings in West Point and Scribner.The book had long been a dream of hers — to tell the s...