Hidden Voices: Egeria
Fourth Century Travel Writer Only four major works by women interpreters of scripture have survived from late antiquity. Three of whom we have already met in my two previous blogs: the prison diary of Perpetua, and the centos of Faltonia Betitia Proba and Empress Eudocia. Now, in this series of hidden women in church history,…
Hidden Voices: Faltonia Betita Proba and Aelia Eudocia Augusta
Welcome to the third in my series of Hidden Voices: The Hidden Women in Church History in their own Words. Last month we read the prison diary of Vibia Perpetua, the third-century martyr and the first woman to write an autobiography. This post will share the writings of two women from the fourth and fifth…
Hidden Voices Perpetua and Felicitas
My last post, Hidden Voices, set off a brand-new series on the hidden women in church history in their own words. This introduction showed that women have always been thinkers, writers, theologians, and teachers throughout history, but many of their stories have been forgotten, or worse, deliberately suppressed. In this series, I want to bring…
Hidden Voices
The Hidden Women in Church History in Their Own Words “No Woman’s Chit-Chat” – Argula von Grumbach A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of speaking at Solas Festival, near Perth, on the subject of women in Church history. As both a writer and a woman of faith, I have long been fascinated by…
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About Me
Writing a novel is a strange thing to do, and for someone usually so gregarious, it is a lonely occupation. To lock yourself away for months on end, tapping away at a keyboard, with only the radio for company. So why do I do it?
The story of Martha of Bethany is so compelling that I want to share it with others. My Leaving Bethany series is based on Biblical accounts, interwoven with church tradition and a good dollop of my imagination. The story of Martha started as a short story, then a novella, before becoming a full-length novel. And finally a trilogy. I am currently working on the third and final novel in the series.
I am currently working on a sequel which will catch up with Martha five years after the end of Leaving Bethany.
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