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…
Unnamed women in the New Testament – Part 3
Philip’s Four Prophesying Daughters You often see personalised gifts on the shelves of garden centres and gift shops, and I can never resist looking for my family members’ names. Recently, I bought a photo frame that explained the meaning of my new granddaughter’s name. The name Susan comes from the Hebrew name Shoshannah and means…
Unnamed Women in the New Testament-Part 2
Do you know how you got your name? There’s not much we can do about our family name or surname unless we want to change it completely, but we can thank, or blame, our parents for our first names. My mother wanted to call me Pamela, but I was named Susan after a neighbour’s doll…
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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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