Lindsay Hardin Freeman, a Minnesota-based Episcopal priest, has won over thirty awards for journalistic excellence, including the 2015 Gold Medal Award in Bible Study from Independent Publisher. From 2010-2014, she and a research team worked to do something never done before: to document every word spoken in the Bible by women. The resulting 477-page book, Bible Women: All Their Words and Why They Matter, was published by Forward Movement and co-sponsored by The Episcopal Church Women in September, 2014. Research findings have made news around the world: The Minneapolis Star-Tribune, The Huffington Post, The Daily Mail, Church Times, Christianity Today, Urban Christian, Bring Me The News, The Living Church, and more. A popular speaker and retreat leader on Bible women and contemporary spirituality, Lindsay is the author/editor of eight books, and has served congregations in Massachusetts, Philadelphia and Minnesota. The long-time editor of Vestry Papers (2001 - 2010), she also serves as adjunct clergy for St. David's, Minnetonka. Her work takes her around the country, speaking to groups about the accomplishments and struggles of Bible women. She enjoys finding humor and grace in the Bible, and shares it fully.
Lindsay Hardin Freeman has given a new and fresh voice to the women
of the Bible. It is an important work shared at an important time
in history. It is helpful to hear again and often for the first
time the perspective of these faithful women. A rich resource for
prayer, dialogue and conversation! -The Rt. Rev. Michael Hanley,
Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Oregon
Reading Bible Women is an opportunity to get re-acquainted with not
only the stories of biblical woman, but also an opportunity to
reflect anew on their words and actions. Included here are some of
the most familiar biblical women and, importantly, some of those
not frequently the focus of study but introduced here with devotion
and respect. An excellent resource for individual and group prayer
and reflection. -(The Rev. Dr.) Sheryl A Kujawa-Holbrook, Dean of
the Faculty Professor of Practical Theology and Religious
Education, Claremont School of Theology, Claremont, California
Reading Lindsay Hardin Freeman's new book, Bible Women: All Their
Words and Why They Matter, is like receiving an invitation to
attend your once in a lifetime family reunion to meet and become
acquainted with all the women in your family tree. Your sister
ancestors step out of the Bible pages eager to talk to you and
share their stories, some you know, some you don t, some bold, some
funny, some horrifying and tragic, some surprising, but all told
from their loving hearts. They invite you to visit them often and
stay in touch as our God given lineage continues. Please RSVP.
-Lana J. Fitzgerald, President, Episcopal Church Women & Chair of
Women s Ministry, Diocese of Southwest Florida
This book came to me unexpectedly for review at just the right
time. Freeman's work catalogues all the women who speak (and a
couple who don't) in the Bible. They are listed by name or by
identifying characteristic. Each woman has a few pages to herself.
For some of these women, (see: Samson's first wife), this may be
one of their few glimpses of the sunshine of study and
appreciation. Each entry lists the woman, her prominent traits,
where to find her story, a classic moment, and her Biblical profile
(high, low, or otherwise). There is a summary of her words, a quick
recap of her story, and then some reflections on her life and how
she might relate to various areas of modern life. The questions at
the end of each short section allow a reader or group to journal,
discuss, or think about the woman in question. Frankly, I loved
this book. After my study is over, I hope to use the book for some
personal devotional time. It s easy to read, with the information
in clear, digestable chunks. The scholarship is well done and
accessible. By looking at the record of the words of Biblical
women, we can get a sense of how they are involved in the larger
stories. They are not absent. The back of the book has suggested
studies using the book, a list of speaking women in order of
chattiness, and lists of the books in which the voices of women are
not recorded. I highly recommend adding this book to yourself and
considering how it could be incorporated into the educational
devotional life of the community you serve. -Pastor Julia Seymour,
Lutheran Church of Hope
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