Seven Holy Women: Conversations with Saints and Friends - Softcover

Laura Jansson; Georgia Briggs; Molly Sabourin; Anna Neill; Katherine Bolger Hyde; Melissa Naasko; Summer Kinard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1944967850 ISBN 13: 9781944967857

Publisher: Ancient Faith Publishing, 2020

Synopsis

Written by a group of friends, Seven Holy Women is a one-of-a-kind journey into the lives of seven women saints. Each section of the book includes a story from one saint s life, told vividly and imaginatively in the second person; additional information about the saint to give her context; a reflection on ways the writer, reader, and saint intersect on their journeys; personal surveys for the reader and a friend to complete; and a journal prompt that encourages the reader to explore and document her encounter with themes from the saint s life. Created as both a deeply personal and enriching communal experience, Seven Holy Women speaks directly to the reader, drawing her into the lives of seven saints as it invites her to look more closely and lovingly at her own spiritual journey and her friendship with the cloud of witnesses.

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About the Author

Melinda Johnson earned an MA in English literature from the College of William and Mary and a BA in English with minors in journalism and education from the University of Richmond. She is an author and has led parish, regional, and national retreats for women, teen girls, and Orthodox writers and podcasters. She is the marketing director at Ancient Faith Ministries. Melinda is a wife, mother, daughter, sister, and friend, and she belongs to a corgi named Ferdinand. Laura S. Jansson is a puddle-stomping, tea-brewing, pen-chewing, dough-punching Orthodox Christian. For the past decade and a half, Laura has been supporting growing families as a doula and childbirth educator and has attended scores of births. Laura was born in California and has lived in Fiji, Germany, and Serbia. She holds an MA in theology and philosophy from Oxford University and currently resides in the UK with her husband, four children, and an elderly mutt who thinks he is still a puppy. Georgia Briggs grew up near Birmingham, Alabama, listening to her father tell stories stolen from Shakespeare, Bronte, and Orwell. After college, having failed to find Deeper Magic in a wardrobe, she stumbled upon it in the Orthodox Church. Now Georgia divides her energies between her family, iconography, and writing. She enjoys singing in the choir at Saint Symeon Orthodox Church in Birmingham. Molly Sabourin is a natural-light portrait photographer living in northwest Indiana, where she pours most of her energies into seizing each new day, being a supportive wife and mom, challenging herself artistically, and loving the person in front of her. When she s not behind her camera, Molly is a project manager for Holistic Christian Life and a freelance writer. Her work has been featured as both a podcast and blog on Ancient Faith Radio, and she is an author. Summer Kinard is a Greek Orthodox Christian, mother of five autistic children, tea lover, classically trained soprano, and author of short stories, four novels, and curricula for active learners. Summer received her master of divinity (summa cum laude, 2003) and master of theology (2005) degrees from Duke University Divinity School. She writes about the practicalities of autistic and spiritual life on her websites and offers free downloads of prayer aids for Christians with communication challenges. Katherine Bolger Hyde serves as editorial director for Ancient Faith Publishing. Katherine is an author. Her own resident animals, two cats, tolerate the existence of far-from-sanctified Katherine and her husband in the redwood country of California. Katherine has four grown children and four grandchildren. Melissa Elizabeth Naasko is the wife of a priest attached to an Orthodox monastery. They have eleven children and a hobby farm and raise their own meat and dairy. Melissa writes and speaks on Orthodox fasting and parenting and is an author. Anna Neill is a historian, librarian, and artisan who works out her salvation within the mission parish of St. Raphael of Brooklyn in Fuquay Varina, North Carolina. She earned her BA in history from Hollins University and her master s degree in library and information studies from Wayne State University. She writes for The Brown Dress Project, a blog exploring Orthodox women saints throughout the ages of the Church. Anna and her husband dress in handsewn costumes and participate in early American living-history events along the East Coast. Her favorite role is as godmama to a family of little boys who eagerly anticipate the new bag of library books she brings each week to Liturgy.

Edition details

• Publisher: Ancient Faith Publishing
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1944967850
• ISBN 13: 9781944967857
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192
• Editor: Melinda Johnson