Behind The Book

Hagar: The First Person to Name God Hagar: The First Person to Name God She saw God see her. Everything...

Some things need to be said. Not everything needs to be shown. Some things need to be said. Not everything...

The Messiah came out to a woman. The church has been uncomfortable ever since. The Messiah came out to a...

She was dead before she died. Until she wasn’t. She was dead before she died. Until she wasn’t. She appears...

When I started writing Beyond the Well, I knew it would require me to do more than research When I...

Sometimes freedom looks like leaving your stuff behind. Sometimes freedom looks like leaving your stuff behind. Sometimes the most powerful...

What if you never had to prove you were clean? What if you never had to prove you were clean?...

How to Write Women in Ancient Worlds Without Modernizing Them How to Write Women in Ancient Worlds Without Modernizing Them...

The Women Who Didn’t Make the Cut: Characters I Had to Delete The Women Who Didn’t Make the Cut: Characters...

Tamar: The Prostitute Who Saved the Messianic Line Tamar: The Prostitute Who Saved the Messianic Line Matthew included her. We...

When Historical Record Is Silent: The Ethics of Imagination When Historical Record Is Silent: The Ethics of Imagination We don’t...

From the Author: The Woman Who Would Not Stay Silent From the Author: The Woman Who Would Not Stay Silent...

Mary Magdalene: From Seven Demons to First Witness Mary Magdalene: From Seven Demons to First Witness They tried to make...

For 2,000 years, she’s been ‘the woman at the well.’ But what if she had a name all along? For...

What if the scandal wasn’t her fault? What if the scandal wasn’t her fault? For centuries, the Samaritan woman at...