Lindsay Hardin Freeman is a Minnesota-based Episcopal priest, author, and mother. She is the author and/or editor of eight books, including The Scarlet Cord: Conversation with God's Chosen Women and The Spy on Noah's Ark and Other Bible Stories from the Inside Out. A popular speaker and retreat leader, she enjoys finding humor and grace in the Bible, and sharing it fully--and often irreverently. Her work takes her around the country, speaking to groups large and small about the accomplishments and struggles of Bible women as models for contemporary spirituality. The longtime editor of Vestry Papers (2001 - 2010), she has won more than thirty awards for journalistic excellence. She serves as a mentor for women in the ordination process and as adjunct clergy for St. David's, Minnetonka. She is married to Leonard Freeman (a poet, priest, and teacher) and has two sons and three stepchildren. Bible Women: All Their Words and Why They Matter is the culmination of four years of work with a research team to explore the words of every woman who spoke in the Bible and what they have to say for us today.
Lindsay Hardin Freeman has provided a great gift to the women of
our church, and to all people searching for relevance in even the
smallest of words and action. As she writes in her introduction,
"Their words are meant for us." Here is a fascinating offering for
group study and personal reflection from this consummate
storyteller and teacher. The Rev. Nancy R. Crawford National
president, Episcopal Church Women, Eugene, Oregon
Author and visionary Lindsay Hardin Freeman brings us another great
leap forward in comprehension of the realities of the female
presentations in the Bible. Her diligent analysis of every line
uttered by women in scripture delivers startling insights never
before analyzed, nor understood, as parts of a deeper message
regarding the female half of the human species. This gender, as we
all know, is in desperate need of a healthier level of interaction
and with Bible Women: All Their Words and Why They Matter, Lindsay
Hardin Freeman offers us hope for a fresh platform of progress.
-Barbara Forster, Human rights activist
Author Lindsay Hardin Freeman deftly coaxes into high relief the
muffled voices of women in the Bible. We see ourselves in their
anguish, estrangement, and life-giving passion and meet them in
those very places in our lives. Each page calls us to be a daughter
of God by stepping out of the past to share our own stories of
transformation and learn the ways of God from one another. Cynthia
Carson, Vice president, Province VII Order of the Daughters of the
King Education for Ministry mentor, Sewanee School of Theology
In Bible Women: All Their Words and Why They Matter, Lindsay Hardin
Freeman brings to light an entirely new and in-depth understanding
of the often unrecognized contribution women made in the overall
biblical narrative. Freeman's very adept biblical scholarship
provides what I believe to be groundbreaking work in providing
greater awareness and appreciation of the importance Bible women
play in our sacred story. The Rt. Rev. Brian N. Prior, Bishop,
Episcopal Church in Minnesota
Reading Bible Women is an opportunity to get reacquainted with not
only the stories of biblical woman but also 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, PhD, EdD, Dean
of the faculty, Professor of practical theology and religious
education, Claremont School of Theology, Claremont, California
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