Paula Gooder
Following on from her bestselling Women of Holy Week, Paula
Gooder uses her extensive biblical expertise and storytelling
skills to recreate the events of the nativity, from the promise of
a future people to Sarah, to the presentation in the temple and the
encounter with Anna, the prophet.
The story is told from the perspective of nine women in all
including Mary, Elizabeth, Rachel, and others whom scripture
records or tradition has imagined, such as the innkeeper's wife. As
we hear the familiar stories afresh through their words, the wonder
of the incarnation and its consequences for good and for ill, come
to vivid life in a new way.
Each story is accompanied by a painting by the priest-artist,
Ally Barrett. This will be widely welcomed by all who love Paula's
writing and respect her biblical expertise as well as those looking
for fresh inspiration for seasonal services from Advent to
Candlemas.
The Author
Paula Gooder is a writer and biblical scholar whose
many books make her expertise accessible to a wide readership. They
include Lydia and Phoebe
which relate in story form the lives of significant New
Testament figures, and the Biblical Exploration series. Paula is
also one of the editors of the Pilgrim course. She is Canon
Chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral, London.
9781781404607
£10.99 Church House Publishing 30th August
2024