All author articles
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OpinionI felt God ask me to remain single and my book, Nun’s Drift, contains what I learned about acceptance
‘I tried to fight that unwelcome ‘call’ [to singleness] when I was older, but it has given me the ability to be available to listen to other singles and really hear them,’ says Sheila Jacobs, who ended up writing a novel with singles as the main characters.
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OpinionThe Christian message of redemption runs through the books of late bestselling author Barbara Taylor Bradford
Barbara Taylor Bradford died on the 24th November aged 91. Author Ruth Leigh shares her reflections and the impact Barbara’s books had on her life.
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ArticleInfluencer, Anna Mathur says, ‘You can’t do it all’
Psychotherapist Anna Mathur is also a highly sought-after author, podcaster and speaker. Here, she reveals some of the practical ways she manages her time in order to give of her best to both family and work
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Article‘Reading is a kind of magic’
Jane Walters is the chair of the Association of Christian Writers (ACW). Here she talks about her own journey of becoming a writer and why she feels Christian literature is so important
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OpinionGod moved me and my family from the American Midwest to London for him
Rachel Allord was happy with her life in Wisconsin and didn’t want to move to the UK, until God changed her heart.
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ArticleFall down seven times, stand up eight
Leadership advisor and executive coach Maxine Nwaneri spoke with our editor Tola Doll Fisher about finding purpose and fulfillment – and the unexpected journey God has taken her on
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OpinionThe Church must learn to dismantle patriarchy’s power together
Liz Cooledge Jenkins felt uneasy discussing much of her experience as a young woman in church. She wrote Nice Churchy Patriarchy to highlight the issues she faced.
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OpinionI gave up on writing my novel, until God gave my friend a prophetic word that changed everything
Jemimah Wright shares the extraordinary prophetic word that encouraged her to keep going with her debut novel.
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OpinionMeet the 1800s’ most incredible Christian female author - who didn’t just tell girls to get married
Christian author Charlotte M Yonge’s book was just described as “the best Victorian novel you’ve never heard of” by a mainstream YouTuber.
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ArticleJesus appeared to me in a dream
Born into a Muslim family in the Middle East, author Tessa Afshar lost hope for the future after her divorce…until she had a dream
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OpinionWriting a book can deeply grow your relationship with God and yourself - it completely changed my life
Many people find writing cathartic but, as she was working on a fictional story, Woman Alive’s deputy editor Jemimah Wright assumed that wouldn’t apply to her. But in fact, over the ten years she penned her novel, Isabella’s Voyage, her relationship with herself and God completely changed.
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ArticleIn Business: The power of a story
Tarnya Coley, founder of TC Publishing, shares how she went from overworked and stressed to empowering others to write and publish their own books
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ArticleCan you be an intellectual and believe in God at the same time?
Speaker, author, neuroscientist and apologist Sharon Dirckx shares her own journey to faith and explains why she believes we are more than just our brains
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ArticleShining a light on Black British history
Lola Jaye wrote her new book The Attic Child during the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement, in 2020. Here’s what she told us about how the story unfolded
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ArticleGod’s ways are not our ways
New York Times bestselling author Ann Voskamp is also a farmer’s wife and mum of seven. Seeing her sister killed in front of her eyes gave her unimaginable trauma. Here she speaks about the beauty and pain of life and how her writing draws her closer to the healing power of God
