Color the women of the Bible and discover the divine feminine shimmering throughout scripture. Esther, Sarah, Noadiah, Mary. Names you've known your whole life, or names you'll encounter for the first time. In Coloring Women of the Bible, meet the diverse and remarkable women of the Old and New Testaments, called by God into lives of service. Through dozens of original illustrations by artist Natalie Turri, revel in the stories of the strong women shaping the destiny of generations to come. Rebekah, Priscilla, Bithiah, Achsah, Hagar, Jehosheba: rejoice in these and other women of the Bible and discover your own image in their colorful lives. Color Coloring Women of the Bible with a group of other women! Download the free group coloring guide to help your small group color, reflect, and pray together.
Table of Contents:
A Theological Introduction: "Who is My Mother? Behold, My Mother!"
1. Opening Prayer: She Who Searches
2. PART ONE - Indwelling of the Spirit: She-Bear
3. Mother of All: Eve
4. Faithful but Omitted: Job's Wife
5. Th e Rupture: Th e Daughters of Zelophehad
6. Dark Star: Esther
7. Spirit Opens to Herself: Lydia of Th yatira
8. Spirit-Breathed: Priscilla
9. PART TWO - Heavenly: El Shaddai
10. Spiraling Multiplicities: Rebekah
11. Pharaoh's Daughter: Bithiah
12. Dancing Prophetess: Miriam
13. Entangled Princess: Salome
14. Sisters: Mary and Martha of Bethany
15. Fiery Prophetesses: Th e Daughters of Philip the Protodeacon
16. PART THREE - God-Adorned: Th e Mother
17. Sacramental Name: Sarah
18. Tribal Mother: Leah
19. Blessed with Abundance: Job's Daughters
20. Reversing the Desert: Achsah
21. Extravagant Queen: Bilqis of Sheba
22. Arising Hospitality: Peter's Mother-in-Law
23. Highly Esteemed: Phoebe of Kechries
24. PART FOUR - Creatio cooperationis: Th e Tehom
25. Sent away and returned: Hagar and Keturah
26. Speaking Truth to Power: Michal
27. Truly Our Sister: Tamar
28. Noadiah: Queer Prophetess
29. Given Away: Cleopatra Th ea
30. Gone Is My Glory: Th e Mothers of Bethlehem
31. PART FIVE - Eternal Glory: Chokhmah, Holy Sophia
32. Gathering Pollen and Nectar for Others: Deborah
33. Promise Keeper: Hannah
34. From Cursing to Praising: Th e Widow of Zarephath
35. Guardian Angel: Jehosheba
36. Women's March: Th e Many of Jesus
37: PART SIX - Otherworldly: Birthing God
38. Maternal Contradiction: Jochebed
39. Maligned Diviner: Th e Witch of Endor
40. Elijah's Inspiration: Jezebel
41. Breaking Tradition: Elizabeth
42. Th e First Preachers: Many Marys
43. Sacred and Profane: Th e Women of the Apocalypse
44: PART SEVEN - Th e Word: Mystery Hidden through the Ages
45. Red Cord District: Rahab
46. Voyeur Beauty: Bathsheba
47. Every Woman: Th e Shulamite
48. Conceiving Prophecy: Th e Mother of Isaiah's Second Son
49. Touching the Immaculate: Salome
50. Closing Prayer: Shekinah
Benediction - Loving Sisterhood (Ruth and Naomi)
Notes
Scriptural Index
About the Author
Christopher D. Rodkey is a pastor, educator, parent, spouse, and public theologian. He is pastor of St. Paul's United Church of Christ in Dallastown, Pennsylvania. His other books include The Synaptic Gospel, Too Good to Be True, and The World is Crucifixion. He lives in York County, Pennsylvania, with his patient wife, Traci, and very active children. Natalie Turri is the proud mother of two, a professional visual artist and painting instructor; an exceptional jewelry maker; a skilled soap maker; an enthusiastic organic gardener; a concerned and active citizen in Williamsport, Pennsylvania; and a loyal friend, loving sister, and daughter (among many, many other things).
