Grit and Grace
Heroic Women of the Bible
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- $13.99
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
Experience the grit and grace of seventeen women of the Bible through creative first-person retellings of each person's story. This book connects preteen girls with the women of the Bible, showing them that they are created in the image of God to do mighty things in this world.
Grit and Grace is for girls who long to know where they fit in God's kingdom, who want to know they are made for more than the frilly and frivolous, and that they can make a difference in the world around them. Through stories, reflection questions, and action ideas, the book helps readers become the gutsy, grace-filled girls God made them to be.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Rivadeneira lets 17 biblical women Hagar, Leah, Mary Magdalene, and many others tell their own stories in distinctive and engaging first-person narratives. In the opening entry, Eve expresses her guilt over disobeying God, but also recognition that she and Adam haven't been entirely abandoned ("We felt God with us in the laughter of our first sons"). "I have a complicated family," admits Leah, who shares a husband with her sister. "Want to know why? Because my dad tricked Jacob into marrying me first." Even unnamed women, such as one whose 12 years of constant bleeding was healed by Jesus, get their moments. Sidebars connect the entries with their biblical antecedents, and closing questions and prayer prompts encourage further reflection. A provocative exploration that gives welcome voice, attention, and ink to women often relegated to the margins of biblical stories. Ages 9 12.
