Lauren’s Bi-Weekly News 12 September – 26 September 2018
Shalom friends,
It’s been a good week! Meeting to chat about my book launch this weekend (yes nervous!), and celebrating my birthday today and anticipating having a beautiful celebration soon. So, I’ve been busy at finalising the launch and thinking about a number of things I need to do before then, like website updates, information pages, interviews etc. One of the things I enjoy about a new book coming out is marketing, I love marketing. So this weekend I will be attending my first Ted Workshop to prepare us all to speak the Ted way. I will be blogging about my experience because when I looked for someone elses perspective I did not find anything online that was relevant. Sunday is my launch, and I’ll have all the information about Shelamzion up on my site so you can order your copy too, please do! The launch will be filmed so I can share it all with you when it’s edited and up. I’m back in the studio at Radio Pulpit on the 25th of September recording my new series airing every Tuesday in October at 13:15. Newsletter is out soon, so sign up – I send out a newsletter every 3 to 4 month. Thanks for joining me here and may you be so blessed!
Much Love Lauren x
What I'm About
Speaking Out
I’m outspoken and passionate about the burdens Yeshua has woven in my heart, and I want to always use my voice for hope, truth and change in this generation. This calling is to “go to where the silence is and say something.”
Gender Justice
What if we lived in a world where women and men co – ruled and co – reigned, it’s a dream that was reality, right there in the beginning. My eyes have seen many things, and my heart has become connected with the calling for gender equality. I’m an egalitarian, that’s who I am!
Writer
The pen is a weapon, it has the power to overcome, to heal, to wage war and reveal truth. It’s a weapon of warfare, and we have to wield it well. At the cornerstone of my purpose is a calling to write, it burns inside of me.
I’m not sure how to feel. When someone shares their stories with you and it catches you off guard. The stories of sexual harassment and abuse within their workplace. Their workplace, a place people go to heal and be...
This is the final part of my 3 – part talk on being childless by choice, a talk I presented at Stellenbosch University. This is my favourite part of the whole thing because I’ve learned that extended parenthood is...
From personal reflection about the Christian response to childlessness, I have learned two things. Firstly, in denominations where complementarianism or patriarchal values are upheld, a woman’s value is believed to be tied in to her role as a wife...
Lauren has been a freelance journalist and writer since 2011. Her writing focuses on story-telling, profiling extraordinary people, sharing truth, poetry and magical stories. This section features some of her latest contributions and past writing work. Take a look and we hope one of these articles will be a blessing to you! Lauren is a professional member of PenSa, and is a monthly contributor to Off the Page Magazine and Spice4Life.
There is power in a pen, it creates and can impact change.
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New Historical Fiction Book -By Lauren Jacobs
Shelamzion dreams of living for a cause. As a Maccabean descendant, her family had defeated the Greeks occupying Judea and had restored the nations independence. But her uncle the king rules with greed and selfish ambition, isolating her family from the people. An arranged marriage to her cousin shatters her dreams of purpose and her longing to marry Yaakov her tutor. Shelamzion watches her husband the newly crowned king, continue his fathers reign of tyranny. Lines are drawn, civil war spills blood on to Jerusalem’s street and Shelamzion is faced with personal loss and the desire to rise up and protect her people. But Yahweh has never chosen a queen to rule over Israel before, so will he do it this time?
Grab a copy of my new book, Shelamzion Queen of Israel, Published by Naledi Books.
