Lauren’s Monthly Update April -May 2020
Blessings and greetings beautiful visitors!
I’m glad you are here. Well, what a month it has been. The world suddenly changed for all of us and while we try and adapt to a new normal, it has been challenging. The blessing in all of this, is definitely the love we can and have shown for one another. The inner work many have done, and of course the journey we are all on, is developing in us, something I truly hope and believe will be a blessing in the end. So, a quick update on where you can hear my voice and hopefully, be blessed and encouraged, it has been my conviction to lend my voice to give hope during this time. At the beginning of lock down, I shared my tips on the Medicine Mommy SA Youtube channel, on how to look after yourself mentally during Covid. On the 29th of April, I co – hosted an amazing webinar answering questions and providing tips on becoming a Ted Talk speaker. on Wednesday 6 May, I will be a guest on the Seed Storytellers series and I hope you can join us (I will be sharing the links on social media). And later in May, I will be a guest on a women’s history podcast speaking about the queens of Israel. I’m at work on a few new projects and continually teaching at our online Bible school, and don’t forget to tune in to my show every Thursday evening at 7pm on Radio Cape Pulpit.
Stay Safe and Be blessed friends!
Lauren
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.
It was an opulent world, the one she lived in. Defined as the best home in the land, it was also the most dangerous. A place of law and everything in its place, including her. Vashti the queen was...
I’m often thinking about women in history. The ones we know and the ones we don’t know, the ones lost beneath times sand. Last year, I stumbled across a short write – up about a historical film inspired by...
Today is the “International Day of the Girl Child!” And I was left thinking so much about the moment I “met” the fearless girl on Wall Street in New York. It was such a dream of mine to see...
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.
