Lauren’s Bi-Weekly News 10 January – 24 January 2019
Happy 2019! We are here, we have arrived!
I hope you all had a great break and (hopefully) some time to rest. My husband and I took some time to rest and rejuvenate in the midst of the silly season. I cannot help but feel the importance of taking that break out and just resting before life picks up again in the new year. So whatever the new year has in store for you, may it be blessed! I’m excited to share that the African Gender and Theology Journal has done a review of my new book Shelamzion, I will be sharing the link to the Open Space in my newsletter and on the stories page. Hopefully the newsletter will be out before the end of next week. I’m still teaching an awesome women in the Bible series on Cape Radio Pulpit every second Tuesday at 13:15 and I’ve been asked about my Ted talk… it’s still not out live yet, but once it’s out I will be sharing that link. For now, I’m really happy to be dipping my pen (or keyboard for that matter) in to some new stories. I have missed article and journal writing and hope to make that a priority as new truths and personal stories flow from my heart. Grab a copy of my book Shelamzion, people are still loving it! Thanks for being with me here today, I appreciate you, until next time
Many Blessings!
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.
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...
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...
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.
She Leads Africa
Forget perfection, embrace what you have to give
WordMothers Interview
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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.
Living with the Conviction, Men and Women are Equal in Messiah.
Pursuing Godly Justice
Proverbs 31:8-9
Passionate Story Telling
To Survive one must tell Stories – Umberto Eco
Engaging in Creativity
Encouraging the pursuit of Creativity.
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