{"id":1953,"date":"2017-04-19T12:12:10","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T16:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/?p=1953"},"modified":"2017-04-19T12:12:10","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T16:12:10","slug":"everbloom-stories-of-deeply-rooted-and-transformed-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/everbloom-stories-of-deeply-rooted-and-transformed-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Everbloom: Stories of Deeply Rooted and Transformed Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Rss25O22sN0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Once I began reading these stories I couldn\u2019t stop. Each writer is a strong woman who has learned much from life and God. Gritty, funny, painful, affirming. No punches are pulled, but grace abounds.\u201d \u2014Luci Shaw, poet and author<\/p>\n<p>From matters of politics to education, from social justice to health and wellness and beyond, this has been a year for the voices of women to ring out, and the Women of Redbud Writers Guild add their voices to the swell: voices of honesty, faith, deep spirituality, and generous wisdom. In their new book, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Everbloom-Stories-Deeply-Rooted-Transformed\/dp\/1612619339\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1492617388&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=Paraclete+Press+Everbloom\">Everbloom: Stories of Deeply Rooted and Transformed Lives<\/a>, they speak out on behalf of those women who might not have found their own voices yet, sharing stories of their own personal transformations, discoveries, and overcomings.<\/p>\n<p>In forty stories, from global campaigns against social injustice and poverty, to the most intimate retellings of miscarriages and stillbirths, these Women of Redbud Writers Guild share a clarion call to all women: there is no pain that cannot be redeemed by the grace of God, no God-given voice that should be silenced, no one for whom the love of God through Jesus Christ will ever fall short.<\/p>\n<p>Each of the diverse Women of Redbud Writers Guild \u2014 comprised of authors, lawyers, doctors, pastors, journalists, wives, mothers, and more \u2014 are as fascinating as the stories they share, for example:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shayne Moore<\/strong>, a founder of Redbud and author of Global Soccer Mom, tells her story of a visit to Kenya to learn more about the HIV\/AIDS epidemic, and becoming a voice for the voiceless<\/p>\n<p><strong>Margaret Ann Philbrick<\/strong>, who began her career advertising Pop-Tarts for Kellogg\u2019s, now plants seeds in hearts, having surrendered her life to the cross of Jesus Christ, and shares her poem \u201cWe Write\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Emily Gibson<\/strong>, wife, mother, farmer, and family physician, chronicles the heritage of the farm where she and her husband now raise their sons, specifically the woodlot where the trees have been watered with tears after the suicide of a 14-year-old boy<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alia Joy<\/strong>, writer, speaker and blogger, shares what it was like growing up Asian American, and how the \u201csin of omission\u201d \u2013 neglecting to show women like her to the rest of America \u2013 is one of the worst types of oppression<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paracletepress.com\/Content\/Site186\/FilesSamples\/192414everbloom_00000112623.pdf\">Read an excerpt<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Once I began reading these stories I couldn\u2019t stop. 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