Seeing for Ourselves

by Whitley, Katerina Katsarka

• ISBN13: 9780819218902
• ISBN10: 0819218901
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Morehouse Pub Co

Summary

In this provocative collection of dramatic monologues, the author gives powerful voice to the New Testament women who met Jesus before and after the Resurrection. The book includes questions at the end of each story, making this an excellent guide for group study, especially women's Bible study groups. Abingdon Press.

Author Biography

Katerina Katsarka Whitley, born in Thessoloniki, Greece, now lives in Boone, North Carolina. She has worked as a church journalist for the past two decades and is also the author of Speaking for Ourselves: Voices of Biblical Women

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	1	(6)
A Wedding Gift Like No Other	7	(8)
The Bride of Cana Remembers Her Wedding Day
Water for the Parched Soul	15	(6)
The First Evangelist Tells Her Story
Dancing with the Lord of Life	21	(8)
The Daughter of Jairus Remembers Her Visit to the Other Side
I Am the One Who Touched His Cloak	29	(8)
A Story Told to Gentiles
An Alabaster Jarful for My Life	37	(8)
A Forgiven Woman Offers Her Gratitude and Remembers the One Who Changed Her Life
Finding My Heart's Desire	45	(8)
Mary of Bethany Tells of Her Encounter With Jesus
Remembering the Human Jesus	53	(10)
Martha Describes the Days in Bethany
There Was No Death in the Man Jesus	63	(8)
Pilate's Wife Speaks before a Christian Assembly in Rome
In the Breaking of the Bread	71	(8)
Cleopas's Wife Celebrates the Remembrance of Holy Community with New Christians
The Visit of the Comforter	79	(10)
Prisca Recounts to Paul Her Own Encounter with Christ
Walking in the Light as a Servant of Christ	89	(10)
Phoebe Introduces Herself to a New Family of Believers
Seeing the Face of Christ in Those of the Redeemed	99	(10)
A Young Woman Encourages Believers in Thessaloniki During the Time of Nero's Persecution of Christians
Bibliography	109