Kathleen S Evenhouse
Writing With Vision
Are you stuck in your childhood, Sunday School, fun-little-song edition of the Bible? If you don’t look for and expect to discover deeper understanding, you won’t find it. If you are like me, when you read the Bible a voice whispers in your brain, “I already know this story.” Our brains work that way—they connect what is coming… Read More
Researching ancient history can be tricky. It requires connecting the dots (clues) that are scattered throughout many different “__ologies,” such as anthropology, geology, archaeology, philosophy, theology, literature, history, and the history of science and medicine. All of these require core skills and innovative and informed approaches to theories. (That’s education-speak for: make your best guess… Read More
There’s more to nursery rhymes that fun little ditties to sing while you jump rope. They are our history in disguise. For example: The origin for this rhyme that most historicans agree on is: Nimble Jack is actually Black Jack, an English pirate who was notorious for escaping from the authorities in the late 16th… Read More
Friends, I’d like to introduce you to Ruth, Naomi, Boaz, and a few more old friends. You might be saying, “I know that story. I learned it in Sunday School.” If you still believe that the biblical story of Ruth and Boaz reads much like a Disney romance—where a kind and lovely young girl falls… Read More
Can an historical novel about women struggling through life in a patriarchal society speak into women empowerment issues? Perhaps we should start with a definition. A quick perusal of the world-wide web showed that most groups agree on a definition similar to the one below: Women’s empowerment focuses on identifying and redressing power imbalances and giving… Read More
After twenty years of writing for others, I am seriously working on my own first novel. Let’s be honest, I’ve been working on it for a few years—am actually rewriting it for the seventh time. Why is this taking so long? It started out as a movie script for a variety of reasons, but the… Read More
Kathleen S Evenhouse 