Coloring Women of the Bible

by Christopher Rodkey, Natalie Turri (Illustrator)

Overview

Color the women of the Bible and discover the divine feminine shimmering throughout scripture.

Esther, Sarah, Noadiah, Mary. Names you've known your whole life, or names you'll encounter for the first time. In Coloring Women of the Bible, meet the diverse and remarkable women of the Old and New Testaments, called by God into lives of service. Through dozens of original illustrations by artist Natalie Turri, revel in the stories of the strong women shaping the destiny of generations to come. Rebekah, Priscilla, Bithiah, Achsah, Hagar, Jehosheba: rejoice in these and other women of the Bible and discover your own image in their colorful lives.

Color Coloring Women of the Bible with others! Download the free group coloring guide at Chalicepress.com to help your small group color, reflect, and pray together.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780827203983
Publisher:	Christian Board of Publication
Publication date:	08/21/2018
Pages:	120
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Christopher D. Rodkey is a pastor, educator, parent, spouse, and public theologian. He is pastor of St. Paul's United Church of Christ in Dallastown, Pennsylvania. His other books include The Synaptic Gospel, Too Good to Be True, and The World is Crucifixion. He lives in York County, Pennsylvania, with his patient wife, Traci, and very active children.

Natalie Turri is the proud mother of two, a professional visual artist and painting instructor; an exceptional jewelry maker; a skilled soap maker; an enthusiastic organic gardener; a concerned and active citizen in Williamsport, Pennsylvania; and a loyal friend, loving sister, and daughter (among many, many other things).

Table of Contents

A Th eological Introduction: “Who is My Mother? Behold, My Mother!”

1. Opening Prayer: She Who Searches

2. PART ONE – Indwelling of the Spirit: She-Bear

3. Mother of All: Eve

4. Faithful but Omitted: Job’s Wife

5. Th e Rupture: Th e Daughters of Zelophehad

6. Dark Star: Esther

7. Spirit Opens to Herself: Lydia of Th yatira

8. Spirit-Breathed: Priscilla

9. PART TWO – Heavenly: El Shaddai

10. Spiraling Multiplicities: Rebekah

11. Pharaoh’s Daughter: Bithiah

12. Dancing Prophetess: Miriam

13. Entangled Princess: Salome

14. Sisters: Mary and Martha of Bethany

15. Fiery Prophetesses: Th e Daughters of Philip the Protodeacon

16. PART THREE – God-Adorned: Th e Mother

17. Sacramental Name: Sarah

18. Tribal Mother: Leah

19. Blessed with Abundance: Job’s Daughters

20. Reversing the Desert: Achsah

21. Extravagant Queen: Bilqis of Sheba

22. Arising Hospitality: Peter’s Mother-in-Law

23. Highly Esteemed: Phoebe of Kechries

24. PART FOUR – Creatio cooperationis: Th e Tehom

25. Sent away and returned: Hagar and Keturah

26. Speaking Truth to Power: Michal

27. Truly Our Sister: Tamar

28. Noadiah: Queer Prophetess

29. Given Away: Cleopatra Th ea

30. Gone Is My Glory: Th e Mothers of Bethlehem

31. PART FIVE – Eternal Glory: Chokhmah, Holy Sophia

32. Gathering Pollen and Nectar for Others: Deborah

33. Promise Keeper: Hannah

34. From Cursing to Praising: Th e Widow of Zarephath

35. Guardian Angel: Jehosheba

36. Women’s March: Th e Many of Jesus

37: PART SIX – Otherworldly: Birthing God

38. Maternal Contradiction: Jochebed

39. Maligned Diviner: Th e Witch of Endor

40. Elijah’s Inspiration: Jezebel

41. Breaking Tradition: Elizabeth

42. Th e First Preachers: Many Marys

43. Sacred and Profane: Th e Women of the Apocalypse

44: PART SEVEN – Th e Word: Mystery Hidden through the Ages

45. Red Cord District: Rahab

46. Voyeur Beauty: Bathsheba

47. Every Woman: Th e Shulamite

48. Conceiving Prophecy: Th e Mother of Isaiah’s Second Son

49. Touching the Immaculate: Salome

50. Closing Prayer: Shekinah

Benediction – Loving Sisterhood (Ruth and Naomi)

Notes

Scriptural Index