Making Biblical Fiction Framed by Truth
When the Bible is true, how can fiction be biblical? How do we blend fiction with truth? How is biblical fiction framed by biblical truth?
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Elaine R Kelly
- Sep 28
- 8 min
5 Things Art Shows About What Society Values
Five Things Art Shows about What Society Values: Men and Masculinity
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Elaine R Kelly
- Jul 20
- 3 min
From Prostitutes to Priests: How We Imagine Women Matters
For centuries, women have been portrayed in art and fiction as prostitutes or priests. How does the way we imagine women impact our theology
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Elaine R Kelly
- Jul 4
- 5 min
Freed or Confined in Genesis: Two Fictional Tales
Two fictional tales from Genesis illustrate how underlying ideas can be incorporated into biblical stories.
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Elaine R Kelly
- May 28
- 6 min
Mary and Jesus: Mother and Son
Ancient records pair Mother and Son, Mary and Jesus in Eucharist based on the book Mary and Early Christian Women: Hidden Leadership
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Elaine R Kelly
- May 26
- 7 min
Mary: High Priest and Bishop
Evidence that Mary, mother of Jesus was a priest and bishop based on book Mary and Early Christian Women: Hidden Leadership
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Elaine R Kelly
- May 23
- 5 min
Art Preserves Mary as Liturgical Leader
While texts were redacted, art preserves records of women preachers, leaders based on book Mary and Early Christian Women: Hidden Leadership
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Elaine R Kelly
- May 14
- 4 min
How to Read Biblical Fiction (Free Download!)
Biblical Fiction fits within the frame of the Bible. Imagining yourself in the Bible narrative impacts your mind and emotions. reveals truth
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Elaine R Kelly
- May 3
- 5 min
Step into Scripture: Do You Imagine Yourself in Bible Stories?
Imagining yourself in Bible stories is a way of praying. Biblical fiction puts you in the shoes of women of the Bible.
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Elaine R Kelly
- Jan 18
- 8 min
Q&A: Why Write a Historical Biblical Fiction?
In short: I write to show that Jesus empowered women. 1. Where did you get the idea to write historical fiction about women in the...
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Elaine R Kelly
- Jan 13
- 9 min
Is it Christian Fiction?
Why the re-telling of the Gospel from the women's perspective may not fit the Christian Fiction genre. Which books/movies called Christian?
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Elaine R Kelly
- May 14, 2022
- 5 min
6 Powerful Features of Parables
“I love it when he uses stories. It makes it so much easier to understand what is right.” Elaine Ricker Kelly, Forgotten Followers: from...
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Elaine R Kelly
- Apr 2, 2022
- 7 min
Were Women at the Last Supper?
A look at art depicting the Last Supper, its purpose and its impact on our view of women and men with Jesus at the Last Supper.
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Elaine R Kelly
- Dec 9, 2021
- 4 min
Is your Novel Biblical?
How to confirm if a biblical fiction is in fact consistent with the Bible when it is not consistent with patriarchal church teaching.
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Elaine R Kelly
- Oct 27, 2021
- 4 min
Art of Mary of Clopas in Emmaus
Clopas may have been with his wife when the risen Jesus appeared to them on the road to Emmaus. Art impacts our view of who was with Clopas.
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Elaine R Kelly
- Oct 21, 2021
- 5 min
Mary of Clopas: The Other Disciple on the Road
Was Mary of Clopas the other disciple with Clopas on the road to Emmaus, one of the first witnesses to the risen Jesus? Does art inform us?
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Elaine R Kelly
- Oct 8, 2021
- 1 min
The Power of Story-telling
In my new life as an author, I am very focused on the rule to "Show, Don't Tell". Other books have been written explaining the rationale...
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Elaine R Kelly
- Sep 26, 2021
- 2 min
Movie Review: Mary Magdalene (2018)
Media Review: I am reflecting on some of the books and media I have reviewed as part of my research into the various views of the life...
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Elaine R Kelly
- Aug 23, 2021
- 6 min
TV Series Review: The Chosen
The Chosen is a television drama streaming on its own app. The team behind The Chosen aims to bring the stories of the gospels of Jesus...
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