The Abbess

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Gender	Female
Industry	Religion
Occupation	Writer, Missionary, Teacher
Location	El Paso, Texas, United States
Introduction	Watershed Moments: Grew up in Alaska, Seattle Wash and high school years in Las Cruces NM nestled below the Organ Mountains. Married at 20 Motherhood at 21, BA at 24 Widowed at 27. Explosive encounter with Christ at 30, remarried at 37 to a very handsome Dutch missionary. Worked with indigenous peoples for 7 years. Went to seminary at 42 and applied for Ph.D at Trinity in 2009. Widowed at 63.
Interests	Reading, writing, speaking, listening, laughing, hiking, drinking coffee with a really good friend, loving, playing with Emmie, watching children play, theology, missions, and sparing with Hans. Professionally I Iove ministry development and church organizational and spiritual growth.
Favorite Movies	Luther, The Mission, The Village, Sweet Home Alabama, Die Hard, You've Got Mail, Green Card, obscure foreign films
Favorite Music	Hmm..., I am an eclectic listening fan. From contemporary Christians to gregorian chant, classical, world music, Hindu and Islamic. Love it all. I even really really like bluegrass.
Favorite Books	Favorite Authors: Henri Nouwen, Basilea Schlink, Thomas Merton, Catherine De Hueck Doherty, George C Hunter's "The Celtic Way of Evangelism:, "Authencity" by James Gilmore, "Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven" by Susan Jane Gillman, "The Gift of Years", "The Thirteenth Tale "by Diane Settlefield, "Journeys of Simplicity" by Philip Hayden

Lionesses have no manes. How do they know when they've grown up?

When they find themselves breastfeeding and they wonder when it will end.