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Contributor List, Biographies, and Suggested Resources
Five Things to Do to Make the World a Better Place
- Have humility.
- Be unapologetic for who you are.
- See Christ in others, especially the ones you don’t like.
- Be Christ to others, especially the ones you don’t like.
- Give more money away.
Contributor: Rebecca Bowman Woods
Professional title: Writer/Editor
Personal Web site: http://www.rebeccabowmanwoods.com
Bio: Rebecca Bowman Woods believes that everyone has a tale worth tell-
ing. She earned a Master of Divinity degree from United Theological Seminary
in Dayton, Ohio, in 2006, with a concentration in digital culture ministry, and
is an ordained minister in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). She was
the news editor and director of digital media for DisciplesWorld magazine until
it closed at the end of 2009.
Her work has appeared in Just Women, United Church News, the New
Catholic Encyclopedia (2010 Supplement), and the Fellowship of Prayer Lenten
Devotional (Chalice Press, 2008). She is the producer/director of Beyond Bor-
ders: Faith and Action in the Arizona Desert (2007), a thirty-minute documen-
tary about the work of faith-based groups along the Arizona-Mexico border.
Rebecca works as a freelance writer, editor, and media creator, occasionally
preaching and speaking in the Cincinnati area. She and her husband, Dan,
have four children.
Recommended Books, Web Sites,
Blogs, and Other ResourcesMarcus J. Borg, Reading the Bible again for the First Time: Taking the Bible Seriously
but Not Literally (HarperCollins, 2001).
Michael Joseph Brown, What They Don’t Tell You: A Survivor’s Guide to Biblical
Studies (Westminster John Knox Press, 2000).
Liz Curtis Higgs, Bad Girls of the Bible (Book, DVD, Study Guide; I prefer the
DVD). Those who enjoy Bad Girls will want to check out Really Bad Girls,
Slightly Bad Girls, and Higgs’s most recent, Unveiling Mary Magdalene.
Lisa Wolfe, Uppity Women of the Bible (Four DVD set, available at
http://www.livingthequestions.com)..)
Heidi Bright Parales, Hidden Voices: Biblical Women and Our Christian Heritage
(Smyth & Helwys, 1998).