Interview with Barbara Troxell, Creator of “My Life Journey, Each Upwards and Downwards” — Church Anew

Please share a quick abstract of your ebook.

I might summarize my ebook as follows: My Life Journey tells the story of my life from beginning to almost age 90. In my grownup life, the ebook does give attention to me as a clergywoman, which was a uncommon vocation for ladies within the mid twentieth century.

Why did you write this ebook?

I wrote this ebook to specific each a part of my household historical past and a part of United Methodist historical past in ways in which had not been instructed earlier than. I wished these components of private and denominational histories to be recognized.   

Who ought to learn this ebook?

I hope that youthful clergywomen, ladies of any age contemplating ordained ministry, and others who want or need encouragement in regards to the place of ladies in skilled ministry will learn the ebook. 

What would you just like the reader to remove after studying your ebook?

I would really like readers of my ebook to study {that a} lady in ordained ministry has a difficult, thrilling, and pleasant life story to inform. I would really like readers to know that regardless of discrimination towards ordained ladies – via “many risks, toils, and snares” – there’s a vital approach via, by the grace and steering of God.