Mary Walker
Educating, Inspiring, and Motivating Christian Women

Book & Movie Reviews

Posted on: August 21, 2023

Black Women in America – Part 43  We have come to the end of our journey through the lives of remarkable Black Women in America. We have told the stories of nearly 100 amazing black women and if I had not limited the number to Black Female Firsts, we could...

Posted on: December 7, 2021

Introduction For the last few months we have taken a journey through the Middle Ages. It has been exciting to share a few of the hundreds of stories that are available of faithful women who served in God’s kingdom during the approximate 1000-year span, roughly 500 to 1500 AD. We began...

Posted on: June 4, 2019

Christian Women in the Early Church For the last few months I have posted stories on significant women from the Patristic age. The lives of many thousands of people were touched as these women followed their call from God to a life of service in His Kingdom. Due to space,...

Posted on: January 27, 2017

The material in the books covered in these reviews spans about ten centuries – from 500 AD to 1500 AD. Three of the books contain biographies. One book, Crown & Veil, gives us the background to life in the female monasteries. If you ever wondered what God’s saints were doing...

Posted on: September 5, 2016

Medieval Christian women spent their lives using their gifts in service to one another as commanded by Peter in this Scripture. They believed that following Christ meant sharing the Gospel and ministering to the poor as Jesus did.

Posted on: June 27, 2016

The four women in these reviews lived during a span three centuries: Margaret Fell Fox (seventeenth century), Sarah Osborn (eighteenth century), and the Grimke sisters (nineteenth century). During these centuries women were not supposed to be speaking in front of groups containing men. Yet, these women boldly led Bible studies...

Posted on: June 7, 2016

This months’ reviews include two missionaries and a Queen. Lettie B. Cowman, Lillias Underwood, and Queen Elizabeth II.

Posted on: March 19, 2016

These reviews include two famous women explorers, a godly pastor’s wife who wrote a very famous hymn, a champion of the poor, and a missionary to western Africa. It is marvelous how many ways God uses women to take the Gospel to the lost. I hope you will get these...

Posted on: April 11, 2012

Here are some books that will inspire and encourage you.

Posted on: August 31, 2011

Since the media, and apparently most church pastors, won’t talk about the widespread dehumanizing of women around the world, including here in the United States, I am very glad that Nicholas and Sheryl have written this book.