Sarah & the Girls & God Ministry

I did not grow up in the church. That’s probably why I feel so passionate about helping others, particularly teen girls, get to know and understand what an amazing God we have. I was introduced to Christ as a freshman in college. All through high school I had been a practicing witch. I considered myself a good witch and had become deeply entrenched in this false belief system. At one point, as a senior in high school, I even felt that my “spirit guide” was leading me to kill myself. I made one serious attempt to take my life but when that “didn’t work”, I began to flounder, wondering what I was doing wrong. I couldn’t seem to find what I was looking for.

Then came college, and I hoped, a fresh start. But it was not the start I was expecting. I landed in a very small dorm room with not one, but two Christian girls. I had never really met Christians like them, and I was alternately perplexed and annoyed by their devotion to God. The real one. And when I eventually decided to give this new God a try, one fall night after an InterVarsity meeting, I never looked back. I began to see my practice of witchcraft for what it really was, and in a desperate attempt to show God I was serious about Him, I had a friend burn everything I owned that had anything to do with my days in witchcraft.

I got very serious about God and was discipled for a number of years – something I credit for giving me a strong solid base from which to grow. After college, I married and my husband and I began working with the high school teen ministry at our church. It was there that I met a girl who inspired me to write the Becoming Beka series. She came to youth group week after week, saying all the right things, but never convincing me that she truly had a relationship with God. I began to wonder what it would be like to be that girl. To be in church but not really understand how, or even if, God fit into your life. What would be it like to wear someone else’s faith like a coat you just threw on when you needed to? I began writing the first book in the series while I was a teacher. Before long, I found a publisher who wanted it to be an entire series. I was thrilled. And terrified.

Fast forward to today and I find that while I love writing the books, what I love more is seeing how God uses a simple story to draw girls to Himself. I hear from readers all over the world, and through the Internet, I have the chance to encourage them. As I developed my websites, blogs and answered mail, the Girls & God Ministry began to form.

In essence, the Girls & God Ministry is me, my passions, my heart and my books all rolled up into one. The mission of the ministry is this:

Living authentically so we can follow God passionately.

Through writing books that show what living a life of faith is all about, or through speaking to groups far and wide, I simply want to be a Peter. I have been forgiven much, and now I would like to strengthen others for the journey before them.

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