Nova Wells: 4 books

The Bible doesn’t tell us anything about Mary Magdala before she met Jesus and was healed. After being healed, Mary became a very important person in Jesus ministry, but her presence is noted more than her activity. Because Mary was a common name during Jesus lifetime, scholars sometimes assign...

Genesis 35:8 in the Bible records the death and burial of Rebekah’s nurse, Deborah. How could a woman who was probably a slave, become so important to Isaac and Jacob’s family that her death and burial are recorded in Scripture? Retired United Methodist pastor Nova Wells was so fascinated that...

This is a tool to help readers conduct individual or group study of Genesis in the Bible in connection with the novel Deborah, Shaping A Nation. It reminds readers they are in a time period 3500 years ago, in the Middle Bronze age, but the culture was not primitive. Eight Lessons feature multiple questions for study and discussion.

Phoenicia is a favorite Bible story of how a Canaanite woman successfully persuades Jesus to heal her daughter. It was written as a dramatic monologue to be used in a worship service. Approx 8 min.