Welcome! My name is Ruth Huizenga Everhart and I always have Work in Progress. I'm a Presbyterian minister which means I write a sermon and preach it every week, but I also enjoy writing fiction and non-fiction.
One of my favorite subjects is Pilgrimage. I kept extensive travel diaries on pilgrimages to Israel and Jordan, and I combine those sensory experiences with research of the biblical texts. Sometimes the pilgrimage material ends up in sermons, but other times it's less exegetical and ends up in essays. I also like working with the idea that we are all pilgrims, if we choose to be, no matter where we are physically.
A pilgrimage I took to the Holy Land was the subject of a documentary called The Pilgrimage Project. You can view a trailer for the documentary here.
Some of my Work in Progress is fiction. I'm working on a novel about the life of a clergywoman. Actually, I've written two novels about the same character, and I think I'm starting to know her pretty well. My manuscript drawer is full, but I recently had the bright idea of interweaving the best parts of the two novels into one novel. I may need another drawer. My hope is that some day you'll find this website because some of my work has turned into a published book, and you'd like to sample that book.
The easiest way to get published is to write a blog, so I started that a few years ago. I hope you'll stop by Work in Progress. The blog is where I process my life through words. I hope you'll stop by and leave a comment. Or, lurk shamelessly. Either way, I'm glad you found me. I hope some day we can get acquainted.
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