Dianne Neal Matthews
Dianne Neal Matthews is the author of The One Year On This Day (Tyndale House, 2005) and The One Year Women of the Bible (Tyndale, September 2007). She has also written numerous devotionals, magazine articles, and newspaper features. Her work has appeared in Focus on the Family, The Quiet Hour, LIVE, The Christian Communicator, Warner Press bulletins, and on Web sites including CBN.com.
Awards include the 2008 Writer of the Year at the Write-to-Publish Conference in Wheaton, Illinois. Dianne is a CLASS graduate and a member of Toastmasters International, Advanced Writers and Speakers Association, and the Writers View online group. She and her husband, Richard, live in east central Illinois and have three grown children, a son-in-law currently serving in Afghanistan, and a granddaughter.
Each meditation in The One Year Women of the Bible pairs a contemporary dilemma with a woman from Scripture. You’ll hear the perspective of faithful women like Sarah, Elizabeth, and Abigail along with the less faithful women, such as Jezebel. You’ll also read about everyday contemporary women struggling with busyness and commitment to God. Dianne Matthews masterfully transitions to the scriptural account of a woman in the Bible who faced a similar story or issue and brings readers the spiritual lessons and direction to apply to our own lives.
Discover daily spiritual truth and application gleaned each day from current events and historic happenings. Each devotional relates something significant that happened on that day and then connects the reader with a takeaway from that event, combining fascinating (and sometimes fun) historical facts with solid biblical teaching. Great for family devotions, homeschoolers, and Christian schools.