Betsy Lowery

I am Betsy Lowery: wife, mother, knitter, preacher's daughter, seminary grad, recently-retired church employee, North Carolina native, and author of three books about living with faith in God as a response to His faithfulness to us.

When God called me into Christian ministry, only He knew the path ahead – a seminary degree in Christian Education, moving to Alabama (where I’d never set foot before) to start my adult life as an employee at Woman’s Missionary Union national office, starting a family, transitioning to church staff support work and developing a personal ministry of writing.

My first book, Pause: Everyday Prayers for Everyday Women, is still available for purchase right here on Amazon. Eleven years after it was published, I completed my first novel and then a sequel. Both books were released in January 2019.

Having served in Baptist ministry starting in 1985, I wrote and designed website, social media, and newsletter content for Vestavia Hills Baptist Church from 2008 until 2019, when led to retire from full-time employment outside the home. My church is Dawson Memorial. I have had articles published in Baptist literature, and my full-length script, Look At My Son (a dramedy about two angels on earth, "Mary" and "Joe," and titled according to the central piece of music presented), was produced as a Christmas pageant at First Baptist Church of Pelham.

I am very excited to have novels out now with WestBow Press and available both in softcover and in e-book formats. Find my series posts on Instagram (@hiyabets) all about the Jane Austen/Pride and Prejudice thread that’s woven into No Doubt It’s Love (called “30 Days of Austenspeak” on Instagram) and about the springtime & Easter setting of A Stranger’s Promise.

Find much more, including upcoming events, on Facebook page Books by Betsy Lowery. Themes and challenges in my novels reflect this fact, and I hope you will discover some of that and share it with a friend.

My books:

Pause: Everyday Prayers for Everyday Women (2004, Revell) - a brief prayer for each day of the year

A Stranger's Promise - A curious tourist finds herself way off the beaten track - and in over her head!

No Doubt It's Love - A handsome young musician and his fiancée face unexpected opposition - from very different sources! (sequel to A Stranger's Promise)

When I need a break from writing, I get my knitting out. (And vice versa.) I’ve knitted everything from sweaters and skirts to mop covers and Christmas ornaments, and I love trying new patterns (or inventing them...as in the gray rope scarf I'm wearing in my profile photo - I completed it using two writing pens as knitting needles while on a road trip!) as well as coaching and encouraging newer knitters. I am a proud, active member of Greater Birmingham Fiber Guild and have been the group's newsletter editor in 2018 and 2019. Follow my knitting adventures on Instagram (@the_knitting_hour) and at Long Tail and Short Tales, a WordPress site.

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