Hagar, Rahab, Abigal, Jephthah’s daughter and other women of the Bible come alive in these accounts. Their stories and lives take on new meaning and added dimension viewed through the prism of Sister Judette’s insightful analysis and commentary. Turning traditional interpretations on their head, Sister Judette plucks these once-obscure women from the biblical text and give their stories, their plight, their courage, and their faith individuality and significance. This would be service enough for men and women seeking a more inclusive, liberative reading of the scriptures. But Sister Judette moves on from the biblical past to the clangorous present. The lives of present day women in crisis, to abused domestic here and abroad, prostituted women, and women struggling out of their prison of poverty and ignorance. Sister Judette thus shows us a way to appreciate current events from a spiritual perspective, to fuse experience and faith, life and prayer.