When God Calls You to Leave the Art World

Interview

When God Calls You to Leave the Art World
Lilias Trotter could have been a famous painter. Instead, she chose to travel with two other single women to preach the gospel in Algeria. Why?
Interview by Katelyn Beaty
In a recent New York magazine cover story, journalist Rebecca Traister notes that many more US women are embracing "that it's okay for them not to be married." She calls the decline of marriage "the most radical of feminist ideas." But in fact, many women throughout history chose to be single not out of feminist commitments but out of Christian faith.... continue reading >>

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