"This is intelligent writing which opens doors for imaginative preaching and roots this life giving ministry in prayer." -- The Rt Revd Alison White, Bishop of Hull

"An important, accessible and comprehensive account of the too-long silenced voices of women of the bible. Including the women you know, the women you thought you knew and the women you hadn't heard of or had long forgotten, this book seeks them out and brings them out of the deep shadows imposed on them. This is a book for everyone seeking to challenge their own bias, conscious or unconscious and is particularly urgent given the public conversations around violence against women and the dismantling of patriarchy. I commend it to you with urgency, it will challenge, inform and gently but surely change the way you think, speak and write about these women of faith." -- The Revd Kate Bottley

“What an absolute gift Kate Bruce and Liz Shercliff have gifted the preacher. How boldly and vibrantly the women of scripture speak through their insightful telling of their stories. How dynamically they spring to life. In “Out of the Shadows’, they write of “Woman Wisdom’ being an inspirational ally for the woman preacher. This book, in its entirety, is a confident, wise, and powerful ally that all preachers will want to turn to, again and again. It will sit firmly on my writing desk, very close to hand." -- Jenny Cornfield, Freelance charity consultant

"This book is stuffed with scriptural sleuthery, homiletical skill, and pastoral sensitivity. Kate and Liz show preachers how honouring women’s stories leads to encountering God’s Wisdom." -- Revd Matthew Allen, Diocese of Blackburn, UK

“The gift Kate and Liz offer us afresh is the gift of the preacher, who only ever holds out a clumsy gauntleted hand and watches in wonder as the majestic eagle of the scriptures takes flight and God’s voice is heard in the hearts of the hearer. Decide today that these women will not remain in the shadows.”-- The Rt Revd Mark Tanner, Bishop of Chester

"This book is readable, insightful and profoundly hopeful. It will inform both preachers, teachers of homiletics and those who look to the scriptures hoping for liberation for women and, indeed, all people." -- Rev’d Canon Jenny Wilson, The Company of Preachers