This Sunday, December 15, Saint Philip’s will host a book reading and signing by The Rev’d Margaret Babcock.

You are invited to join her at 11:30am in the Chapel of the Nativity (just off the main sanctuary).

Mtr Margaret is a Saint Philip’s parishioner, Episcopal priest, and published author.

Her short story Bridge to Before won first place in fiction at the Wyoming Writers Conference in 2015. Since then Mtr Margaret has written two science fiction novels, Eden.2 and most recently, Intersecting Eternity.

Intersecting Eternity melds mysticism with science fiction in the tale of a sentient planet gone silent as humans struggle to survive.

In 2073, humans settled on a planet they called Goldilocks, forging a relationship of interdependence and trust which allowed them to flourish. Then something went wrong.

130 years later their survival is threatened by plagues and hunger. Alice, a young woman on the brink of adult life, discovers the history of that forgotten partnership which even her lover, Dinah, now denies.

Together with unlikely allies, Alice seeks to reestablish the link between people and planet. But time is running out to save a future for humanity in this new world.

I’ve delighted in reading science fiction and fantasy novels for decades and found Intersecting Eternity to be engrossing, riveting, and frequently surprising. The differences between Goldilocks and Earth are wonderfully subtle, while the character-driven plot kept me wondering how Alice would navigate her expanding and challenging world. I highly recommend immersing yourself in this engaging story!

—Shirin McArthur, editor and spiritual guide

You can learn more about Mtr Margaret in her interview published last week. Click here.