Dr. Barbara Edema, who has written The Pastor Maggie Series, has been a pastor for 23 years. The series is about a fictional church and is based on her days serving many delightful and frustrating parishioners. Pastor Maggie is young, impetuous, emotional, and clumsy—not to mention she’s also a crazy cat lady. She steps into ministry full of Greek and Hebrew but short on life experience. She learns quickly! is Book One of the series; it is based on the real city of Chelsea, Mich. Dr. Edema is a graduate of Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Mich. She lives in DeWitt, Mich.