Bio
Sara
Lynne Hilton is the author of The Micah
Road Mysteries series and the keynote speaker for the international We Walk
Tour. She is the former Senior Editor for both Shine brightly
and Sparkle magazines and a frequent
speaker at conferences, schools, church clubs, and other events. She has a deep
a passion for encouraging girls to use their voices to make change in the world
and to reject the lure of apathy and indifference. Sara resides in Ann Arbor,
Michigan with her husband, two kids, and a cat named Chucky Buckles.
You
can find her at www.gemsgc.org/mrm
1. What is the book series
about?
The Micah Road Mysteries are about Tasha and Chloe,
two girls who decide that they aren’t going to be the kind of girls who stand
back and just allow bad things to happen, they are going to be the kind of
girls who do something about injustices. So they convert an old playhouse in
Tasha’s backyard into a detective agency and start taking on simple cases like
lost cats. However, the girls’ bright shiny plans take a back seat when real
life shows up. They end up facing series cases and learning that sometimes
doing the right thing is very hard.
2. Book two, The Secret Order, asks the question,
“What is true power?” What made you decide to tackle this topic?
I
was reading an article about how young girls are targeted in some countries
simply for seeking an education. I was struck by how often powerful regimes go
after innocent and helpless people. Is true power simply brutality and force
against the weak? To me, that reeked of fear and cowardice, and it begged the
question, What is true power?
3. The Secret Order suggests that true power is love that doesn’t give
up. Did you have that idea in your mind when you started the book?
No,
the idea that true power is love that doesn’t give up developed as I wrote. The
girls end up discovering the story of a mother and daughter who fled slavery
during the 1860’s. As I was writing, the power of this mother’s love became so
evident and so much purer and stronger than the forces around them. I wondered
if love transcended earthly powers. Could love create a place that brute force couldn’t
touch?
When
I balanced that idea against my faith it made sense to me. As a Christian I
believe God is all-powerful. But what is it about God’s power that brings me to
my knees? It is his brute strength? Is it the knowledge that he can crush me?
What is it? I realized that it is pure love and grace brings me to my knees. Let’s
face it, we humans are pretty screwed up. We are a mess and yet God never gives
up on us, and that is a Godly quality that I can’t quite grasp. I can
understand brute power. I can understand being so angry that I want to destroy.
But unceasing love? Love that doesn’t give up? Love that sacrifices for the
undeserved? That is a power I can barely comprehend. That’s what makes me fall
to my knees.
4. If you’ve ever been the
recipient of love that doesn’t give up?
Yes
I have and it was one of the most startling moments of my life.
5. Tell us about the We Walk Tour coming to Abbotsford,
BC on February 8th.
The We Walk Tour is a three-hour mother daughter event. The tour is hosted by GEMS Girls’ Clubs, which is a
dynamic international club program for young girls. For years GEMS has
encouraged girls to find their voices and to become activists for Christ no
matter their age. The tour is an extension of this. It’s really a call for girls to avoid the lure of
indifference and apathy and silence.
The We
Walk Tour challenges girls to stand up for what they believe in,
even when the world does not value their voices. The event will open with great
praise and worship, I’ll be speaking, we’ll have videos, and interactive object
lessons. There is a mom-only session led by two amazing women and I’ll be
leading a girl-only session. There is a craft, a snack, more praise and
worship, prizes and giveaways. It’s a fun and meaningful morning where girls
can better understand that their small acts, in the hands of Jesus, can be the
catalyst for huge change in the world.
The event is on February 8 at Gateway Community Church in
Abbotsford. Tickets are $15 per ticket and can be purchased through House of
James, Blessings Christian Marketplace, Tourism Abbotsford or through at
itickets.com http://www.itickets.com
You can also find information on my website. gemsgc.org/mrm.
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