Maressa Mortimer

My name is Maressa Mortimer, and I’m Dutch. I live in the beautiful Cotswolds, England, with my husband who is a pastor. We have four (adopted) children. My debut novel, Sapphire Beach, was published December 2019. I’m a homeschool mum, so my writing has to be done in the evening when peace and quiet descends on our house once more. I love exploring questions of faith using novels, as it helps me to see what faith looks like in daily life.

Grace didn’t wait until Sunday

There’s a part of the Easter story we don’t often hear about much, for those of us who often go to church. Not what happened on the cross, not the revelation of the empty tomb…but the day in between. The day where, from the outside, nothing seemed to be happening. On the Friday, Jesus had been crucified. The disciples had scattered, and whatever hope they...

Heavenly Adoption: The beginning of our spiritual childhood

“Having predestined us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,” Ephesians 1:5 Do you...