{"id":15,"date":"2024-07-24T21:02:10","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T21:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-xl.net\/ArchwayPublishing\/856702\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2026-04-18T00:36:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T00:36:20","slug":"the-author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/829438\/the-author\/","title":{"rendered":"THE AUTHOR"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Jen Shepherd was born and raised in the \u2018bluegrass\u2019 of Kentucky, recently retired from her career as a veterinarian, she now lives on the Great Lakes. In a time of shallow thinking and even more shallow understandings of what it means to be a Christian, her story will remind us all of the Holy Spirit\u2019s work and power to call people to God in every generation and out of every setting. <br><br>Her willingness to put herself\u2014her questions, her joys, her struggles, and ultimately her surrender\u2014on the pages as she invites the reader to come alongside and struggle honestly with the same tensions between faith and desire, obedience and longing, will resonate with anyone who has ever had to wrestle with God and come away changed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jen Shepherd was born and raised in the \u2018bluegrass\u2019 of Kentucky, recently retired from her career as a veterinarian, she now lives on the Great Lakes. In a time of shallow thinking and even more shallow understandings of what it means to be a Christian, her story will remind us all of the Holy Spirit\u2019s work and power to call people to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"class_list":["post-15","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Jen Shepherd was born and raised in the \u2018bluegrass\u2019 of Kentucky, recently retired from her career as a veterinarian, she now lives on the Great Lakes. In a time of shallow thinking and even more shallow understandings of what it means to be a Christian, her story will remind us all of the Holy Spirit\u2019s\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/829438\/the-author\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 5.0.0.1\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Jen Shepherd -\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"THE AUTHOR - Jen Shepherd\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jen Shepherd was born and raised in the \u2018bluegrass\u2019 of Kentucky, recently retired from her career as a veterinarian, she now lives on the Great Lakes. In a time of shallow thinking and even more shallow understandings of what it means to be a Christian, her story will remind us all of the Holy Spirit\u2019s\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/829438\/the-author\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-07-24T21:02:10+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-18T00:36:20+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"THE AUTHOR - Jen Shepherd\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Jen Shepherd was born and raised in the \u2018bluegrass\u2019 of Kentucky, recently retired from her career as a veterinarian, she now lives on the Great Lakes. In a time of shallow thinking and even more shallow understandings of what it means to be a Christian, her story will remind us all of the Holy Spirit\u2019s\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\\\/WestBowPress\\\/829438\\\/the-author\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\\\/WestBowPress\\\/829438#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\\\/WestBowPress\\\/829438\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\\\/WestBowPress\\\/829438\\\/the-author\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"THE AUTHOR\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\\\/WestBowPress\\\/829438\\\/the-author\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"THE AUTHOR\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\\\/WestBowPress\\\/829438#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\\\/WestBowPress\\\/829438\\\/#person\",\"name\":\"asiadmin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\\\/WestBowPress\\\/829438\\\/the-author\\\/#personImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6f8f5102687aca6d6fcf6fe1231a38568a634546c2854323cc800aac0fbbf4e3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"asiadmin\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\\\/WestBowPress\\\/829438\\\/the-author\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\\\/WestBowPress\\\/829438\\\/the-author\\\/\",\"name\":\"THE AUTHOR - Jen Shepherd\",\"description\":\"Jen Shepherd was born and raised in the \\u2018bluegrass\\u2019 of Kentucky, recently retired from her career as a veterinarian, she now lives on the Great Lakes. In a time of shallow thinking and even more shallow understandings of what it means to be a Christian, her story will remind us all of the Holy Spirit\\u2019s\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\\\/WestBowPress\\\/829438\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\\\/WestBowPress\\\/829438\\\/the-author\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-24T21:02:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-18T00:36:20+00:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\\\/WestBowPress\\\/829438\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\\\/WestBowPress\\\/829438\\\/\",\"name\":\"Jen Shepherd\",\"alternateName\":\"Qumran\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\\\/WestBowPress\\\/829438\\\/#person\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"THE AUTHOR - Jen Shepherd","description":"Jen Shepherd was born and raised in the \u2018bluegrass\u2019 of Kentucky, recently retired from her career as a veterinarian, she now lives on the Great Lakes. In a time of shallow thinking and even more shallow understandings of what it means to be a Christian, her story will remind us all of the Holy Spirit\u2019s","canonical_url":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/829438\/the-author\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/829438\/the-author\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/829438#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/829438","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/829438\/the-author\/#listItem","name":"THE AUTHOR"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/829438\/the-author\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"THE AUTHOR","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/829438#listItem","name":"Home"}}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/829438\/#person","name":"asiadmin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/829438\/the-author\/#personImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6f8f5102687aca6d6fcf6fe1231a38568a634546c2854323cc800aac0fbbf4e3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"asiadmin"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/829438\/the-author\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/829438\/the-author\/","name":"THE AUTHOR - Jen Shepherd","description":"Jen Shepherd was born and raised in the \u2018bluegrass\u2019 of Kentucky, recently retired from her career as a veterinarian, she now lives on the Great Lakes. In a time of shallow thinking and even more shallow understandings of what it means to be a Christian, her story will remind us all of the Holy Spirit\u2019s","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/829438\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/829438\/the-author\/#breadcrumblist"},"datePublished":"2024-07-24T21:02:10+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-18T00:36:20+00:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/829438\/#website","url":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/829438\/","name":"Jen Shepherd","alternateName":"Qumran","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/829438\/#person"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"Jen Shepherd -","og:type":"article","og:title":"THE AUTHOR - Jen Shepherd","og:description":"Jen Shepherd was born and raised in the \u2018bluegrass\u2019 of Kentucky, recently retired from her career as a veterinarian, she now lives on the Great Lakes. In a time of shallow thinking and even more shallow understandings of what it means to be a Christian, her story will remind us all of the Holy Spirit\u2019s","og:url":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/829438\/the-author\/","article:published_time":"2024-07-24T21:02:10+00:00","article:modified_time":"2026-04-18T00:36:20+00:00","twitter:card":"summary","twitter:title":"THE AUTHOR - Jen Shepherd","twitter:description":"Jen Shepherd was born and raised in the \u2018bluegrass\u2019 of Kentucky, recently retired from her career as a veterinarian, she now lives on the Great Lakes. In a time of shallow thinking and even more shallow understandings of what it means to be a Christian, her story will remind us all of the Holy Spirit\u2019s"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"15","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":{"focus":{"keyphrase":"","score":0,"analysis":{"keyphraseInTitle":{"score":0,"maxScore":9,"error":1}}},"additional":[]},"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":"","og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"WebPage","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":"-1","robots_max_videopreview":"-1","robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":"default","local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":{"faqs":[],"keyPoints":[],"schemas":[],"titles":[],"descriptions":[],"socialPosts":{"email":[],"linkedin":[],"twitter":[],"facebook":[],"instagram":[]}},"created":"2024-07-25 14:48:37","updated":"2026-04-18 16:57:13","seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/829438\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tTHE AUTHOR\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/829438"},{"label":"THE AUTHOR","link":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/829438\/the-author\/"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/829438\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/829438\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/829438\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/829438\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/829438\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/829438\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1044,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/829438\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions\/1044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/829438\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}