Kathy Merrill
bible educator
Kathy Christian Merrill is a graduate of Principia College with a degree in sociology and elementary education. She has a master’s degree in education from Arizona State University. She has taught various grade levels for over 26 years, the last 13 at Principia Lower School in St. Louis. In 1998, she quit teaching to work as the Campus Promotions Director at Principia College for two years, and then from 2000-2010 as a Resident Counselor in a dorm at Principia College.
For seven years, Kathy worked for Biblos Foundation in St. Louis, a foundation which encourages deeper Bible study through the lens of Christian Science. She has joined her sister Kristy in leading groups of Christian Scientists to places around the world to study the Bible. She has been to Israel 25 times and to Turkey, Greece, and England.
Kathy was rehired by Principia School to “encourage deeper Bible study with adults and to help parents work with their children on teaching the Scriptures to them at home.” Besides sharing this blog, and providing research on the current Bible Lesson, she organized Bible talks at Principia and gave workshops and talks around the country on the Bible.
For four years, she worked for Peace Haven Association, a Christian Science nursing facility --sharing the Bible with the nurses and residents there, and with the Christian Science field.
Now she is out on her own with a company called “CS Bible Insights LLC” to share with the field some of the deeper insights and research on the Bible citations in the Christian Science Lesson Sermon and to encourage deeper individual Bible study. Often, she shares ideas and strategies on HOW to study the Bible in a deeper way.
Together with her sister, Kristy Christian, Kathy has co-authored several books on the Bible. These all can be found on the website: www.biblosfoundation.org
1) In Jesus’ Times
2) Moses and the Law
3) Acts 1-10, Early Christianity
4) Acts 11-27 Paul and Early Christianity
5) Sunday School Idea Pamphlet
Along with her sister, Kristy, and by herself, Kathy has given over 600 Bible workshops nationwide for Principia Clubs, Principia Summer Session courses, individual Christian Science churches, schools, and nursing homes. She has also given talks on the Bible in Canada and India.
Kathy is always available to help people grow in their study of the Scriptures. Please contact her if she can be of help to you!
Kathy Merrill 618 980 2207 louryn4@gmail.com
Katy Neale
artist & designer
Katy Neale is Kathy Merrill’s daughter who has offered couple hours each week to help with the technical and marketing aspects of the website. Katy is an accomplished artist and UX/UI Designer working on a contract with the US Air Force at Scott in O’Fallon, IL. Katy currently resides in St. Charles with her husband and two young boys. Check out her artwork at www.kjnstudio.com and her design portfolio at www.nealedesigns.com.
Thank you for your support!
In response to feedback and recent survey, Kathy was encouraged to launch this membership to help support her continued work on the blog each week, as well as offer weekly recorded talks and Q&A sessions. Kathy started her blog in 2016, after the passing of her husband, Gregg. She was working full time and started this blog session as a tool to help her teach the Bible to Christian Scientists of All Ages. Shortly after, she began offering live Conference Call sessions 5x/week for over 5 years. During that time, the blog and weekly Conference Calls were an offering of Love and Kathy was determined that all the material should be free to anyone that was interested.
However, keeping up this relentless schedule of multiple live talk sessions per week began to take a toll and Kathy felt she had so much more she could share with her growing community. She didn’t have much time to devote to going deeper into subjects she loves like The Tabernacle, Sermon on the Mount, The Beatitudes, Mary Baker Eddy’s Early Workers, etc. While she absolutely loved supporting the Christian Science community and preparing her offerings each week, she realized that she has so much more to share.
Kathy began to pray about an answer, and it came to fruition last year, that she should retire from traditional work so that she had more freedom and independence to produce the content she is passionate about. With the help of her daughter, she was able to expand her platform to offer membership subscriptions.
By purchasing a membership subscription, you are helping to support Kathy’s continued work. Kathy was overwhelmed with donations in the past that helped her continue to pay for email services, website and conference call platforms, etc. But now, your membership directly supports more content. Because of your support, she has been able to now commit to her website full time. She is so grateful! She is currently preparing much larger offerings like virtual workshops on the Bible as well as an eCourse (Bible 101 coming soon!).
Please note that she works on her website on her own. Her daughter is able to help support her with technical issues and marketing a few hours each week, but currently, she is a one-person staff. If you have any questions, concerns or feedback, Kathy would love to hear from you at louryn4@gmail.com.