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Sharon V. King is an African American Christian author from Atlanta, Georgia. The 58-year-old native of Pennsylvania has master's degrees in anthropology and music and a Ph.D. in sociology. Her research specialty is religion, culture, and aging. Her academic publications include sixteen journal articles and a co-authored Johns Hopkins Press book, Communities of Care: Assisted Living for African American Elders. Sharon also has conducted research in Africa with older women raising AIDS-orphaned grandchildren.
In 2007, Sharon began publishing her inspirational writing. Her meditations have been included in Cross & Quill and Daily Devotions for Writers, edited by "Chicken Soup” writer, Patricia Lorenz. Sharon has published articles in Christian online magazines on the topics of religion and ethnic diversity and spirituality in later life. She recently completed a Christian Education curriculum on midlife spirituality for Randall House.
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Sharon's new co-published book with Healthy Life Press, The Spiritual Fitness Checkup for the 50-something Woman, was inspired by a visit to the doctor soon after Sharon's 50th birthday. "Turning 50 was a spiritual event for me,” Sharon explains. "I wanted to check out my spiritual health as systematically as the doctor checked my physical health.”
Included among the ten spiritual checkups Sharon presents in her book are a spiritual weight check (What extra spiritual baggage do we have at midlife?); a spiritual hearing test (What does God have to tell us at midlife?); and a spiritual treadmill test (What does it take to spiritually go the distance after 50?).
Sharon is a church musician, a gardener, and an avid Jazzerciser. She also assists other writers through her editing business, King's Ransom Writing and Editing Service. Sharon's blog is a pivotal resource and community for Christian women writers of color. |
