In Whose Image?

About the Book

In this book, Julia Fullerton tells of the struggle she has undergone and is still undergoing from a narrow, fundamentalist upbringing to becoming who she is today. Her struggle, though common to all, is distinctly unique to her. She tells her story simply, with heartrending honesty. It is poignant, raw, and sensitive without becoming maudlin, or overly dramatic. Julia's first book, Navigating the Impasse told parts of her story in a series of short allegorical cameos. This book tells it more thoroughly, as narrative. Her love of scripture is evident throughout the book, as is her willingness to travel down the rabbit warrens her thoughts, and ponderings take her as far as she can. In this book, Julia invites you to follow her on her meanderings, but more than that, she encourages you to find your own pathways to your own discovery of self to your own unique expression of and relationship with God.

About the Author

Julia Fullerton moved several years ago to the wine region of the Yarra Valley in Victoria, Australia where she lives contentedly with her dog, Stanley. She is a mother and grandmother, sister, friend, colleague, and Gestalt therapist. Julia is an existential thinker who loves a robust discussion with the Bible study group she leads, visits with her children and grandchildren, coffee with friends, opera, and talking well into the night over a glass or two of the locally distilled gin. She enjoys cooking for her local weekly community dinners, expressing herself creatively through painting, pottery, gardening, cooking, and singing, but not through sewing, tidying up, or cleaning. She loves to prepare prayer spaces for people to explore themselves and their relationships with God and his creation. As well as being a Gestalt Therapist, Julia is training to be a spiritual director, and is interested in helping people and their families through the process of dying well. She believes that the struggle to become is common to all humanity and is never truly finished until life's end. Untidy by nature, Julia has found that writing helps her to focus her thoughts and collate them into some kind of useful order, which she hopes will also benefit her readers.