Heather Farrell's Blog

I wrote this as an Instagram/Facebook post for Easter and it has gone viral in the past several days. I figured I better put it some place more official so that I can keep track of it and keep credit for it before it gets lost on the internet! 



Have you ever noticed how in the scriptures men are always going up into the mountains to commune with god? Yet in the scriptures we hardly ever hear of women going to the mountains, and we know whyright? Because the women were too busy keeping...

Way back in September my daughter Rose was baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. It was an awesome day and an awesome experience. I have been meaning to write about it for months now, but I've been so caught up in finishing and launching my Old Testament book that I haven't had time to. But better late than never, right?



First, I just want to mention how much I love it that this little girl wanted a red dress for her baptism. It seems to be the custom for little...

I have so neglected this blog the last year. The little widget on the sidebar tells me that I have only posted three--- THREE--- posts on here in 2017. One of the big reasons for that silence is that for the last year this project has taken a huge part of my time, my creativity and my heart.



I am so pleased to announce that Walking with the Women of the Old Testament has an official launch date of November 15th and is now available for pre-order! Last time Walking with the Women of the New Tes...

It has been a crazy summer and I apologize for abandoning my blog for the last few months. If you don't follow me on Facebook or Instagram then you may have missed the news that my husband got a new job in Idaho. This summer we have been in the process of selling our house in Iowa and moving up to Idaho! We are sad about leaving the Mid-West because we really loved it, but it does also feel nice to move back home and closer to family. I am hopeful that wonderful things await us in Idaho.

We'v...

All art work by Mandy Jane Williams. 
I have been working on a book about the women of the Old Testament (similar to the one I did for the women in the New Testament). The Old Testament women have been way, way more complicated than the New Testament, and it has been quite the undertaking for the last while.  I just finished it last week, and am really happy with how it turned out. I wasn't able to write about all the women in the Old Testament (there are way too many) but I did a go...

I have had many requests for book recommendations for studying the Bible and women in the scriptures. I have amassed a fairly impressive library over the years and so I thought I'd go through it and just share with you several of my favorites.

All of these books will help you dig deeper into the scriptures and gain new insights, but they are no replacement for studying the original text yourself. It is much more rewarding to get your own insights about stories instead of reading other people's...

We recently inherited a 1960 set of Encyclopedias from my in-laws. It has been fascinating to skim through these books and get a snap shot of what the world was like during that time and what people were thinking about.  Many things haven't changed (like an elephant is still an elephant, right?) but there were other entries that were obviously dated. For example, there were several pages under "fallout shelter" about how to create your own shelter in your home with detailed instructions...

I was recently (okay, recently as in four months ago) called to be the Young Women's president in our Ward. I haven't ever had a calling in young women's (not since I was a young woman) and so it has been a big learning experience for me. I've also never been a president of anything. I'm discovering that being the president is much different from being a counselor. Kudos to all of you who make it look easy!

Overall though, I have been  having lots of fun. I love having a captive audience...

Painted as Maori Warriors for one of our Story of the World units
I've been wanting to do a homeschool tour for awhile but was intimidated by all the typing and pictures that a post like that would entail. So I decided instead to do some videos and give you a tour of our home school set up and show you how we do things. I had to break it up into several different parts in order to get it to upload, but they are each short. We are not perfect by any means, and are always learning new ways to do...

This is something completely different from what I normally write. Our library is having a Harry Potter fan fiction contest and it inspired me to write down this story I've had ruminating in my head. I've been piecing it together ever since I wrote my post  about "Why Being a Mom is Just as Cool as Being Harry Potter." 

It was also really fun because I haven't done any creative writing for... ages. So it was nice to do something different. I've written it like a missing chapter from...