Katie Scheurmann discusses this question with us, "Are you a mom if you have no children in your house?"

Katie has written several books, including her nonfiction books, He Remembers the Barren (LL 2011; 2nd ed., EP 2017), Pew Sisters (CPH, 2013), and He Restores My Soul (EP, 2018), addressing the topic of suffering and the theology of the cross for the benefit of her sisters in Christ.

Schuermann’s latest standalone novel, The Saints of Whistle Grove (KP, 2023), tells the story of the life and death of a church told through the lives and deaths of the people buried in its cemetery. Her beloved, acclaimed Anthems of Zion fiction series, including House of Living Stones (CPH, 2014), The Choir Immortal (CPH, 2015), and The Harvest Raise (CPH, 2017), tells the story of Emily Duke, a choir director from the big city who moves to a small town in Illinois to direct the local church choir. 

The Creed series, Schuermann’s most recent venture into children’s literature, includes The Big Father and His Little Boy (KP, 2024) and The Beloved Son and His Brother (KP, 2025), stories rich with Biblical allusion that provide families the opportunity to read, ponder, and discuss the nature and work of God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.