Edith Schaeffer

Edith Schaeffer (November 3, 1914 - ) (born Edith Rachel Merritt Seville) is a Christian author, and co-founder of L'Abri [ [http://www.labri.org/ The Official L'Abri Fellowship International Home Page] ] . She is the widow of Francis Schaeffer.

Edith was born in Wenzhou, China, the fourth child of George and Jessie Seville, missionaries who were serving in China with the China Inland Mission. In addition to her English name, her parents gave her the Chinese name Mei Fuh, meaning "beautiful happiness". [Schaeffer 1998]

Edith attended Beaver College in Germantown, Pennsylvania. It was there that she met Francis Schaeffer, and they were married in 1935.

They were sent in 1948 to Switzerland by the Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions. In 1955 they began L'Abri, a community that welcomed people who were seeking answers to questions about God and the meaning of life.

Francis died in 1984, Edith is now living near two of her children, in Switzerland.

Works

*Schaeffer, Edith. 1969. "L'Abri". Worthing (Sussex): Norfolk P.
*Schaeffer, Edith. 1971. "The Hidden Art of Homemaking: Creative Ideas for Enriching Everyday Life". Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House.
*Schaeffer, Francis A., and Edith. 1973. "Everybody Can Know". London: Scripture Union.
*Schaeffer, Edith. 1973. "Affliction". Old Toppen, New Jersey: Revell Co.
*Schaeffer, Edith. 1975. "Christianity is Jewish". Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers.
*Schaeffer, Edith. 1975. "What is a Family?" Old Tappan, N.J.: F.H. Revell Co.
*Schaeffer, Edith. 1977. "A Way of Seeing". Old Tappan, N.J.: Revell.
*Schaeffer, Edith. 1981. "The Tapestry: the life and times of Francis and Edith Schaeffer." Waco, Tex: Word Books.
*Schaeffer, Edith. 1983. "Common Sense Christian Living". Nashville: Nelson.
*Schaeffer, Edith. 1983. "Lifelines: God's Framework for Christian Living". Westchester, IL: Crossway Books.
*Schaeffer, Edith. 1983. "What is a Family". Crowborough: Highland.
*Schaeffer, Edith. 1986. "Forever Music". Nashville: T. Nelson.
*Schaeffer, Edith, and Louis Gifford Parkhurst (ed.). 1987. "The Art of Life". Westchester, IL: Crossway Books.
*Schaeffer, Edith. 1988. "With love, Edith: the L'Abri family letters". San Francisco: Harper & Row.
*Schaeffer, Edith. 1992. "The Life of Prayer." Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books.
*Mohr, Franz, and Edith Schaeffer. 1992. "My Life With the Great Pianists". Grand Rapids, Mich: Baker Book House.
*Schaeffer, Edith. 1994. "A Celebration of Marriage: Hopes and Realities." Grand Rapid, Mich: Baker Books.
*Schaeffer, Edith. 1994. "10 Things Parents Must Teach Their Children (And Learn for Themselves)" Grand Rapids, Mich: Baker Books.
*Schaeffer, Edith. 1998. "Mei Fuh: Memories from China." Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.
*Schaeffer, Edith. 2000. "A Celebration of Children." Grand Rapids, MI: Raven Ridge Books.

References

External links

* [http://www.labri.net/contents.htm Francis and Edith Schaeffer, by L.G. Parkhurst, Jr.]