Evelyn Rainey has always loved to tell stories and help others understand. As such, she is a published author and educator. But she is also a minister, an herb and vegetable gardener, cat wrangler, and crochet artist. She manages ShelteringTree.Earth, LLC Publishing and its imprint August Isley Books. She is very active in her United Methodist Temple as well as leading worship services and classes at other locations.
After 38 years in education, Evelyn retired after having earned BS degrees and Certificates of Endorsement in Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Gifted Education, Integrated Middle School Curriculum, English for Speakers of Other Languages, and Journalism. She also taught all grade levels from Kindergarten through Adult and at many different facilities, including jails and teen pregnancy centers.
Evelyn has almost two dozen books published including science fiction, fantasy, historical fiction, new age urban fantasy, metaphysical and visionary, pastoral handbooks, and children's books. She currently has a list of a dozen new projects she plans to have published over the next few years. She has facilitated writer groups (and continues to do so with zoom meetings and would love you to join them – see the Events page on ShelteringTree.Earth). She has been guest speaker and guest author at writer conferences and conventions throughout the southeast US.
Her love of teaching has expanded into videos for book trailers, crochet lessons, meditation series, Bible studies, as well as interviews and writing lessons. (See her YouTube channel evelynrainey4780.) She also loves to develop reels for her authors and posts them through her YouTube channel.
On April 20, 2025, Evelyn became an ordained minister and obtained her Master's in Sacred Theology through the Esoteric Theological Seminary of the Esoteric Interfaith Church. She is privileged to perform weddings, funerals, holy communion, baptisms, house-blessings, baby naming ceremonies, and a number of other ceremonies. She went on to earn her PhD in Religious Studies and her Doctorate in Practical Theology. (But her friends call her Evelyn.)
She is a fervent believer that we are all made in the image and likeness of God.
She has a love for the three things her grandmother told her to always be ready to do: Pray, Preach, and Sing.
She believes that one must begin with the three Acts of Piety: Prayer, Praise, and Worship. These will lead one into the Acts of Mercy Jesus explained as the ways He would know us: feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, care for the sick, welcome the stranger, and visit the imprisoned. One should pray like Mary and work like Martha. And never forget that God loves you.
For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. (ESV)
This is a review by Nancy Roberts for Daisy and the Three Shoes on March 21, 2022.
"What a cute children's book! "
This is a review by Dawn Heslin of Bound4Escape for Daisy and the Three Shoes on March 21, 2022.
Local Author & Educator Inspires Hope for the Future
This is the write up of an interview done by James Coulter for the Daily Ridge July of 2021.