Take time to rest from your works, just as God rested from his works!

— Eva-Maria Admiral (b. 1965), Schauspielerin, Buchautorin und Referentin

Related Bible passage: GEN.2.2

Eva-Maria Admiral

Eva-Maria Admiral ist eine österreichische Schauspielerin, Buchautorin und Referentin, die nach Engagements unter anderem am Wiener Burgtheater seit den späten 1990er-Jahren im deutschsprachigen Raum wirkt. Bekannt wurde sie durch Bühnenprogramme sowie autobiografisch geprägte Bücher über Themen wie Vergebung, Selbstannahme und den Umgang mit seelischen Verletzungen. Bibellesern vermittelt sie lebenspraktische seelsorgliche Impulse, indem sie theologische Aussagen über Gnade und Trost auf persönliche Krisen und Verwundbarkeit bezieht.

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