Betty Murphy, a lifelong educator, describes herself as "the kind of person who locks the end of her coat in the door when she's running late." A native of Tennessee, she lives with her husband in a Bucks County, Pennsylvania townhouse, overlooking a beautiful park. She enjoys all things antique, quaint, scenic, and historic. In her travels she discovered the beautiful vista on the book's cover-a breathtaking view in the Canadian Rockies that moved her to tears. Betty describes Martha's Prayer Book as "an entry level attempt to have a relationship with God."