• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Soldier's Wife, Crazy Life

  • Home
    • My Disclosure Policy
    • My Privacy Policy
    • Contact Me
  • Advertise
  • The SWCL Shop
  • Duty Stations
  • My Writings
  • Military Life
    • Movies & TV
    • Disneyland
    • Books
  • So Your Spouse Just Deployed??? Click Here!!!
  • Fort Campbell
You are here: Home / Giveaways & Reviews / A Year of Biblical Womanhood

A Year of Biblical Womanhood

October 22, 2012 by Julie 2 Comments

BibleI don’t talk too much about my faith on this blog.  Maybe a post here or there.  Maybe a mention about church every once in a while.  The main reason for that is although I am a Christian, this isn’t a Christian blog.  I don’t assume everyone who reads it has the same faith that I do.  I am like that in person too.  I have my faith but I don’t assume everyone else believes like I do.

Another reason for that is that I don’t consider myself a “Conservative Christian.”  Don’t get me wrong, I have a VERY strong belief in Jesus, God and the Bible.  I was raised in a Christian home and have gone to church pretty much my entire life.  The only two times in my life I didn’t go to church regularly was when I was a senior year of high school and a lot of the time in Germany because of being without a husband and not fully connecting with the chapel services.  Although in Germany I was pretty active in PWOC.

I was raised in a Presbyterian church.  Ben and I are members of a Presbyterian church in California.  We now attend a United Methodist church.  These two churches are where I feel most at home at.  I feel torn on the predestination issue which is one of the biggest differences between Presbyterians and Methodists.  It also has to do with location a bit.  Where we lived in CA the Methodist churches are pretty liberal.  Too liberal for us.  In Tennessee it isn’t that way and we also couldn’t find too many Presbyterian churches here.

I feel like for the last few years I have been searching.  Not searching for Jesus, I have already found him.  But searching for what it really means to be a Christian.  Searching to know what I need to believe about X. Y and Z.  I have seen a lot of crap happen in Christian churches.  Stuff that makes me sad and feel icky inside.  Stuff that had my own personal faith not been so strong, I probably would have walked away.

A few months ago I came across Rachel Held Evans blog and was amazed!  I can relate to so much of what she says.  I read her first book, Evolving in Monkey Town: How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask the Questions
and found it SO interesting.  So when I saw on her blog they were asking for bloggers to review her newest book and be apart of a Facebook group, I applied.  I wasn’t sure if I would get in or not.  I wasn’t sure how many other people would apply or what type of people they were looking for.  But I got in!  I was so excited!  I AM so excited to be apart of her book launch.

You can purchase A Year of Biblical Womanhood: How a Liberated Woman Found Herself Sitting on Her Roof, Covering Her Head, and Calling Her Husband “Master” on Amazon in Paperback or Kindle form.

What is “biblical womanhood” . . . really? 

Strong-willed and independent, Rachel Held Evans couldn’t sew a button on a blouse before she embarked on a radical life experiment—a year of biblical womanhood. Intrigued by the traditionalist resurgence that led many of her friends to abandon their careers to assume traditional gender roles in the home, Evans decides to try it for herself, vowing to take all of the Bible’s instructions for women as literally as possible for a year.  

Pursuing a different virtue each month, Evans learns the hard way that her quest for biblical womanhood requires more than a “gentle and quiet spirit” (1 Peter 3:4). It means growing out her hair, making her own clothes, covering her head, obeying her husband, rising before dawn, abstaining from gossip, remaining silent in church, and even camping out in the front yard during her period. 

See what happens when a thoroughly modern woman starts referring to her husband as “master” and “praises him at the city gate” with a homemade sign. Learn the insights she receives from an ongoing correspondence with an Orthodox Jewish woman, and find out what she discovers from her exchanges with a polygamist wife.  Join her as she wrestles with difficult passages of scripture that portray misogyny and violence against women. 

With just the right mixture of humor and insight, compassion and incredulity, A Year of Biblical Womanhood is an exercise in scriptural exploration and spiritual contemplation. What does God truly expect of women, and is there really a prescription for biblical womanhood? Come along with Evans as she looks for answers in the rich heritage of biblical heroines, models of grace, and all-around women of valor. 

 

Here is a video about the book…

I am on chapter two and it is pretty interesting so far 🙂

 

I will be blogging about it here and there over the next few weeks 🙂

 

 

 

 

* This post contains affiliate links!

Image courtesy of [graur razvan ionut] / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

Last Updated on June 24, 2021 by Writer

Share this:

  • Tweet
  • Print

Filed Under: Giveaways & Reviews

About Julie

Owner of Soldier's Wife, Crazy Life. Writer, reader, coffee drinker. Mom to three boys, wife of a National Guard soldier. Living life in Tennessee.

Previous Post: « Now You Tell Me! 12 Army Wives Give the Best Advice They Never Got: Making a Living, Making a Life Book Review
Next Post: The Lego Store »

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Luana

    October 22, 2012 at 9:21 pm

    Leading and organizing a women’s Bible study can be a very rewarding experience. In doing so, you will lead, guide and mentor a wide array of women while learning from what they contribute to the group as well.

    Reply
  2. RACHELonREPORT

    October 24, 2012 at 3:47 pm

    Thanks for your support of Rachel Held Evans! Will you help us promote her and get her on The Colbert Report? Find us on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/RACHELonREPORT, or twitter: @RACHELonREPORT

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Primary Sidebar

Top Posts!!!

  • You Will Never Know, Unless You Are a Military Spouse
  • 14 Tips to Help You Survive Basic Training When Your Spouse Joins the Military
  • Living in Rota, Spain
  • What To Do When Your Spouse Wants To Join The Military
  • The Night Before They Deploy
  • Why You Should Break Up With Your Military Boyfriend

About Soldier’s Wife, Crazy Life

Soldier's Wife, Crazy Life

Welcome to Soldier’s Wife, Crazy Life! I am so glad you are here.

My name is Julie and I have been a military spouse for 16 years!

My husband of 19 years has served in the active-duty Army and now the Army National Guard. We have lived in Germany & Tennessee during our time as a military family.

We have three boys and have been through four deployments together.

I hope that you can find support for your own deployments, PCS moves, or anything else military life brings you 🙂

~Contact Me~
Military Life Products
Favorite Books!

Sign up for your FREE Guide to the First 30 Days of Deployment!


Thank you!

Check your email for confirmation! 

.
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy

Footer

Archives

Copyright © 2022 Soldier's Wife, Crazy Life on the Foodie Pro Theme

We use cookies on our website to give you the most relevant experience by remembering your preferences and repeat visits. By clicking “Accept”, you consent to the use of ALL the cookies.
Cookie settingsACCEPT
Manage consent

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously.
CookieDurationDescription
cookielawinfo-checbox-analytics11 monthsThis cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics".
cookielawinfo-checbox-functional11 monthsThe cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional".
cookielawinfo-checbox-others11 monthsThis cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary11 monthsThis cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance11 monthsThis cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance".
viewed_cookie_policy11 monthsThe cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data.
Functional
Functional cookies help to perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collect feedbacks, and other third-party features.
Performance
Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.
Analytics
Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
Advertisement
Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads.
Others
Other uncategorized cookies are those that are being analyzed and have not been classified into a category as yet.
SAVE & ACCEPT