Resource Kit
I wish I could tell you what it feels like to watch sisterhood happen in front of my eyes. City
after city, season after season - I watch it bloom in ways that leave me awestruck. When I travel
to these rooms and witness you all come in with intricate stories and weights and deeply
buried things, and then in the company of women you’ve never met -- you slowly release and
untether - and before you know it, you’ve given space for a sister to hold your story in her hands
and believe in your power to rise through and above it. And no - it isn’t like magic. Sometimes
the circumstance remains. There isn’t always a quick fix of the problem.
There are times when - unfortunately - the reality of a burden doesn’t disappear when you’ve prayed. That’s life.
What I’ve seen, time after time, is that walking through the unpredictable seasons with the
company of sisters who can stand in belief when we don’t have the strength to, and who can
help bear our burdens when the weight is heavy-- it makes the difference. The powerful thing
about sisterhood, even when formed in the face of the unthinkable - is that it moves like a force
inside of us. I’ll never stop believing in who we can become in the company of our sisters. The
power of sisterhood is something that’s incomparable.
This month, our first summer read will walk through a story of unexpected sisterhood and
friendship, all through the lens of a difficult story turned redemptive experience. Something
Good is a novel that I’m excited about because the story will remind us that there is always
something more on the other side of the hard thing. Vanessa Miller, our story guide and author
this month, uses this story of redemptive friendship in a way that heals, restores faith, and gives us a divine perspective. Vanessa, by the way, isn’t new to this. She is a long-time best-selling au-
thor, playwright, and motivational speaker. She started writing as a child, spending countless hours either reading or writing poetry, short stories, stage plays, and novels. Vanessa’s creative
endeavors took on new meaning in 1994 when she became a Christian. Since then, her writing
has focused on characters facing multi-dimensional struggles who find themselves through
faith.
The stories of our lives may surprise us at times. The beautiful thing though? They never
surprise God. And the brilliance of his work is that even in the midst of the thing we think
might break us, is that he always sends a reminder that he’s near. He’s in the midst. And the
thing that we think will undo us might be the shift in our story that leads us to the greatest,
most powerful version of who He’s calling forward. Imagine that.
To a summer that is graced with the strength of God authoring our story and the support of a
sisterhood that helps make it more beautiful. My girls -- I can’t wait to do this with you.
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