Gloria Furman hits home again with another book on motherhood. However, unlike her book Treasuring Christ When Your Hands Are Full, Missional Motherhood is not so much about the nitty, gritty of day to day life in motherhood. We find a revealing statement in the Introduction: “The aim in Missional Motherhood is to give you laser focus on what God’s word says about his mission, how motherhood fits in to that, and what Christ has done to fuel and fulfill our everyday ministry as moms” (p.17). She states a few times in her book that this concept is not just for women with children in their home but “the spiritual motherhood of making disciples of all nations” (p. 24). This is for all women!
Gloria divides the book into two parts. Part 1 is an overview of the Old Testament, looking at motherhood in the grand plan of God saying, “Since God is the one who created motherhood, we need to examine his word.” (p. 27) Gloria notes that her “hope for part 1 was that we would see that we are not truly central to the big story. God is central.” (p. 105)
Part 2 breaks down some of Christ’s roles and their impact on us as spiritual mothers: Creator, Redeemer, Prophet, Priest, King, and Resurrection Life. Each chapter looks at one of these roles, explaining how it impacts us, focusing on us passing on the gospel and making disciples.
Missional Motherhood is worth your time. The book is filled with so much encouragement and points the reader back to Truth over and over again.
I will leave you with one of my favorite quotes from this book:
“We have the opportunity in our discipleship to teach our children and friends to discern the true story from the lies of the world. Not only is it an opportunity, but it is our job. If we won’t work to disciple our kids, Satan will find someone who will.”(p. 172)
Meet the Author!
Casey Yates is a wife, mom, daughter, sister, friend and speech-language pathologist. Casey loves all things Christmas, British historical fiction, walks, pie and coffee. Lots of coffee.
