By: redtentwomen December 1, 2023 Monthly ThemesTheme to consider: Trusting MyselfLeave a Comment

December Theme to Consider: Trusting Myself

For the month of December the women of Red Tent Living will be considering the theme, Trusting Myself. We invite you to join us by reading the posts here on our website, and also by following us on Instagram. This month we are also making our signature Red Tent Dinners available in a monthly email…

Our Story

The idea for Red Tent Living started more than a decade ago with a book by the same name. The Red Tent, the best-selling historical fiction novel by Anita Diamont, retold the story of Dinah from the book of Genesis.

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Red Tent Living is a community of women from across the world reading, writing, reflecting, and responding to one another daily as we reframe what it means to be feminine. We welcome you to join in the conversation and submit your own work!

Hosting a Red Tent Dinner

Purpose: Once a month gatherings for 6-8 women that include enjoying a meal together and taking time to share pieces of their lives with one another. It is a place where believers and non believers in Jesus can experience community as they find connection in unexpected ways with one another.

The Shunammite

By: redtentwomen December 8, 2023December 7, 2023

Faith, Femininity, Monthly Themes, Wholehearted2 Kings 4, desires of our heart, Hope, Hope Deferred, Marcia Thomas, Shunammite2 Comments

A long time ago, there was a prophet named Elisha, who had his bald head so far up into heaven that he was able to perform many miracles. This is not about him. He had a servant named Gehazi, who had his head so firmly fixed on this earth that he was shrewdly able to…

Growing into Myself

By: redtentwomen December 7, 2023November 17, 2023

Intentional Living, Monthly Themes, relationshipsAimee S, Community, Friendship, Life Change, loneliness2 Comments

It was my first year in med school, a place where I was navigating community and finding friendships as an adult. I was fresh off a year serving overseas, a time of tight community, centered on walking with Jesus. Like being thrown into frigid waters, entering a new, intense season of schooling was jarring. I attended the Christian…

Transported

By: redtentwomen December 5, 2023November 7, 2023

Intentional Living, Monthly Themes, WholeheartedBuying a Car, confidence, Extravagance, Maryhelen Martens, scarcity, Transformation, worthiness2 Comments

You might think I am a little crazy right now. It’s sunny, seventy degrees outside, and I am in my driveway, sitting in my car writing. It’s not comfortable or spacious, but it feels like home. I know the soft feel of the dark seats, how they stick in the summer and are cool in the…

It’s You I Like

By: redtentwomen December 1, 2023November 15, 2023

Faith, Intentional Living, Monthly ThemesEnneagram, hospital chaplaincy, Jill English, Mister Rogers, self worth1 Comment

Fred Rogers introduced a song in the early 1970’s that was often played on the children’s show, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, entitled “It’s You I Like”* I remember the words rattling around in my head and spirit throughout the mid-1990’s when my children were watching the show.

The Great Mending

By: redtentwomen November 30, 2023November 26, 2023

Femininity, Intentional Living, Monthly Themes, WholeheartedCaring for another, Emily Houghton, Healing, Miscarriage, Transformation1 Comment

When I was a girl, my grandmother used to buy me the most beautiful books. I’d sit and study them. I’d weave myself into their magical illustrations and storylines—the heroes within, the longings of main characters, the mythical power of nature’s forces—and I’d get lost in the rhythm of beginning, middle, and end. I’d imagine…

A Mother’s Love

By: redtentwomen November 28, 2023October 27, 2023

Monthly Themes, relationshipsbeing a caretaker, Healing childhood wounds, Julie McClay, Losing a parent, mending wings2 Comments

One day, when I was three or four years old, Mom and I went to visit Dad during his lunch break. As we sat with him on the steps outside, his colleague offered me a piece of cheese. I took the cheese, put it in my mouth, and told Mom that I had to go…

The Courage of Mending

By: redtentwomen November 24, 2023October 23, 2023

Faith, Intentional Living, Monthly Themes, relationshipsChristy Bauman, Church, Church pain, Healing, Leaving Church, Psalm 55, scars1 Comment

I remember my grandma‘s white lace curtains hanging over the windows in her bedroom. I would stare at them with tear-stained eyes as I sat on her bed, telling her of my sorrows and loss. It didn’t matter if I was 8 or 38 years old; she would listen compassionately and then touch my shoulder…

Bethany’s Thanksgiving Playlist 2023

By: redtentwomen November 23, 2023November 16, 2023

Art, Monthly ThemesBethany Cabell, Cultivating Gratitude, Gratitude, Thanksgiving, thanksgiving playlistLeave a Comment

November is here, reintroducing us to the holiday season. Thanksgiving has such a meaningful way of inviting us to slow down and remember the previous year. Remember. Remember your moments. Remember your feelings. Remember your stories that framed this year. Remember one another. Remember you.

The Sacred Middle

By: redtentwomen November 21, 2023October 23, 2023

Intentional Living, Monthly Themes, relationshipsBoth/And, complexity, Cultural Diversity, Eliza Cortes Bast, Immigrants, In the Middle, politics2 Comments

I refuse to be an either/or. As a matter of fact, as I’m wrestling my own heart’s troubles in this, I’m actively resisting the lie of relief that somehow, if I choose, I will feel settled. I will feel peace. It won’t happen. I am sure of it. This week I had the privilege of hearing…

Deep Pruning

By: redtentwomen November 17, 2023October 23, 2023

Gardening, Intentional Living, Monthly Themes, WholeheartedNatalie Sum, New Seasons, Paradox, Personal Growth, Pruning, staying small2 Comments

I watched a nine-minute video about pruning my tomato plants this past June. Planting tomato plants for years, I typically harvested a fairly small yield. This summer, however, I decided a different approach. My body and mind were awakened as I learned about suckers and how they sap energy from the growing crop. How did…