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October: The Wild Woman

For the month of October the women of Red Tent Living will be considering the archetype, The Wild Woman. We encourage you to follow us, and also to gather some women in your own community to share stories around this theme. You may want to click on our dinner tab and host your own Red…

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.

I Went Home to Teach, and It’s Okay

By: redtentwomen October 15, 2021October 14, 2021

Intentional Living, Literature, Monthly ThemesEducation, job satisfaction, prestige, Ralana Jamea, Teaching4 Comments

I come from an accomplished family. My mother and father have done well for themselves. My brother’s a doctor, and my sister’s in environmental science. It’s the kind of family in which there’s an unspoken expectation of concrete careers and a certain prestige.

If Wild Is Free

By: redtentwomen October 13, 2021September 28, 2021

Femininity, Intentional Living, Monthly ThemesAdventure, Beth Bruno, Dreams, Grandmother, Risk, Safety, Wednesday in the Weeds1 Comment

I have a black-and-white photo of my grandmother from the 1940s that I treasure. She’s dressed in pants and a flannel, kneeling in the grasses of an Oklahoma prairie, focused on something ahead. Balanced on her shoulder is a rifle of some sort. Her hair is short and curled, messy from the breeze. And though…

Wild Winnie

By: redtentwomen October 11, 2021September 28, 2021

Faith, Intentional Living, Monthly Themes, relationshipsBarbara Pruitt, Church, Dan Allender, forgiveness, Sexual Abuse1 Comment

As a military wife who moved frequently, I attended many churches. I am also a Pharisee and a people-pleaser, so I gravitated towards women like me—those who recognized and approved good works. Every church has those who give and those who take, and I found satisfaction in being someone who gave more than I took.

Where the Orange Blossoms Are

By: redtentwomen October 8, 2021September 11, 2021

Intentional Living, Monthly Themes, relationshipschildhood memories, Grandmother, orange blossoms, wedding band, Wendy Lipham, Wisdom5 Comments

Very few of my grandmother’s possessions survived the devastating fire that destroyed her clapboard home well after her eightieth birthday: four dining room chairs, a side table, and her front porch rocker. I am reminded how fortunate I am that two unique treasures of hers made their way into my hands. One she had already…

Recess

By: redtentwomen October 7, 2021October 1, 2021

Intentional Living, Monthly ThemesAnnelise Roberts, childlikeness, Growing Up, Play5 Comments

I am not a wild woman, I am a tired woman, A “give me a minute,” stressed and wired woman.

Doorway to a Forgotten Land

By: redtentwomen October 6, 2021October 6, 2021

Femininity, Intentional Living, Monthly Themes, relationships, TravelBody image, Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Janet Stark, mountain hiking, Wednesday in the Weeds, wild woman7 Comments

My breath came in short, labored bursts, reflecting the intensity of the circuit workout my friend and I were making our way through. I told her I’d begun “hiking” on the treadmill set at a steep incline, practicing for the mountain hikes on the itinerary for an upcoming trip as couples to celebrate our friends’…

The Gift of Gold

By: redtentwomen October 4, 2021September 23, 2021

Intentional Living, Monthly Themes, relationshipsBeing Single, Divorce, Jill English, Self Acceptance, self discovery9 Comments

There is a photo I love that my daughter took on a southern beach several years ago. Brown curls float around my freckled face in the sea breeze. Sitting in the sand and gazing toward the horizon, I watch salmon and burgundy-colored clouds float to position for the sunset. Golden hour lights fine lines and…

Gospel Wild

By: redtentwomen October 1, 2021September 14, 2021

Day to Day, Faith, Intentional Living, Monthly ThemesAnger, Becky Allender, Change the World, Justice, Mercy, Micah 6:8, Social media5 Comments

I was driving on a road that normally takes two minutes; it took me forty to reach my destination. I thought that there had been a car accident because I could see a car angled and a few people hugging on the side of the road. Caught in this gridlock, I sat in my car.…

It’s 2 a.m.

By: redtentwomen September 29, 2021September 29, 2021

Day to Day, Faith, Intentional Living, Monthly ThemesAnxiety, Fear in the night, Insomnia, Menopause, Tracy Johnson, Wednesday in the Weeds, Yoga12 Comments

It’s 2 a.m. The limbs of the trees outside my window are moving in the wind; the sound of the leaves rustling a bit is agitating. I can’t stop my thoughts, one after another, all in a similar vein, and none of them productive. “Did I have caffeine after 2 p.m.?” “Are these hot flashes…

Counting Steps on the Cliff

By: redtentwomen September 27, 2021September 13, 2021

Intentional Living, Monthly Themes, relationshipsAdventure, Danielle Castillejo, Fear, Hiking, Risk, Taking Risks2 Comments

The sun dances across my lap. The old Honda’s engine revs and releases around the curves of Lake Crescent. Turquoise waters on my right shimmer clearly against the evergreens next to its shore. I count the logs cast aside into the lake’s bottomless waters. Just past the upcoming campground we will take a hard right…