By: redtentwomen March 1, 2023March 1, 2023 Monthly ThemesTheme to consider: In The Nick of Time1 Comment

March Theme to Consider: In The Nick of Time

For the month of March the women of Red Tent Living will be considering the theme, In The Nick of Time. Please join us by inviting some women in your community to join you in sharing stories around this theme. You might host a Red Tent Dinner, or just gather at a coffee shop. And,…

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.

Writing Guidelines

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.

Writer’s Block

By: redtentwomen March 22, 2023March 18, 2023

Art, Day to Day, Monthly ThemesAnxiety, difficult seasons, Susan Tucker, Wednesday in the Weeds, Writing4 Comments

My deadline looms before me, but I have nothing to offer. Not a word. I know all I need to do is start writing, and before long, I’ll be finished, but sometimes starting seems impossibly difficult. I turn my attention from the window I’ve been gazing through to my laptop, open a new document, and…

Tending the Soul

By: redtentwomen March 20, 2023February 6, 2023

Faith, Intentional Living, Monthly Themes, The HomeAshley Whittemore, Creation, Gardening, Houseplants, life's seasons, Psalm 95, Renewing Faith3 Comments

There was a season of life when my faith was as fragile as a newly unfurled leaf, when all I could do was wait, observe, and cautiously hope that I would experience the faith I once had. I felt far removed from that passionate and zealous girl who once lived overseas and realized a dream…

Inches and Seconds

By: redtentwomen March 17, 2023February 23, 2023

Faith, Intentional Living, Monthly Themes, relationshipselderly parents, God's Provision, Jill English, Savoring Life3 Comments

“Life is decided by inches and seconds.” A wise friend once shared these words with me, asking if I ever wondered about the “what-ifs.” Your beloved dog runs into the street and the oncoming car stops just in time. Another inch, another second, and everything would be different. Your newly-minted 16-year-old casually tells you about…

A Viking’s Burial

By: redtentwomen March 15, 2023March 14, 2023

Faith, Intentional Living, Monthly Themes, relationshipsChristy Bauman, Death, Funeral, Preparing to Die, Rituals, Wednesday in the Weeds2 Comments

“This is so amazing that we go to a church like this,” my husband whispered, as he slid a few papers stapled together across the table to me. I had just settled the kids into Godly Play and snuck into the service, and I was surprised to see the words printed across the top of…

Allotted Moments

By: redtentwomen March 13, 2023February 14, 2023

Day to Day, Faith, Monthly Themes, relationshipsFriendship, Kindness, mentor, Tina Huey2 Comments

This January was filled with work, family, friends needing support, colleagues reaching out to share, and a significant, out-of-pattern ice storm in central Texas. On most days I felt overwhelmed, tired, and unmotivated. Some concerns shared with me by friends and colleagues weighed heavy on my heart. I had to relearn how to practice self-preservation.…

Eternity Presses On

By: redtentwomen March 10, 2023February 6, 2023

Day to Day, Femininity, Monthly Themesdifficult seasons, Eternity, Isaiah 43:18-19, John 14:1, Living in the moment, Relinquishing Control, Sarah Freymuth2 Comments

Eternity pauses in the middle of this moment. In this creaking chair in the corner of this coffee shop with its cream brick and rounded windows on the north end of Main Street. From southeast Wisconsin, glaring winter is mostly gone. Faded ivy climbs the wall of the building next door as buds cling to…

The Treasure of a Few Seconds

By: redtentwomen March 6, 2023February 6, 2023

Faith, Intentional Living, Monthly Themes, relationshipsBecky Allender, Dan Allender, God with us, Living in the moment, Origin stories, Time1 Comment

What is a lifetime? If one averages a human life to 75 years, that is 27,375 days, or 657,000 hours, or 39,420,000 seconds. Those who served in the infantry during a war often say their time is 95% boredom punctuated by 5% terror. For most of us, our days are daily, ordinary, tick-tock time punctuated by occasional moments…

The Land of the Living

By: redtentwomen March 3, 2023March 3, 2023

Day to Day, Faith, Monthly Themes, relationshipsAnger, Hope, Hopelessness, Kelsi Folsom, Legacy, Love of Jesus, parenting young childrenLeave a Comment

In honor of the tenth anniversary of Red Tent Living, we are featuring a monthly legacy post written by one of our regular contributors from the past decade. Kelsi Folsom joined the Red Tent writing community as she and her family were living on a small Caribbean Island. Her perspective as a young wife and…

Honoring Pain

By: redtentwomen March 1, 2023February 13, 2023

Day to Day, Intentional Living, Monthly Themes, relationshipsAging, Getting Older, Janet Stark, Kindness, Pain, physical pain, Wednesday in the Weeds1 Comment

Getting older is not for the faint of heart. I am keenly aware of this today as I feel the pain from a chain of events that started with an old knee injury. I’d been concerned after experiencing pain and decreased range of motion twice in the past six months, but each time I chalked…