Moms at the Well: Meeting God Through the Mothers of Scripture―A 7-Week Bible Study with Video Access (IVP Bible Study Experience) - Softcover

Edelschick, Tara; Tuan-MacLean, Kathy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1514006782 ISBN 13: 9781514006788

Publisher: IVP Bible Studies, 2024

Synopsis

Meeting God Through the Mothers of Scripture

Motherhood is hard. Really hard.

Tara Edelschick and Kathy Tuan-MacLean know this personally. As moms who have spent decades working with and encouraging other moms, they know the struggles real moms face in our real world. Their survey of more than seven hundred moms revealed that moms experience worry, anger, comparison, escapism, a desire for control, and even heartbreak while raising children. And moms long to connect with God in the midst of it all, but even that can feel like a challenge.

That's why we need a well. For centuries, women met daily at neighborhood wells to draw water for their families, meeting a very significant physical need. But these wells were also gathering spaces, providing much-needed community and relationships.

Moms at the Well offers a modern-day "well" for mothers―a gathering place to encourage one another, take an honest look at the challenges we face as moms, and experience the God who invites us into a process of spiritual transformation.

Through studying women in Scripture, this seven-week Bible study walks through challenges that moms face:

• When we feel unseen
• When we're worried
• When we're running from pain
• When we're caught in a comparison trap
• When we're angry
• When we're grasping for control
• When our hearts are breaking

Moms at the Well includes weekly sessions for groups of any size, access to weekly teaching videos, and five days of individual study and reflection each week. You'll study how God meets you where you are, welcomes you into honest conversation, calls you to trust and obey, transforms and sets you free, and invites you to be an agent of shalom.

This refreshing, accessible, and insightful study from trusted Bible teachers will encourage you in your faith. Meet with moms, meet with God, and find much-needed refreshment at the well.

About this title

About the Authors

Tara Edelschick (EdD, Harvard) is a teacher, writer, mother of three, and grandmother. For three decades, she has worked as an educator, teaching public high school students in New York, graduate students at Harvard's School of Education, homeschoolers in Massachusetts, and incarcerated men taking college courses through the Emerson Prison Initiative. In her church, you can find her speaking at a women's conference or marriage retreat, teaching Sunday school, gathering mothers for prayer and Bible study, or leading retreats for families.

Kathy Tuan-MacLean (PhD, Northwestern) serves as faculty ministry national director for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, where she invites and resources faculty to follow Jesus together. She's a mother of three adult children and an overly anxious labradoodle. Since joining InterVarsity in 1990, she has led numerous students and faculty in Bible study, spiritual formation, and leadership development. She is also a spiritual director who has led marriage ministry and women's retreats. In her church, you can find her occasionally preaching, often teaching, serving as an elder, and regularly cooking for and hosting gatherings.

Edition details

• Publisher: IVP Bible Studies
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1514006782
• ISBN 13: 9781514006788
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176