by Amber Riggs | Aug 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
Changing jobs during the pandemic wasn’t part of my plan. But like millions of other women, I found myself leaving familiar territory and learning to navigate new skills and new terrain. And at times, this new space has felt like a disorienting wilderness. Even though...
by Stephanie Reeves | Jan 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
Dear Readers, Happy New Year! I’m both happy and sad to see 2021 in my rearview mirror. There were several milestones my family crossed during the last year. Early in the year I took over this editor-in-chief job from my dear friend JoHannah, who lost her battle...
by Kendra Dahl | Oct 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
Susanna Wesley used her apron. They say it was her way of disappearing into prayer. Her 11 children knew what an apron over Mom’s head meant: They better leave Mom alone. I was thinking about Susanna the other day, this heroine of homeschool families and bustling...
by JoHannah Reardon | Mar 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
This issue of the Redbud Post is one of the most painful ones we’ve run. Each woman shares the trauma of living in a society that has run amuck sexually. We tell their stories that others may find help and hope. And we also tell their stories in hopes that it...
by Mallory Redmond | May 1, 2016 | Uncategorized
I remember feeling conflicted as we picked out my grandma’s casket. I shouldn’t care what type of wood it is made out of or the color of the interior lining. Pardon my frankness, but it’s really just a box of bones—this casket is not my grandma’s eternal home. Except...
by Jamie Rohrbaugh | Feb 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
I was 33 years old when I breathed in for the first time. I remember it well. I had just received an email from the Redbud Writers Guild stating that my membership application had been accepted. Suddenly, a new world opened to me; a world of sisterhood. It is a world...
