365 Devotions for Women by Women

by Our Daily Bread Ministries

A book review

#GodSeesHer #NetGalley

What Is This Book?

Sometimes what we need most is not an answer but the reassurance that we have been noticed.

That is the simple idea at the heart of God Sees Her, a collection of 365 short devotions written by women for women. Its central message is that the God who created the universe is neither remote nor indifferent. God sees the joys, struggles, disappointments and ordinary details of our lives, and all of them matter.

Each daily reading brings together Scripture with a story or experience from everyday life, offering encouragement that God’s presence is not confined to the obviously spiritual moments.

It is a straightforward devotional format, designed to be accessible rather than demanding. But perhaps there is something particularly appropriate about that simplicity. After all, most of our lives are not lived in dramatic moments. They are lived in kitchens and workplaces, conversations and car journeys, responsibilities and unfinished jobs.

A devotional book which wants to find God there is beginning in an interesting place.

Who Is It For?

The book describes itself as “365 Devotions for Women by Women”, and the contributions are intended to speak into women’s experiences of difficulties, joys and everyday faith.

That shared voice may be significant for readers who appreciate hearing other women reflect honestly upon their lives with God.

Yet the sample supplied, “Overcoming Challenges”, is interesting precisely because its subject is so ordinary.

It begins with a dining chair.

The writer tells of a friend who intended to reupholster her chairs. Finding the material and making time took months. The actual job took two hours.

There is something wonderfully recognisable about that. How many tasks become enormous simply because we have spent far longer contemplating them than doing them?

From there the reflection moves to Nehemiah and the rebuilding of Jerusalem’s walls.

The scale changes dramatically, but the underlying question remains: how do we face a task that feels daunting?

What Works?

I like the ordinariness of the opening.

Devotional writing can sometimes feel as though every cup of coffee or missed bus must contain a profound spiritual lesson. Here, however, the unfinished chairs provide a simple and recognisable entry point into a larger reflection about perseverance.

The move to Nehemiah gives the devotion its biblical centre. The writer does not suggest that reupholstering chairs and rebuilding Jerusalem are equivalent challenges. Rather, the everyday story opens a door into considering what enables people to persevere when something appears difficult.

The conclusion emphasises calling and God’s provision: when God entrusts us with something, we are not left entirely dependent upon our own resources.

The brevity works too. There is enough substance to give the reader something to carry into the day without requiring a considerable block of time.

That accessibility matters in a daily devotional.

What Gave Me Pause?

The title God Sees Her makes a substantial promise, and I think the most important test of the collection is whether the 365 entries allow that promise to remain spacious.

Being seen by God should surely include being seen when we are productive and when we are not.

The sample devotion focuses upon overcoming a challenge and completing a task. That can be encouraging. But there are also challenges we cannot overcome through determination. Sometimes the illness remains. The relationship is not restored. The hoped-for opportunity never appears. The task is not completed despite our best efforts.

In those circumstances, “God sees her” becomes even more important.

I would therefore hope the collection makes plenty of room for lament, uncertainty, waiting and unanswered prayer alongside stories of perseverance and achievement.

God’s presence cannot depend upon a successful outcome.

Does the Format Work?

A 365-day devotional inevitably asks more of a reader than a shorter collection. Few people will approach every day in precisely the same way, though.

That may actually be part of its usefulness.

Some entries will be read quickly over breakfast. Others may connect with something happening in the reader’s life and remain with them for much longer.

The short format also means the book is unlikely to be the place for detailed biblical study. Its role is more modest: providing a daily point of contact with Scripture and an invitation to reflect.

At its best, a devotion should leave us wanting to return to the biblical passage itself rather than feeling that the writer has said everything there is to say about it.

Would I Actually Use It?

Yes, particularly as a book to dip into as well as one to read consecutively.

There is something appealing about a devotional that does not require an elaborate routine. Open the book, read the day’s reflection, notice what catches your attention, and perhaps allow that thought to travel with you.

I could also imagine individual readings being useful in pastoral conversations or women’s groups. An everyday story can sometimes open a conversation more easily than beginning with a theological proposition.

And that may be one of the collection’s quiet strengths. Its theology emerges from ordinary life rather than floating somewhere above it.

The Verdict

God Sees Her offers a year’s worth of relatively small encounters with a very large idea: that our lives are lived in the presence of a God who notices.

The sample devotion shows the accessibility of the approach well. An unfinished household project leads into Nehemiah, perseverance, calling and dependence upon God without becoming unnecessarily complicated.

But the title remains the part that stays with me.

There are days when encouragement to overcome another challenge is exactly what we need.

There are other days when we do not need another challenge at all. We simply need to know that amid the unfinished work, unanswered questions and ordinary messiness of life, we have not disappeared from God’s view.

If God Sees Her can keep bringing its readers back to that truth throughout its 365 days, then this little book may offer something rather bigger than its size suggests.

90 Faith-Building Devotions

by Our Daily Bread Ministries

A Book Review

#GodSeesHerforGirls #NetGalley

What Is This Book?

The preteen years can be an awkward in-between space. Childhood has not entirely disappeared, adolescence is approaching rapidly, and suddenly questions about friendship, belonging, confidence, identity and faith can feel much bigger than they once did.

God Sees Her for Girls enters that space with a wonderfully simple message: God sees you, knows you and values you.

Designed as a 90-day devotional, the book uses short Bible readings, stories, questions and prayers to encourage girls to begin developing a devotional life of their own. The subjects include faith, friendships and feelings, with the underlying emphasis on discovering identity and worth in God’s love rather than in the pressure to be perfect.

That makes this more than simply a children’s book containing Bible stories. It is attempting to help a young person begin taking responsibility for their own relationship with God.

And that is an important transition.

Who Is It For?

The book is aimed specifically at preteen girls, and both the language and presentation clearly reflect that intended audience.

Crucially, however, the sample devotion does not talk down to its reader.

“Creation’s Song” begins with the fascinating idea of trees communicating through networks involving fungi around their roots. It moves through dolphins, dung beetles, forests and the night sky before connecting the wonder of creation with biblical passages from Psalms and Job.

There is playfulness here, including the wonderfully appropriate “Woah!” after discovering that dung beetles can navigate using the stars.

But there is also substance.

The reader is not simply told what to believe. The devotion ends with a question: “How can you find your own unique way to give God glory?”

That movement from information to Scripture to personal reflection is particularly well suited to this age group.

What Works?

Perhaps the most immediately successful feature is its accessibility.

The pages are colourful without appearing babyish. Illustrations, generous spacing, varied typography and relatively short sections make the material feel manageable. For a reluctant reader, presentation can make the difference between a devotional book being opened regularly and being quietly abandoned on a shelf.

The conversational tone also works well.

The creation devotion begins with something genuinely interesting rather than immediately announcing a spiritual lesson. Curiosity becomes the doorway into theology.

I particularly like that instinct.

Faith is presented not simply as a collection of answers but as a way of looking at the world with curiosity and wonder.

There is also a helpful rhythm within the devotion. Scripture appears throughout rather than being added almost as an afterthought. The closing question invites reflection, there is a short prayer, and finally a suggestion for further Bible reading.

The devotion therefore has several possible stopping places. A reader could complete it quickly or allow the question and additional Scripture to take them further.

What Gave Me Pause?

The language of girls being under pressure to be “perfect” immediately caught my attention.

That is an important issue, but I would want a book like this to be careful about the solution it offers.

Telling young people that their value comes from God rather than appearance, achievement or other people’s approval can be deeply affirming. But Christian faith itself can sometimes unintentionally become another arena for performance: Am I praying enough? Am I good enough? Is my faith strong enough?

A devotional centred upon being seen and loved by God has a wonderful opportunity to counter that.

I would therefore hope that across the 90 days there is room not just for encouragement to become confident and faithful, but for uncertainty, mistakes, awkwardness and questions.

A girl should not finish a book about escaping the pressure to be perfect with a new pressure to become the perfect Christian girl.

Grace needs to be bigger than that.

Does the Format Work?

Yes, I think the 90-day format is one of the book’s strengths.

A full year can feel like an enormous commitment for someone beginning devotional reading. Ninety days feels much more achievable while still being long enough to establish a pattern.

The varied ingredients also help: an interesting opening, Scripture, reflection, question, prayer and further reading.

Importantly, the book encourages interaction rather than passive reading.

The question at the end of “Creation’s Song” does not have one correct answer. That allows the young reader to bring something of themselves to the page.

That is exactly the kind of habit I would want a devotional book to develop.

Would I Actually Use It?

Yes.

I could imagine giving this to a preteen who is beginning to move from Bible material chosen and explained by adults towards exploring faith independently.

I can also see value in an adult and child occasionally discussing an entry together. The publisher specifically hopes the book will encourage honest conversations, and the open questions provide natural opportunities for that without turning devotional time into an interrogation.

For those involved in children’s or youth ministry, individual themes could also provide useful jumping-off points for conversation.

But perhaps its greatest value is quieter than that.

It gives a young person something that is theirs: their book, their questions, their prayers and the beginnings of their own devotional rhythm.

The Verdict

God Sees Her for Girls is attractive, approachable and thoughtfully pitched.

The sample devotion demonstrates the book at its best: beginning with curiosity about the world, moving naturally towards Scripture and then turning the question gently back towards the reader.

But the title may contain its most important message.

God sees her.

In years when young people can become increasingly conscious of how they are seen by friends, family and the wider world, there is something powerful about being reminded that their deepest value does not depend upon popularity, appearance, achievement or perfection.

A good children’s devotional should do more than tell young people things about God. It should give them confidence to begin discovering God for themselves.

God Sees Her for Girls looks designed to help them take those first steps.

Proverbs 31 Ministries

A Book Review

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So, What Is It?

The concept couldn’t be much simpler: thirty-one chapters of Proverbs, thirty-one days.

But this isn’t simply a reading plan. Each day includes Scripture, reflection questions, cross-references, charts and practical exercises intended to connect biblical wisdom with ordinary life. Relationships, words, conflict, patience, humility and decision-making are all part of the territory.

So although it is described as suitable for personal use, I could easily imagine working through this with a small group and discovering quite a lot to talk about.

More Bible Study Than Devotional

This is an important distinction.

Unlike a devotional that gives you a couple of verses followed by somebody else’s reflection, this book appears designed to keep sending you back into Proverbs itself.

For me, that’s a real strength.

There is always a danger with devotional books that we spend considerably more time reading what somebody says about the Bible than reading the Bible. Here, the structure deliberately takes readers through the entire biblical book.

I particularly like the inclusion of cross-references too. Proverbs does not exist in isolation, and making connections with the wider biblical story can help prevent individual sayings being treated as little inspirational quotations.

Wisdom for Real Life

Proverbs is wonderfully practical. It has an irritating habit of getting into areas of life we might prefer God didn’t mention!

How do I speak about other people?
Who influences me?
How do I respond when someone annoys me?
Am I teachable?
How do I make good decisions?

Those are not abstract theological questions. They’re Monday-morning questions.

That makes Proverbs particularly well suited to this kind of workbook approach. The challenge, of course, is moving beyond discovering what the wise response would be to actually living wisely when the situation arises.

I Like the Work

And I mean that positively.

The charts, questions and decision-making exercises mean that this isn’t necessarily a book to skim over with a cup of coffee while still half asleep. The reader is expected to participate.

For somebody wanting to begin studying Scripture more intentionally but intimidated by a traditional Bible-study commentary, that feels like a useful halfway point.

There also seems to be enough structure here to help someone who doesn’t quite know what questions to ask of a biblical passage.

But I Do Have a Question…

As with Stand Stronger for Boys, I find myself wondering about the intended audience.

This is specifically presented as a resource for women, and its introduction speaks about the demands women face as they make choices for families and relationships.

But Proverbs offers wisdom for the whole people of God.

So I would want to keep asking as I worked through the book: is this genuinely exploring Proverbs through women’s experiences, or is this essentially a good Proverbs study packaged specifically for women?

There is a difference.

And perhaps there is an even bigger question underneath that. When Christian resources are aimed specifically at women, what picture of women’s lives do they assume? There is enormous diversity among women in terms of family, work, relationships, responsibilities and season of life. A good resource needs enough breadth for women to find their own lives within it.

Would I Actually Use It?

Yes. And probably with a pen in my hand.

I could see myself using this personally, but I think I would be particularly interested in trying it with a small group. Proverbs has an extraordinary ability to provoke conversation because its wisdom so quickly bumps into lived experience.

Thirty-one days also feels achievable. It provides enough time to establish a rhythm without asking for an enormous commitment.

My Verdict

31 Days Through Proverbs has a simple idea at its heart: open Proverbs every day for a month and allow biblical wisdom to interrogate ordinary life.

What appeals to me most is that the workbook doesn’t appear to want to become the destination. Its purpose is to get the reader reading, thinking about and responding to Scripture.

I still have questions about the specifically female packaging and whether the content itself really requires it. But as an accessible bridge between a daily devotional and more substantial Bible study, this has considerable potential.

And perhaps its greatest success would be if, after day thirty-one, the reader closes the workbook but doesn’t stop opening the Bible.

A book review

#StandStrongerforBoys #NetGalley

There is no shortage of children’s devotional books around, but I always think the real test is quite simple: would a child actually pick this up and read it without an adult standing over them? Stand Stronger for Boys is aimed at boys aged eight to twelve, and its purpose is to help them develop their own relationship with God, particularly as they negotiate the sometimes complicated preteen years.

Each of the ninety devotions follows a fairly predictable pattern. There is a suggested Bible reading, a short story, some reflection, a prayer activity and a fun fact. Predictable, though, isn’t necessarily a criticism. For a child beginning to develop a devotional habit, knowing what to expect can be quite helpful.

Will Boys Actually Want to Read It?

Visually, I think the book works. It doesn’t look like something intended for very young children, but neither is there a daunting wall of text. The strong headings, muted colours and little features such as the “Fun Fact” boxes break the pages up nicely.

More importantly, the individual readings are short. That matters. There is enough substance to give the reader something to think about without making spending time with God feel like another piece of homework.

The language is also straightforward without talking down to the reader. That is a difficult balance to get right with this age group.

Same Story, Different Audience

One thing particularly caught my attention because I had just been looking at Stand Stronger, the companion devotional for adult men.

One of the devotions here, “Don’t Be Afraid”, uses Jeremiah 1:4–10 and the extraordinary survival story of Louis Zamperini. The adult devotional uses essentially the same starting point.

That makes comparing the two fascinating.

In the children’s version the story is shorter, unfamiliar terminology such as “POW” is explained, and the focus moves quickly towards something a child can understand personally: what am I afraid of, and what difference does believing God is with me make?

For me, that is where the book is strongest. The writers haven’t simply shortened an adult devotion and used easier words. There is an attempt to bring the biblical theme into the everyday world of the child.

Something I Really Liked

I particularly liked the section headed “Just You and God”.

At the end of this devotion, children are invited to complete a prayer by naming something they are afraid of and asking God to be with them as they face it.

It’s a very small feature, but possibly one of the most valuable.

We can be very good at telling children what they ought to believe. Giving them space to talk honestly to God for themselves is something rather different.

And perhaps that is one of the best things a devotional book can do. It shouldn’t become the child’s relationship with God. It should help the child develop one.

But I Did Wonder…

I kept returning to one question: what makes this specifically a devotional for boys?

There is nothing wrong with producing resources specifically for boys, of course, and some children may particularly appreciate knowing that a book has been created with them in mind.

But I would have liked to explore whether the content genuinely reflects something distinctive about the spiritual lives and experiences of boys aged eight to twelve, or whether many of these devotions could just as easily be offered to children more generally.

Perhaps that is something parents, grandparents and children’s ministry leaders will want to decide for themselves.

Would I Use It?

Yes, I would.

I can easily imagine giving this to a child who is beginning to explore reading the Bible and praying independently. I could also see individual devotions providing useful starting points for conversations at home or in children’s ministry.

And I like that the book continually points beyond itself towards the Bible. A children’s devotional has succeeded, I think, when eventually the child discovers that the most interesting book on the bedside table isn’t the devotional at all.

My Verdict

Stand Stronger for Boys is attractive, accessible and genuinely manageable for its intended age group. The mixture of Bible, storytelling, interesting facts and personal prayer gives children several different ways into each theme.

My one lingering question concerns how specifically the book needs to be marketed towards boys. But that does not detract from what it does well.

For an eight to twelve-year-old beginning to take some ownership of their faith, this could be a very useful companion, particularly if it opens the door not simply to ninety devotions, but to a lifetime of opening the Bible and discovering God for themselves.

A Book Review

How often have you found yourself curled into the foetal position, sobbing?

On the bathroom floor. The kitchen floor. The garage. The living-room carpet.

There are moments of pain when we do not decide to curl up. The body simply does it. We fold in on ourselves, knees pulled close, arms wrapped around what hurts, making ourselves as small as we can.

There is something profoundly visceral about that. When pain strips away the words, the explanations and the brave face, our bodies sometimes return to the very first posture God gave us: curled, small, vulnerable, dependent.

And that is where this book begins.

On a bathroom floor. With a woman miscarrying. With grief and blood and the loss of a life that had barely begun. And suddenly the title, Foetal Faith, is no clever turn of phrase. It hurts.

Because perhaps there are moments when faith itself becomes foetal.
Tiny. Vulnerable. Curled around pain. Barely formed. Yet still alive.

And perhaps the question is not, “Is my faith big enough?”
Perhaps the question is, “Can something this small still be held by God?”

Jesus once pointed to something almost ridiculously small, a mustard seed, and said: Look at this. This is what the kingdom is like. And Jesus says: don’t underestimate that.

Never underestimate what God can do with something small.

The girl of the title is Amber Emily Smith, but as I listened I began to wonder how many of us have, at one time or another, been that girl on the bathroom floor. For Amber, it is the place she retreats to when life becomes simply too much. She takes us into the painful places of motherhood, family addiction and broken relationships, but at the heart of her story is an unimaginable loss: the death of her three-year-old son, River. This is where we meet Amber, not with everything neatly resolved, but in those very private moments when grief, helplessness and faith collide.

The thing is, Amber didn’t start this grief journey with faith. Faith came to her in her grief. It came as she wrestled with that question we so often ask when life falls apart: why? Why did this happen? Why did their beautiful son, River, die? And she didn’t find some neat little Christian answer that suddenly made everything all right. Instead, somewhere in the wrestling, something began. Something tiny. Something fragile. Something that perhaps she could barely name yet. Faith. Foetal faith.

One thing I loved was her voice. Amber’s voice comes through so clearly in the writing, and perhaps even more powerfully in the audio soundtrack. You feel that she is telling you her story rather than presenting you with a carefully polished theological argument. There is an honesty to it. At times it feels almost conversational, as though she has pulled up a chair and is simply telling you what happened, what it did to her, and where she began to find God in the middle of it.

But there was one thing that didn’t work quite so well for me.

At the beginning of some chapters there is a piling up of Scripture upon Scripture, and honestly, I didn’t think the book needed it. I understand the instinct. Sometimes when faith is new, we are so excited by what we are discovering in the Bible that we want to show everybody all of it. Look! Here’s another verse. And another one. And this one says it too!

But Amber’s story is already doing the work.

The story itself bears witness to the unfailing love of God.

It doesn’t need Scripture piled high around it to make it more Christian or more convincing. A little Bible, carefully placed, allows the story room to breathe. And actually, for me, that is when Scripture works best in this book. Not when it overwhelms Amber’s voice, but when it comes alongside her voice and says quietly:

Yes. This God you have encountered in your grief? We have met him here too.

So who is this book for? I think it is for anyone carrying loss in their heart, whether that loss is raw and recent or something they thought had long since healed. It is for the young mum trying desperately to get everything right and quietly wondering why she can’t. And I think it would be particularly valuable for those who are young in faith, because Amber doesn’t offer a faith that protects us from the hard things of life, but one that can hold us when they come. Would I recommend it? Absolutely. Not because it has all the answers, but because it is honest about the questions, honest about the pain, and ultimately, full of hope.

Living with Courage, Conviction, and Compassion in a World of Chaos

by Mark Batterson

A Book Review

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What Is This Book Trying to Do?

“Conform or get cancelled.”

That is quite a way to begin a book description.

Not My Circus sets itself firmly in the world of social media, algorithms, outrage, tribal loyalties and the seemingly endless pressure to choose a side. Mark Batterson’s concern is that Christians are not immune. We can criticise the culture around us while quietly adopting exactly the same habits: outrage, condemnation, suspicion and an inability to listen to anyone outside our particular camp.

His alternative is what he calls Christlike nonconformity.

Drawing particularly on Romans 12:2, Batterson argues that Christians are called neither to conform to the surrounding culture nor to retreat from it. Instead, they should engage with it differently.

He builds that response around three qualities: holy courage, spiritual discernment and amazing grace.

It is an appealing combination. The question is how it works when we move from slogans into the muddiness of real life.

Courage Without Combativeness

Courage is an interesting Christian virtue because it can so easily be confused with aggression.

Standing firm does not require us to become louder. Conviction does not require combativeness.

Batterson’s idea of “holy courage”, at least as the book presents it, is the ability to hold convictions without becoming controlled by the opinions of other people. There is something genuinely liberating in that.

We live in a time when immediate reaction is encouraged. Social media invites us constantly to approve, condemn, share, comment and declare where we stand. Sometimes courage may indeed mean speaking.

But sometimes it may require the courage not to join the pile-on.

Christian nonconformity ought to make us harder to manipulate, including by people with whom we normally agree.

That is where Batterson’s second quality becomes particularly important.

Discernment: Is This Even My Fight?

The title Not My Circus suggests something we perhaps need to hear more often: not every battle belongs to us.

Being permanently outraged is exhausting.

Christian discipleship does not require having a strongly expressed opinion about every controversy passing across a screen. Spiritual discernment means learning where our responsibility begins and ends.

Which situations require our voice? Which require our presence? Which require us to listen? And which should simply be allowed to pass without our participation?

That sounds straightforward until the issue matters deeply to us.

It is easy to demonstrate discernment about arguments that do not particularly interest us. The real test comes when something touches one of our cherished convictions.

Can I step back long enough to ask what faithful engagement actually requires rather than simply reacting?

That seems to me one of the most useful questions behind this book.

Grace in an Age of Outrage

The third strand is grace.

Batterson challenges Christians to engage with people with whom they disagree without absorbing their anxiety or hostility. That feels especially pertinent online, where nuance does not always flourish.

But grace must mean more than behaving politely while remaining convinced that everyone else is wrong.

Christian grace surely changes how we see the other person.

Someone who disagrees with me is not merely an opposing viewpoint with a profile picture attached. They are a human being whose life cannot possibly be condensed into one opinion, one vote, one post or one argument.

That becomes particularly challenging when Batterson turns his criticism towards Christians themselves.

The description suggests that Christians can exchange spiritual discernment for tribal loyalty and even adopt the same habits of cancellation they condemn in wider culture.

That criticism is worth hearing.

It is considerably easier to identify conformity in the opposing tribe than in our own.

What Gave Me Pause?

My reservation begins with that opening claim: “conform or get cancelled”.

It is powerful language, but does it describe the world accurately?

Sometimes undoubtedly people experience dreadful treatment for expressing unpopular views. Social media can encourage ugly behaviour. But language about “mob culture”, “sides” and “cancellation” can itself reinforce the very divided picture of society that the book apparently wants Christians to resist.

The world is more complicated than two hostile camps shouting across a divide.

Most people I encounter are considerably more nuanced than their labels suggest.

I would therefore want the book’s call to nonconformity to include questioning the stories we tell ourselves about the culture around us.

If Christians are to cultivate a non-anxious presence, perhaps that begins by refusing not only society’s anxiety, but also exaggerated accounts of just how terrible society has become.

Transformation or Withdrawal?

Batterson explicitly rejects withdrawing from culture. I think that distinction matters.

“Not my circus” could easily become an excuse for disengagement: somebody else’s problem, somebody else’s battle.

Christian discernment cannot mean indifference.

There are moments when faith requires involvement, particularly when other people are being harmed or ignored. The challenge is discerning the difference between an argument I do not need to join and a situation in which silence becomes its own kind of choice.

Romans 12 does not call Christians simply to avoid conformity. It calls them towards transformation.

That is a much more demanding vision.

Would I Actually Use It?

I suspect there is much here that could be particularly helpful for Christians exhausted by the intensity of contemporary public conversation.

The idea of becoming a non-anxious presence is attractive. So too is the invitation to examine whether our convictions truly arise from faith or have quietly become entangled with loyalty to our preferred tribe.

For church groups, the threefold framework of courage, discernment and grace could provoke some excellent conversations.

Where do we need more courage?

Where do we need better discernment?

And where, perhaps most uncomfortably, do we need more grace?

The Verdict

Not My Circus addresses a genuine difficulty: how do Christians live with strong convictions in a culture where disagreement can quickly become hostility?

Batterson’s answer is not withdrawal, but a different quality of engagement.

That is compelling.

I am less persuaded by language which risks making our cultural moment sound entirely like a battlefield. If Christians genuinely want to resist conformity, we should be suspicious of those narratives too.

Perhaps the most radical form of nonconformity is simpler.

Refuse to be permanently outraged. Refuse to let a tribe do your thinking for you. Know when to speak and when to remain silent. Hold convictions courageously, but hold people compassionately.

In a noisy world, that might be a quietly revolutionary way to live.