Letters to My Daughters: Seven Truths Every Woman Should Know
By Brenna McLennan (Electric Moon)
If each of us could choose seven truths to leave with our daughters or those who are like daughters, what would we pick? How could we craft the thoughts into letters they would read, ponder and remember? Brenna McLennan, native Texan and children’s minister at Calvary Baptist Church in Vernon, answers that question in Letters to My Daughters: Seven Truths Every Woman Should Know.
The mother of four girls explains, “Like any parent, I assume, I struggle—always questioning whether I am doing enough, teaching enough, laying enough of a foundation for these precious gifts.” McLennan, a former second grade teacher, lays that foundation in seven “Dear Daughters” chapters, all written with love, wisdom, practical advice, solid research and most of all, Scripture and biblical truth.
McLennan skillfully manages to make the letters both personal and universal with sincere honesty and natural candor, particularly when she broaches marital advice. Other themes include: “You are oh so special, but you are not enough,” “Biblical Christianity doesn’t mean you are less than a man in God’s plan,” “Being a woman doesn’t mean your emotions overrun your intelligence,” and “Jesus is everything?”
The slim, 100-page paperback might easily be overlooked among the myriads of Christian titles targeted to women and older teens. However, Brenna McLennan infuses her volume with hope—not just the hope that her “Dear Daughters” would receive Christ, but that they would know him, walk with him and bring him “all the glory he is due” every day of life. The book would make an excellent birthday or graduation gift, Mother’s Day present or just-because surprise for any woman or girl, but men can learn from the letters, too.
Kathy Robinson Hillman, former president
Baptist General Convention of Texas
Waco
We seek to connect God’s story and God’s people around the world. To learn more about God’s story, click here.
Send comments and feedback to Eric Black, our editor. For comments to be published, please specify “letter to the editor.” Maximum length for publication is 300 words.