An invitation into the lives of women in the church-prophetesses, wives, saints, mothers, martyrs, daughters, and anyone who has been a tender of a family or community. Through lush descriptions, startling images, and a lineage of fierce foremothers, this book illuminates the joys, burdens, steadfastness, and grief of women nurturing faith and the faithful across generations. -Molly Spencer, author of If the House and Hinge