Beautifully Distinct

Inspires women to engage with life and culture in a God-honoring way. How should we listen to, and think in a gospel way about, the ordinary things we come across in modern life? Things we watch, read, eat, and do. There are so many voices saying so many different things that the temptations are to either disengage completely, or find ourselves being influenced more and more by the world. In this book, godly, clear-thinking women talk about a range of areas of life and culture. They help us to be thoughtful about films, books, and the media; set out biblical principles for approaching topics such as body image and racism; and encourage us to shape the world around us for Christ—becoming beautifully distinct.

1. Opening Credits
2. Introduction by Trillia Newbell
3. Part 1: Being Thoughtful | Alissa Wilkinson and Karen Swallow Prior
4. Chapter 1: "Movies: Speaking Our Culture's Language" | Catherine Parks
5. Chapter 2: "When Food Becomes a False Gospel" | Kelly Needham
6. Chapter 3: "Sex and Our Bodies" | Dannah Gresh
7. Chapter 4: "How to Work for God's Glory" | Chelsea Patterson Sobolik
8. Part 2: Listening Well | Trillia Newbell and Jackie Hill Perry
9. Chapter 5: "The Value of Literature" | Karen Swallow Prior
10. Chapter 6: "Inviting Others to Our Homes" | Courtney Reissig
11. Chapter 7: "Loving the Stranger, Loving the Immigrant" | Jenny Yang
12. Chapter 8: "Conversations on Race" | Natasha Sistrunk Robinson and Lilly Park
13. Part 3: Speaking Well | Lindsay Nicolet
14. Chapter 9: "Surfing the Social-Media Wave" | Erin Davis
15. Chapter 10: "What We Say About Beauty" | Jen Wilki
16. Chapter 11: "Telling Your Story" | Jackie Hill Perry
17. Afterword | Trillia Newbell
18. Contributors
19. Closing Credits