This world needs more and more voices describing motherhood both truthfully and graciously. What a gift it is to be a mom. Though hard, it's the most rewarding.
I really enjoyed Katie Faris's writing and what she had to say about motherhood and the reminder that our hope is in Christ.

I received this book from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for my review.

I only wish I had this book before I began my motherhood journey. I love the promises this book reminds us of and how it points us to the truth but doesn't shy away from the sorrows. Life can be really good and really hard at the same time. I am glad there is a book to help process that and give us hope.

The most accessible book I’ve ever read on suffering. That it applies to the sorrows of a mother’s suffering is incredibly unique. The author avoids turning her book into a memoir, which enables the reader to enter in to the theologically wise and biblical truths and apply them to her own circumstance. The author leads the reader to acknowledge our hard realities, explore biblical lament, see how our story is woven into the story of the Bible, hope in the Gospel and our future, navigate some our questions, trust in the character and promises of God, and finally battle comparison and pursue godly contentment. Well done and encouraging!

God is Still Good by Katie Faris is a good book for all the mothers in the church. It speaks to the hard seasons of life, reminding the reader of God's love and the hope that we have in Christ. While I felt like a lot of this book's content was "basic", it is the good kind of basic knowledge and wisdom that all mothers in the church should have. This book was mainly based on Scriptures, which is very good. The chapters also had questions at the end, making this a good book to go through in groups, for example.

This book is an amazing bible study book for moms. It reminds me so much of ‘The Bible Study’. I absolutely love the references through the chapters so that you can defer to your bible. I also enjoyed the questions following each chapter that helps you to apply what you’re reading to your personal self and your walk with Christ. I absolutely felt the love put into this book!

God Is Still Good by Katie Faris --

I love how authentic and REAL this book is. It's encouraging and hopeful, even when talking about the rawness and hardness of life. At a time of life where I constantly feel overwhelmed and just feel all the 'hard', I needed the encouragement of Scripture and of a woman walking the path alongside you, spurring you on. In all and through all, Christ remains. He is the anchor and the hope. God IS still Good. This won't take you long to read and it will be worth it.

I’m not a mom yet but serve in women’s ministry and am beginning to prepare my heart and mind for motherhood. I really appreciated how this book focused on so many of the hard aspects of motherhood but was hopeful and founded on scripture more than someone’s personal experience- which is a struggle I have with so many Christian nonfiction books for women. It felt so different than other books out there and I felt encouraged and not overwhelmed by themes of try harder or comparison. Definitely a book I will be recommending and holding on to for my hopeful future.

What should a mother do and how should she think when motherhood isn’t what she expected—especially when trials cause her to doubt God’s goodness?

While her trials in motherhood have been far different from my own, all that Katie Faris writes is pretty much what I’d say to suffering mothers. She talks about acknowledging the pain, making time for grief and lament, the storyline of Scripture and why motherhood hurts, joy and sorrow in the lives of biblical mothers, wrestling with our questions, assessing our self-talk, and ultimately, looking to Jesus, not our trials, and learning to trust God and being comforted by who he is.

It's applicable to every trial in motherhood, but examples do tend to be from her own experience so that may make it harder to relate to for some (for instance, she references postpartum depression in a list of possible trials, but it doesn’t appear at all in what she actually talked about. Since that’s been my main motherhood suffering and I talk to lots of other moms for whom this is the case, I wish it had received more attention. But what she says more generally is still applicable. Mental illness, and depression in particular, can just add another layer of complexity to how you respond to suffering).

There’s a prayer, scriptures for further meditation, and reflection questions at the end of every chapter.

I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley for review.

Full of good information. Lovely book for Moms
Thanks to author, publisher and Netgalley for the chance to read this book. While I got the book for free,it had no bearing on the rating I gave it.