Born Royal: Overcoming Insecurity to Become the Woman God Says You Are

Pastor McClellan debuts with an invigorating call for Christian women to form a “royal sisterhood” that fosters faith, self-worth, and communal support. Reminding women of their “limitless value” in divine eyes, McClellan encourages readers to use the confidence conferred by such a status to weather periods of personal uncertainty, effect change in their churches and communities, and support and uplift other women. The aim, she writes, is to create a sisterhood in which women bolster self-esteem and celebrate each other’s differences in order to “lift up the name of Jesus” communally and globally. While tired stereotypes sometimes distract from the message (God “sees you as pure” despite past transgressions; women are God’s “chief servants”), McClellan wisely makes room for the complexities of modern womanhood, both individually (“You can be tough and tender. You can be strong and kick butt, but you can also be soft, speaking words of life”) and collectively (“The royal sisterhood will be on display when... both stay-at-home moms and working moms notice the inherent strength in one another and call it out for the whole world to see”). The result is an inspiring invitation for “God’s daughters” to fortify their spiritual bonds and strengthen themselves and their communities in the process. (July)