Captivating by John Eldredge & Stasi Eldredge
Week 11: Chapter 10 — Mothers, Daughters, Sisters
Read Chapter 10 of Captivating. Key Scripture: Titus 2:3–5; Ruth 1:16; Galatians 6:2.
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Healed women heal women — and this chapter turns our attention outward, exploring how a woman whose heart is coming alive in God becomes a life-giving presence to the women around her.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.The Eldredges argue that women are uniquely gifted to offer one another something the rest of the world cannot — a deep knowing, a validation of the feminine experience, an invitation for each other's hearts to come alive. Have you experienced this kind of life-giving feminine friendship? What made it possible?
2.The chapter addresses the painful reality that women can also wound each other deeply — through comparison, competition, gossip, and exclusion. Why do you think women sometimes become each other's harshest critics rather than greatest allies?
3.The Eldredges describe three roles a woman can play in the lives of other women: mother (nurturing, comforting, calling out strength), sister (companionship, shared journey, mutual courage), and daughter (receiving, being mentored, allowing herself to be cared for). Which of these roles comes most naturally to you — and which do you most need to grow in?