We are so excited to continue our new monthly feature for The Redbud Hyphen. Redbud President Dorina Lazo Gilmore-Young will be hosting conversations with writers, agents, editors and publishers about the intersection of culture, faith and writing. We hope you will enjoy listening in on these conversations and learning alongside us.
This month’s interview is with Becky Beresford. Becky lives in North Carolina and is happily outnumbered by her husband and three wonderful boys. She is an author, speaker and coach with a Master's Certificate in Spiritual Formation and Discipleship from Moody Theological Seminary. Becky loves encouraging God’s Daughters to embrace Christ-centered empowerment through the truth found in the gospel. Her work has been featured in large online communities including Crosswalk, (in)courage, iBelieve, HuffPost, DaySpring, and she recently became a writer for Proverbs 31 Ministries’ First 5 writing team. Her book, She Believed He Could, So She Did: Trading Culture's Lies for Christ-Centered Empowerment, released in March through Moody Publishers.
In this conversation, we discuss:
Becky's personal journey and writing career, including her recent move from Chicago to North Carolina
More on Becky’s new book and its message for women
Becky’s journey to getting her book published
The community and support Becky found within the Redbud Writers Guild
Connect with Becky at BeckyBeresford.com and become a part of her Empowered Email Tribe or follow her on Instagram and Facebook.
Let us know, what was meaningful from this conversation?
Join us for tomorrow’s webinar!
Have you always dreamed of writing a children's book? This one-hour webinar is designed to help you get started with writing books for kids.
Xochitl Dixon will help you master the ten essential story blocks necessary for crafting great children’s books. You will learn the power of the first essential step toward building a strong foundation and be equipped to craft an idea into a first draft, add depth through the revision process, and prayerfully work as you wait to hear back from potential publishers.
Non-Redbud members can attend this webinar for $15 by registering at this link. Ticket sales go toward funding of the Redbud Women of Color Mentoring program.
About Our Speaker:
Xochitl (So-Cheel) Dixon is a disabled Bible teacher with over two decades of experience serving adults and students from preschool to high school ages. She wrote the “Choose to Change” feature in Tyndale’s Go Bible for Kids (September 2024) and serves as a regular contributor for Our Daily Bread and the bestselling God Hears Her compilations and blog. Equipping readers to grow closer to God while nurturing authentic community, she shares biblical encouragement, celebrates ethnic diversity, and advocates for disability awareness with her beautifully diverse family and her service dog, Callie, featured in the 2021 ECPA Christian Book Award Children’s Book Finalist Different Like Me, Diferente como yo, What Color is God’s Love? and Wonderfully, Marvelously Brown. Connect with Xochitl on Instagram and at www.xedixon.com
Embracing Christ-centered empowerment with Becky Beresford