1 Peter 1:6–7 and James 4:6–8 | A Moment of Steadfast Hope

Laura Wifler is the cofounder and executive director of Risen Motherhood. She cohosts the popular Risen Motherhood podcast and is coauthor of the best-selling book of the same name. She is author of the best-selling, award-winning children’s book Any Time, Any Place, Any Prayer, as well as Like Me: A Story About Disability and Discovering God’s Image in Every Person. Laura, her husband, and her three children live in central Iowa. You can find her on Instagram or at her website.

Emily Jensen is an author, a podcaster, and the cofounder and content director of the Risen Motherhood ministry. She is the coauthor of Risen Motherhood: Gospel Hope for Everyday Moments and the author of He Is Strong: Devotions for When You Feel Weak. Emily lives in central Iowa with her husband and their five children.

Courtney Doctor (MDiv, Covenant Theological Seminary) serves as the director of women’s initiatives for The Gospel Coalition. She is a Bible teacher and author of From Garden to Glory as well as several Bible studies, including Titus: Displaying the Gospel of Grace, In View of God’s Mercies, and Behold and Believe. Courtney and her husband, Craig, have four children and five grandchildren.

Melissa Kruger serves as the vice president of discipleship programming for The Gospel Coalition (TGC). She’s the author of multiple books, including The Envy of Eve: Finding Contentment in a Covetous World, Walking with God in the Season of Motherhood, Growing Together: Taking Mentoring Beyond Small Talk and Prayer Requests, Wherever You Go, I Want You to Know, and Parenting with Hope: Raising Teens for Christ in a Secular Age. Her husband, Mike, is the Samuel C. Patterson chancellor’s professor of New Testament and early Christianity at Reformed Theological Seminary, and they have three children.