Welcome to Verity. I'm your host, Felicia Masonheimer, an author, speaker, and Bible teacher.

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Welcome to the third episode in our Women's Issues series, Friends. Man, this is a complicated

episode and a really personal one for me to talk about. Maybe even a little surprising for you

because it's so insanely specific. Like, how come breastfeeding is a theological issue? Well,

you might be surprised just how much theology is involved in navigating this and the implications

of it, especially in today's world. Now, we're going to get into that and the mommy wars and the

theology behind the mommy wars specifically over breastfeeding and breast is best. But before we get

to that, I want to talk about some verses that address breastfeeding. Now, the reason I chose to put

this episode in this series, it actually wasn't originally in my plan. But since I am currently

breastfeeding my three-week-old and thinking a lot about this, I thought, you know what, this is a

very specific issue to women. This is a woman's issue and Scripture really does speak to it.

What really turned me to choosing this as the next episode was not just the fact that the Bible

speaks to it, but also how much shame and guilt I have experienced in regard to this issue. And

anywhere we experience shame and guilt, the gospel speaks to that area. And so I know that not

everyone has had the same experience as me regarding breastfeeding, but regardless, I think that

this episode may be very helpful for you in navigating the theology that is underlying many of our

conversations around this issue and others that come up in the mommy wars today. So even if you are

not a mom, I think this will be helpful to you maybe for the future or for friends of yours who

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