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Episode 161: What Should Christian Women Know About Yesteryear?
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In this special “mamas only” episode, Amy and Anja Westerhaus tackle Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke, a novel centered on Natalie, a wildly successful “tradwife” influencer whose carefully curated online persona masks a deeply dysfunctional reality. Rather than treating the novel’s depiction of faith, marriage, motherhood, and conservative Christianity at face value, Amy and Anja encourage listeners to recognize Natalie as an unreliable narrator. They argue that her pursuit of the perfect home, marriage, family, and online identity reflects a works-based and performative worldview rather than biblical Christianity. The conversation uses Yesteryear as a jumping-off point for a bigger…