{"id":241,"date":"2026-03-21T21:22:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T21:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bethanybutler.com\/?page_id=241"},"modified":"2026-03-22T06:16:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T06:16:21","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bethanybutler.com\/index.php\/home\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-6294aaef wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large has-custom-border\" style=\"margin-right:0;margin-left:0\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"301\" src=\"https:\/\/bethanybutler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Welcome-1024x301.png\" alt=\"homeschool mom Christian motherhood account Spirit led teaching for moms\" class=\"wp-image-255\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bethanybutler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Welcome-1024x301.png 1024w, https:\/\/bethanybutler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Welcome-600x176.png 600w, https:\/\/bethanybutler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Welcome-300x88.png 300w, https:\/\/bethanybutler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Welcome-768x226.png 768w, https:\/\/bethanybutler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Welcome-1536x452.png 1536w, https:\/\/bethanybutler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Welcome.png 1700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m Bethany\u2014wife, mother of eight, pastor, and author\u2014and my story is really a story of transformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For years, I loved my children deeply, but I often found myself striving\u2014trying to do everything right, carrying the weight of motherhood, and feeling the tension between what I longed for and what I was actually living. I wanted peace in my home. I wanted connection with my children. I wanted to raise them to truly know the Lord. But I didn\u2019t always know how to get there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/bethanybutler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_3566-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-261\" style=\"width:399px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bethanybutler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_3566-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bethanybutler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_3566-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/bethanybutler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_3566-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bethanybutler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_3566-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bethanybutler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_3566-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bethanybutler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_3566.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Everything began to shift when I stopped striving and started surrendering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As I encountered the Lord in a deeper, more personal way, He began to do a work in me first. He started healing places in my heart, restoring my identity, and teaching me how to walk with Him in my everyday life\u2014not just in quiet moments, but in the middle of motherhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What I didn\u2019t expect was how that transformation would overflow into my family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/bethanybutler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/butlers_-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-260\" style=\"width:441px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bethanybutler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/butlers_-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bethanybutler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/butlers_-scaled-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/bethanybutler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/butlers_-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bethanybutler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/butlers_-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bethanybutler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/butlers_-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bethanybutler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/butlers_-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the Lord changed me, I began to see the fruit of that change in my children. The atmosphere of our home began to shift. Where there had been tension, there was more peace. Where there had been frustration, there was connection. And more than anything, I began to see a genuine hunger for the Lord growing in my children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s when I realized something I now carry deeply:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">transformed mothers really do change generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As I continued walking this out, the Lord led my husband and I into pastoral ministry, where we now serve together in our local church. I have a deep love for prayer ministry and regularly pray with and minister to women\u2014walking with them through healing, identity restoration, and breakthrough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is nothing more powerful than watching a woman encounter the presence of God for herself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/bethanybutler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_5965-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-262\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4993327731923096;width:461px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bethanybutler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_5965-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bethanybutler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_5965-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/bethanybutler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_5965-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bethanybutler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_5965-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bethanybutler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_5965.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through my writing, teaching, and discipleship, my heart is to equip mothers to hear God\u2019s voice, walk confidently in their identity in Christ, and raise children who truly know Him. I want women to experience freedom from striving and step into Spirit-led motherhood\u2014where they are no longer doing it all alone, but partnering with God in the most important calling they\u2019ve been given.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Everything I share flows from what I\u2019m living.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m still walking this out every day\u2014learning, growing, and leaning on the Lord as I raise my children, love my husband, and build a home centered on faith, discipleship, and the presence of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-a5dad402 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"background-color:#fffcf7;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:0\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>I truly believe God wants this kind of transformation for every woman. I would be honored to walk along side you as the Lord takes you deeper into transformation and purpose, not matter where you are in your journey. Let&#8217;s stay connected!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignfull is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-3e41869c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-medium-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@bethanykendrabutler\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Go Deeper on Youtube<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-medium-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.skool.com\/the-renewed-journey-community-7695\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Join Our Community<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-medium-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bethanybutler.com\/index.php\/books\/\">Read the Book<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m Bethany\u2014wife, mother of eight, pastor, and author\u2014and my story is really a story of transformation. 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