# Good News for New Moms I'm working to define a theology of new motherhood in the life of the church. Join me? Page: Feed: --- ## [Prayer Cards for Mother and Baby](https://elizabethburtman.substack.com/p/prayer-cards-for-mother-and-baby) _2025-10-23 · Elizabeth Burtman_ A little project I’ve had on the brain for a long time: I would like to have a set of little prayer card type things to pray with, featuring images of Jesus+mothers+babies and/or Bible verses and/or prayers relevant to birth and early motherhood. ## [in defense of: repetitive liturgies](https://elizabethburtman.substack.com/p/in-defense-of-repetitive-liturgies) _2025-04-08 · Elizabeth Burtman_ I grew up in churches with highly extemporaneous prayers, long sermons, and somewhat variable orders of service. ## [in defense of: church pews](https://elizabethburtman.substack.com/p/in-defense-of-church-pews) _2025-04-01 · Elizabeth Burtman_ Some readers may know that I’m fascinated by built-environment design. One fun little case study that’s relevant to the experience of moms and babies in church: pews. ## [cry rooms](https://elizabethburtman.substack.com/p/cry-rooms) _2024-01-06 · Elizabeth Burtman_ Continuing on from where I left off with my story of nursing my firstborn in church: It so happened that our church at the time, remodeling their building, completed a nursing/mothers’/cry room about the same time as my first was born. ## [nursing in church](https://elizabethburtman.substack.com/p/nursing-in-church) _2023-12-30 · Elizabeth Burtman_ Every few months, it seems, the X-fka-Twitter discourse regarding nursing in public resurfaces. ## [Some links, and an update](https://elizabethburtman.substack.com/p/some-links-and-an-update) _2023-12-23 · Elizabeth Burtman_ It’s been nearly a year since the birth of my second child, which gave me my second experiential data point on the postpartum period. ## [a musical interlude](https://elizabethburtman.substack.com/p/a-musical-interlude) _2023-05-06 · Elizabeth Burtman_ This is a little different from the kinds of things I usually share here, but I recently came across two songs that readers might appreciate. ## [Book Blurbs 4](https://elizabethburtman.substack.com/p/book-blurbs-4) _2023-03-09 · Elizabeth Burtman_ Maternal Body ## [maternity leave](https://elizabethburtman.substack.com/p/maternity-leave) _2023-01-01 · Elizabeth Burtman_ No, I’m not writing a post philosophizing about the spiritual implications of maternity leave. ## [Fast, secure international transfers (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/zZOVDnYCRTHd) _2023-01-01 · **Sponsored**_ Bank transfer, cash pickup, mobile wallet — low fees and real-time tracking ## ["You humbly chose the Virgin's womb"](https://elizabethburtman.substack.com/p/you-humbly-chose-the-virgins-womb) _2022-12-25 · Elizabeth Burtman_ It’s always a good time to meditate on the Incarnation, but today—Christmas Day, when I’ve scheduled this newsletter to post—is an especially fitting moment for it.