{"id":268356,"date":"2025-11-17T13:22:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T20:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.navigators.org\/?p=268356"},"modified":"2025-11-19T10:08:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T17:08:41","slug":"navpress-celebrates-the-release-of-the-message-womens-devotional-bible-five-years-in-the-making","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.navigators.org\/blog\/navpress-celebrates-the-release-of-the-message-womens-devotional-bible-five-years-in-the-making\/","title":{"rendered":"NavPress Celebrates the Release of\u00a0\u2018The Message Women\u2019s Devotional Bible,\u2019\u00a0Five Years in the Making"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Released on August 5, 2025, the award-winning devotional Bible pairs The Message\u00ae<\/sup> translation with insightful content written by women for women.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (November 17, 2025)<\/strong> \u2014 This fall, after a careful editorial and production process spanning nearly five years, NavPress<\/a> (a business ministry of The Navigators<\/a>) celebrated the release of The Message Women\u2019s Devotional Bible<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Featuring 320 topical devotions, 52 biblical character profiles, and other supplemental content written by women for women, this expansive project pairs Eugene H. Peterson\u2019s award-winning<\/a> translation of the Bible with insights from more than 80 contributors<\/a> of diverse backgrounds, ethnicities, vocations, and Christian denominations. The devotional Bible has been recognized for outstanding design<\/a>, as well: It received a Top Shelf Book Cover Award<\/a> from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) at this year\u2019s Publishing University<\/a> on October 31.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe features in this Bible are what rose to the surface when our team asked, What do women really need in a devotional Bible<\/em>?\u201d shares Olivia Eldredge<\/strong>, editor of The Message<\/em>\u00ae<\/sup> Bible. \u201cWomen need to hear from other women: diverse, trustworthy, thoughtful voices who can speak to how the Bible intersects with the lives of women. And they need to have space to bring their questions, their vulnerability, their honest wrestling \u2014 and be met by God.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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While Christian content marketed specifically to women can tend toward superficiality and stereotypes, The Message Women\u2019s Devotional Bible<\/em> pursues nuance, sensitivity, and authenticity while remaining faithful to the biblical texts. Throughout, it invites women to engage deeply with difficult or overlooked passages, offering candid reflections on the truth that women \u2014 though often unnamed in Scripture \u2014 are indeed active, vital participants in God\u2019s story, both in the biblical narrative and today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Message<\/em> is a contemporary translation of the Bible, created by Eugene H. Peterson and thoroughly reviewed by a team of Old and New Testament scholars to ensure accuracy and fidelity to the original biblical languages. A pastor, theologian, scholar, writer, and poet, Peterson worked directly from the Greek and Hebrew texts to craft a faithful rendering of Scripture in accessible, everyday language. It took him a full decade to complete his translation work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more about The Message Women\u2019s Devotional Bible<\/em><\/a> and other NavPress resources by visiting NavPress.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About The U.S. Navigators<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Navigators<\/a> is a ministry that shares the gospel of Jesus and helps people grow in their relationship with Him through Life-to-Life\u00ae<\/sup> discipleship<\/a>, creating spiritual generations of believers. Since its founding in 1933, The Navigators has upheld the mission \u201cto know Christ, make Him known, and help others do the same\u00ae<\/sup>.\u201d Our Worldwide Partnership<\/a> includes around 6,000 staff of 85 nationalities, serving in 123 countries. Navigators encourage spiritual growth across life stages, serving wherever people work, live, worship, and play: on college campuses and military bases as well as in urban neighborhoods, workplaces, churches, local communities, and hard-to-reach places. To learn more, visit www.navigators.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 5, 2025
Contact: Chris Muller, Senior Vice President, Ministry Engagement, (719) 594-2269, chris.muller@navigators.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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