Book: Maturing With Grace

New devotional breaks from tradition, lets readers start their faith journey wherever they are, not on day one

CHURCH OF GOD
Posted Aug 14, 2026

Author Brenda Slaughter-Scott’s “Maturing With Grace” abandons the fixed devotional calendar in favor of a four-phase journey believers can enter at any point in their walk with Christ.

OH, United States, 13/08/26 — Most devotionals assume every reader starts in the same place, on the same day, at the same pace. Author Brenda Slaughter-Scott is releasing one that doesn’t.

Maturing With Grace, available now in hardback, paperback, and Kindle on Amazon, is structured around four distinct phases of the Christian life: Salvation, Relationship, Discipleship, and Lordship, spanning 52 weeks with five devotions each week. Rather than requiring readers to begin on page one, the book is built so a new believer, a longtime Christian, a small-group leader, or someone questioning everything can open to the section that matches where they actually are right now.

“I didn’t write this for people with it all figured out,” Brenda Slaughter-Scott said. “I wrote it for saints, in whatever season they’re actually in. Spiritual growth doesn’t move in a straight line, so I didn’t see why a devotional should either.”

Each entry follows a consistent structure: a focused Scripture reading, a brief Bible study that unpacks its meaning without academic weight, and a reflection question meant to be carried into the reader’s day rather than closed with the book.

The four-phase structure mirrors what Slaughter-Scott describes as the real, non-linear shape of Christian growth: grounding in salvation, learning to actually know God through relationship, developing the disciplines of a lived-out faith, and finally, surrendering every part of life to His authority. Readers are encouraged to move between sections as their season changes, returning to earlier phases when needed rather than treating spiritual growth as a box to check once.

Maturing With Grace is available now at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G7SMCVD7.

About Brenda Slaughter-Scott
Brenda Slaughter-Scott writes for believers who want to grow, not just feel encouraged for a moment. Her work is rooted in Scripture and shaped by years of walking alongside readers through every stage of the Christian life. She lives in Ohio.

Contact Information:
Contact Name: Brenda Slaughter-Scott
Email: maturingwithgrace26@gmail.com
Website: maturingwithgrace.online