Woman-led, theologically-sound, spiritually-deep, beautifully-designed
Claire K. McKeever-Burgett is a feminist theologian, creative contemplative, author, and spiritual leader who unabashedly centers and celebrates the women of scripture—because without them, we’d be hard-pressed to have any of it in the first place.
Her debut book, Blessed Are the Women: Naming and Reclaiming Women’s Stories from the Gospels, launched to a sold-out crowd at Parnassus Books, Nashville’s renowned woman-owned independent bookstore. Her sophomore book, In the Beginning Were the Women: Matriarchs, Mystics, Wise Women, and Warriors in the Hebrew Bible, released on October 21, 2025—also to a packed room at Parnassus—and is available now.
Creative, honest, and deeply thoughtful, Claire helps readers, communities, colleagues, and clients get to the heart of what matters.
Reclaim your faith. Reclaim your story.
Too often, women’s voices are silenced or overlooked. NO MORE.
In the Beginning Were the Women uncovers the matriarchs, prophets, and wisdom-keepers who shaped our sacred story--and the Mother God who empowered them. Claire K. McKeever-Burgett offers a fresh way of seeing faith, one that heals old wounds and opens new paths to justice, liberation, and belonging. This is your invitation to discover the divine feminine and claim your place in God’s unfolding story of love.
“Without women, we don’t have Jesus. We don’t have Christianity.
We don’t have any of it.”
–Claire K. McKeever-Burgett, Blessed are the Women
“Women and those who love and support them are interested in justice, in making what is wrong, right, in making what is full of fear and hatred, full of freedom and love” — Claire K. McKeever-Burgett
Claire hails from the dry plains of West Texas, and though she’s lived in Washington, D.C., Austin, TX, Louisiana, and Nashville since 2013, she still claims Texas as her home. A graduate of Baylor University with a degree in English and Professional Writing, Claire began her career working at Sojourners magazine on Jim Wallis’ New York Times bestselling book tour for God’s Politics. From there, Claire worked in the nonprofit sustainable food world in Austin, Texas, and then made her way to Vanderbilt Divinity School where she earned a Master of Divinity in 2011.
An author, creative contemplative, and spiritual leader, Claire has dedicated her life to bridging spirituality and social justice. Continue reading
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Women’s stories will heal you, if you let them. —Claire K. McKeever-Burgett
Recent Substack Articles
I Protect the Family: In the end, the work of justice, mercy, and love gets done because someone whispers in their child’s ear the story of women and God.
Women of the Week: Take courage, dear hearts. If it’s not over, it’s not the end.
What a World That Would Be: Witchy women and the Power of Telling the Truth
