This week, the Ladies are rolling out a brand-new interview series: Mother + Daughter. Each of these conversations will feature a different pair of Lutheran women who are joined not only by the closest bonds of kinship but also by the fellowship they share as Lutheran sisters in Christ.

In the first of these conversations, we welcome Cheryl and Caitlin Magness.

Cheryl Magness is managing editor of Reporter, the official newspaper of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Her writing has also appeared in publications including The Federalist, Touchstone and The Lutheran Witness. Caitlin Magness is a manager in the food services industry, a graduate student completing her master's degree in library science, and a self-published novelist. Cheryl and Caitlin currently share a home and are both active members of Village Lutheran Church in Ladue, Missouri.

How can mothers and daughters navigate a young woman’s transition from childhood to adulthood? How can they model mutually supportive interactions both in person and online? What strategies help keep tension from taking over in a multigenerational home? What does it look like when two very different writers live under one roof?

Click to read Cheryl Magness’s most recent contributions to Reporter.

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