All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir

Trace the influences in Moore’s life that led her specifically to minister to women. What made women respond so forcefully to her teaching?

Moore often uses humor in her memoir, as when she says she feels sorry for Moses in Chapter 8 and describes how Southern Baptists approach food in Chapter 17. Pick three such humorous moments and describe the effect of Moore’s use of humor on the points she is making.

In an interview with Woman Alive Book Club about the memoir, Moore said, “Life really is for most of us gray.” How does she make this point in the memoir? What is her bigger conclusion about God and humanity?