Moms, we are in a battle–a battle against the culture for the hearts and minds of our children. Today, Heidi St. John has joined us to help us prepare for it. Heidi has an uncanny ability to bypass our prejudices and preconceptions allowing her to speak directly to the heart of every mother as she Read More …
Listen here: iTunes |Spotify |Stitcher 1 Peter 4:9 tells us to “offer hospitality to one another, without grumbling.” Extending hospitality is not just a nice thing for us to do; it is direct obedience to the command of God. Yet, sometimes it feels like drudgery. (This website contains affiliate links. Please see our disclosure policy for full Read More …
Listen here: iTunes |Spotify |Stitcher To say that the news has been filled with tragedies of every kind is quite an understatement. It seems like the whole world is on fire. The weight of it all feels very heavy. And we’re grown adults who have experienced decades of national and global crisis. Most of our kids, however, Read More …
Listen here: iTunes |Spotify |Stitcher (This website contains affiliate links. Please see our disclosure policy for full details.) There is something deeply satisfying about planting seeds down in the soil and watching and waiting and seeing them spring up in God’s perfect timing and producing beautiful flowers and perfect vegetables every summer. It refreshes the soul. We’re Read More …
Listen here: iTunes |Spotify |Stitcher It seems like 21st-century moms are spending way more time and energy on parenting and yet the quality of that time and energy is quite low. We’re there, but we’re not present. We’re giving partial attention all-the-live-long-day. We might always be present physically which in some ways inhibits our kids’ growth towards Read More …
Listen here: iTunes |Spotify |Stitcher Discipline, when given in love and covered in grace and truth, should lead to repentance, restoration, and right living. But for so many of us, disciplining our kids seems like a never-ending cycle of annoyance, frustration, and even anger. In fact, we don’t even like the word discipline. We tend to say Read More …
Listen here: iTunes |Spotify |Stitcher “When we make Jesus our priority, we release to Him the burden of responsibility for our children’s future.” This quote from a seasonal Pray the Word Journal from Million Praying Moms surely conveys the exact message we hope to discuss and share with you in today’s episode as we chat with Brooke Read More …
Listen here: iTunes |Spotify |Stitcher Our current culture has decided that motherhood is defined by complaining about our kids online, disguising our frustration behind a funny meme or an LOL, or guzzling down a bottle of wine at bedtime to slough off the struggles of running a home. We’re all being encouraged to Good Enough our way Read More …
Listen here: iTunes |Spotify |Stitcher Money gives us opportunities to teach our children good and godly attributes and how to be shrewd, faithful, trustworthy, efficient, effective, accountable, and generous. Sure, these can be taught without using money, but our children would do well to learn how they all relate to money. One of the key Christian values Read More …
Listen here: iTunes |Spotify |Stitcher In light of the tumultuous start of 2021, perhaps you, like so many other folks, are contemplating a complete social media purge. Maybe that feels a bit dramatic. Or maybe, like the moms here on the podcast, your work or ministry takes place on social media and so total abandonment is not Read More …