Category: motherhood
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Practicing Faith in the Rhythms of Everyday Life
Have you been surprised by how much faith everyday life can sometimes require? Few things have made me aware of this reality as much as motherhood. Emerging from a busy holiday season and trying to enter the New Year intentionally, I found myself questioning everything I set my mind to do. Would it work? Was…
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Discipleship as a stay at home mom
Walking through the rhythms of discipleship as a stay at home mom has been a big adjustment for me. Before I got married, I met regularly with other women in bible studies and one-on-one meetings in coffee shops both to be discipled and to disciple others. I loved it! Getting married and then becoming a…
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Hope for the one who has lost a baby
Whether through a miscarriage, a child born never to live on this earth, one taken so shortly after or even at the prime of their lives – the loss of a life you have carried, cherished, loved, mothered is one we hope to never experience. Yet this side of heaven, this kind of suffering touches…
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The Gift of Christian Community to a Tired Mom
Motherhood shouldn’t be done alone. My eighteen-month-old son is bright, silly, playful, and has a cheerful personality. He is a snuggler, he actually enjoys putting toys away, helping me clean, and (to the joy of his Mama’s bibliophile heart) loves it when his father and I read to him. He is a sweet blessing for which…
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The Need for Christian Community for a Tired Mom
Motherhood is both the easiest and hardest thing I have ever done. It is beautiful and messy. It is sanctifying, humbling, and revealing of my selfishness, pride, and stubbornness. It has stretched me, in these eighteen months, far thinner than I thought possible. Yet, through God’s grace, nearness, provision, and faithfulness, it has pointed me towards…
Her Faith Thrives 