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Beyond the Pews: Motherhood with Grit and Grace
Challenging Church Norms. Embracing Authentic Grace.
Moms of Faith has had a complete rebrand. This isn't your grandma's Christian mom group. Here, we're shattering stereotypes and challenging the status quo. We're diving deep, questioning old norms, and getting real about the church's shortcomings. Because faith should empower, not constrain. Let's build a faith that fits our real, messy, modern lives and confront the 'cult-like' vibes head-on. Let's redefine what it means to be a Christian mom.
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Keeping Children Well Fed
If your children are anything like mine, they’re always ready to eat! It seems that as soon as I clean up the dishes from one meal, my children are ready to eat again. Satisfying the voracious appetites of active and growing children can easily become a full time job! How can moms do a good…
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Pets Teach Children: Why Every Family Needs a Pet
Is owning a pet really beneficial to a family? Can pets teach children? Growing up, I was surrounded by animals: rabbits, chickens, a couple turkeys, multiple cats and dogs. (We didn’t live in the city!) When I left for college, I missed my pets terribly. I had never lived in a place with no animals,…
Keep Reading...Dependent on God
Lord, I need you. How often do we say, (or sing) those words in a given day? In fact, I’m known speak out loud and say, “Lord, I need your grace, right now in this moment” on a fairly regular basis (usually in the presence of my children). Dependent on God But no matter how…
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Summer Makeup Picks that Beat the Heat
So, I grew up loving makeup. In the 80’s, I’d smear mom’s orange lipstick all over my lips, and rub on some green eye shadow as often as I could sneak into her supply. (Right now she’d be arguing that her lipstick was not orange, it was apricot!) Regardless, I never really wavered from my makeup…
Keep Reading...Why am I your mother?
Each of my four children is so very different from each other and from my husband and I. At times this has caused me to wonder, Why am I your mother? When I was younger I used to think that I would end up with children just like me. I knew exactly how I was…
Keep Reading...God is Working Behind the Scenes
If we were the writer and director of our own life, plot lines would often develop much differently. In actuality, our expectations frequently remain unrealized, our plans are hindered and our dreams never seem to come true. Whether in big or small ways, general realities or specific incidences, it is easy to become frustrated with…
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Summer Devotional: He Restores My Soul
I can’t even imagine how much the pace will pick up for me in life when my kids are in school, sports, dance, and Lord willing, whatever other activities their hearts desire and we deem life-giving. Even now, there are days I’m scrambling to make time stretch the full length of all the things I…
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Finish Well: Homeschooling Encouragement
The following are just few tips to help you finish well. Intentionally living, realizing our goals, and remembering why we homeschool will help you in this school year’s grand finale! How can we finish well? 1.) Take advantage of the sunshine! Create a Spring schedule that allows for plenty of outside time. Maybe you can…
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Summer Music Suggestions that Will Lift your Soul
For some reason my husband tends to become a country music fan for the few months of the year that summer occupies. The rest of the year he avoids it like the plague. But something about warm air, sunshine, beaches, and the prospect of a tan gets his inner honkey-tonk going. I’m from East Texas,…
Keep Reading...Praying for our Children’s Spiritual Journey
If you asked me if I would rather have my child be happy or if I would rather her to find her hope, peace, joy, well, her everything, in Christ, I would readily say the latter. However, when push comes to shove, the decisions get a little foggy. It’s easy to pray for our children…
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