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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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Deployment Journal
I cannot stress enough how much I love to journal. I have been keeping a journal ever since I could write full sentences! Even now, I find that keeping a journal still provides me the perspective I need to think clearly. Here are a few more ways that keeping a journal helps me: -It helps…
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Toy Jail
My four year old has a terrible time “remembering” to pick up after herself. Our rule is, when you’re done playing with or using something, it needs to be put away. Her practice, however, is when she’s done playing with or using something, drop it and find something else to drop, etc. Being as though…
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What are You Confessing?
God has been dealing with me about what comes out of my mouth lately. What am I confessing? What I am declaring and accepting by allowing it to settle in my heart, and then ultimately come flying out of my mouth? Unfortunately, many times, we do not actually apply the Word to our lives. We…
Keep Reading...“Turn It Up, Mom!”
One of my greatest delights is standing between my children in church and hearing their sweet voices join mine in worship. Now before you get the wrong idea, my two little ones are experts at disturbing these idyllic moments. Let’s be honest here, it’s not unusual for me to lose a child during the worship…
Keep Reading...DVD Organization on A Budget
I had a great deal of clutter in my entertainment center. I wanted to find a way to store all of those movies and video games so that I did not have to see all of the covers and titles which made the space feel cluttered. Since I do not have doors over these shelves…
Keep Reading...23 Signs You’re a Military Wife
There are so many more than what I have listed here but all of these can certainly be applied to wives of the military–and all branches of the military. As I was putting these together, many made me laugh, sigh, and smile in knowing how true these all are for me! I hope you enjoy…
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When Everything is Not Awesome
Everything is not always awesome. If you’ve been a mother for any amount of time you’ve probably experienced your child being hurt. Not physically hurt, although that happens often enough, but hurt emotionally. Recently my teenage daughter texted me and asked to be picked up early from a school event. Once home she asked me…
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If This Doesn’t Encourage You–Nothing Will
The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade on your right hand. The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord will keep you from all evil; He will keep your life. The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth…
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5 Tips to Help Your Child Read
I am a homeschooling mother of two, and it was a very different process to help each child read. My first child was an amazingly fast learner and was reading chapter books by the age of 4! Today, she is 20 and still an avid reader. My second child is the complete opposite. While she…
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The Best Way To Productive Cleaning: Set a Timer!
When I became a new mom, and once we were stationed out west, I had to adjust to many things. The biggest adjustment I’ve made is managing a household with a child by myself. All of us go through major adjustments when a little one is introduced to the world! I went from holding a…
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