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Unlocking the Power of Homemakers: How the Heart of the Home Shapes Society and Our True Identity
“For the woman to be a ‘homemaker’ was to be an executive over the central nervous system of society.” Pastor Wedgeworth goes on to say, “The home used to be the place of oikonomia. As it lost that function, the notion that anyone would be stuck there became torment.” We don’t understand homemaker When a woman…
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Raising Kids is Hard Work: It’s OK to be Tired
Last week we visited with an older lady whom we don’t see very often (not even every year). Not long after we greeted each other, she looked at me and said, “You’re too busy.” I smiled, and jokingly said, “how do you know?” And she pointed to my children and said, “Oh, I know.” Later…
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Raising Resilient Kids: 8 Practical Steps for Christian Mothers to Foster Responsibility and Independence
Did you know that John Quincy Adams was private secretary to the ambassador to Russia at 14 years old and Admiral Farragut commanded his first ship – a prize – when he was 12 years old? In a culture that coddles children, impairing them for life, we are witnessing the results–a generation of grown-up children…
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Don’t Miss Life Waiting for it to Happen (Embracing the Every Day)
I needed a reminder this morning, so I thought I’d remind you too! Don’t miss life waiting for it to happen! Do we, all too often, miss life, waiting for something else? The next activity, the next appointment, the next break? And we have this false idea that life is a certain kind of moment…
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When Motherhood Feels Too Hard (Devotional) On Sale!
If you haven’t grabbed my motherhood devotional book yet, you’re missing out. If you are a mom in the trenches, a mom who often feels like a failure, who feels like giving up, OR you’re just weary & have lost focus of the incredible work you are doing as a mom, this book is a…
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Raising Warriors for the Kingdom: The Power of Multi-Tasking as a Christian Mom
It’s no mistake that God gave women the amazing ability to multi-task. Moms are on the front lines bringing up their children. But as a busy Christian mom, how do I make every moment count for the Kingdom, since discipleship should be my first priority? If I were reminded every day how my understanding of…
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Hey Mama, Here’s the Secret for Getting Through the Hard Days
You need to know something. Just because I write about home and family, marriage, and the joys and gloriousness of motherhood, doesn’t mean I spend all my days with a throng of happy, smiling children around me, basking in their sweet revelries, reflecting on how easy parenting is. Some days, if you could peek into…
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From Generation to Generation: The Power of Discipling Our Children (Christian Parent’s Most Important Job)
Click to listen on YouTube. A parent has many jobs, can I get an Amen? But do you know what THE most important job, hands down, for any Christian parent is? Discipleship. In fact, that’s the primary job Jesus left all of us to do (Matthew 28:19) as Christians, so how much more is this…
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God’s Heart Toward Children (Part 1)
Listen on Youtube The church mirrors the culture A heart-breaking reality that we have experienced by default of our unusually large family, is that in general, the Church’s ideas about children is essentially the same as those outside, not reflecting God’s heart toward children. Heart-breaking, I say, because we let a culture that kills 3,500 babies a day…
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10 Secrets to Raising Happier Kids
Listen on Youtube Parenting sure has changed a lot since I was a kid, and most definitely since my parents were kids. Listening to my father tell stories from his childhood (he was born in 1950) leaves my mouth gaped open. Life was hard. Period. Physically, they had very, very little. I mean dirt floors at one…
