Jess Connolly joins me on the podcast today to talk about our position in Christ as redeemed women, and what parts grace, holiness, and mission have to play in our lives. This is a chat you will not want to miss! Jess is a church planter’s wife, mom of 4, small business owner, author, speaker, […]
How to Pursue Creativity as a Busy Mom - Guest Post by Lisa Hensley
We have a special guest on the blog today! Lisa Hensley from Delighting in my Days and the Uniquely Woman podcast joins us to share several practical tips and some much-needed inspiration for how even the busiest of moms can pursue creativity in their everyday life. Lisa is gifted at encouraging mamas with the truths […]
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023: Waking Up to the Possibilities with Kat Lee
Kat Lee from the Inspired to Action Podcast and HelloMornings joins me on the podcast today to discuss topics pertaining to her newly-released book, Hello Mornings: How to Build a Grace-Filled, Life-Giving Morning Routine. More than even just inspiring you to make the most of your mornings, Kat really encourages us with the perspective that we have each been […]
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New Year’s Resolutions and the Gospel
We are fast approaching the season in which people begin to focus on making New Year’s Resolutions. Many of us are currently thinking through our plans and goals for 2018, drafting up resolutions for how we are going to live better, more productive, more fruitful lives in the new year, and all the while […]
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022: Putting Feet to Our Faith with Tricia Goyer
Tricia Goyer, wife, mom of 10, and author of seventy books joins me on the podcast today to talk about the concepts found in her newest book, Walk it Out: The Radical Result of Living God’s Word One Step at a Time. I know you are going to be encouraged and inspired by today’s chat! […]
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Advent, Mommy Guilt, and the Gospel
Advent wreaths with Advent candles. Advent calendars. Jesse trees with their daily ornaments. Special Advent readings and devotionals. The to-do list this season grows ever longer each year, and the mommy guilt grows ever deeper right along with it. Houston, we have a problem. It has become fashionable in recent years to do “all the […]
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Book Review: “Fruitful” by Phylicia Masonheimer
*I received a complementary copy of Fruitful in exchange for my honest review. You may already be familiar with Phylicia Masonheimer, having heard her on the podcast today talking about her first book, Christian Cosmo. Well, this fall she came out with a second book, this one entitled Fruitful: A Year-Long Guide to an […]
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021: The Sex Talk for the Single Girl with Phylicia Masonheimer
Phylicia Masonheimer joins me on the podcast today to discuss topics surrounding her new book, Christian Cosmo: The Sex Talk You Never Had. Whether you are a single gal anticipating marriage, a married woman needing to refresh her perspective of sex, or the mama of daughters, this podcast is for you! Be sure to find me on […]
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Prioritizing Your Marriage in the Midst of Motherhood
I’m so blessed to have my sweet blogging friend, Sue Chacko, on my launch team for Lies Moms Believe. She opened her blog up to me this week to share my heart on one of the topics from the book. I hope it inspires you in your pursuit of prioritizing your marriage in the midst […]
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020: Trusting God in Adversity with Jennifer Defrates
My friend, Jennifer Defrates, is no stranger to hardship, trial, and difficulty. Yet through it all, she has found the Lord to be so faithful, loving, and trustworthy as He brings good out of everything and works miracles even in the darkest times. I know you are going to be encouraged through her testimony today! […]
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Mothering by Faith
I am honored to be a part of what has been an absolutely fantastic motherhood encouragement series put together by my friend, Tatiana. Today is our final day for the series which has run all month, and I hope as I finish us out today that you are encouraged and inspired for your journey as […]
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019: Lies Moms Believe with Rebekah Hargraves
My sweet friend, Kayla Nelson, joins me today for a special episode of the podcast - she is actually coming on the show to interview me! It was a fun change to be the interviewee rather than the interviewer! 🙂 For today’s episode Kayla asked me a series of questions surrounding my new book, Lies […]
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Honoring God in the Mommy Wars
The mommy wars, though largely unheard of in the generations which went before us, are something which every mama today has likely experienced. Even if you are still pregnant with your very first child as you read this, I imagine you have already noticed the kind of drama which can ensue when you share […]
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018: Becoming MomStrong with Heidi St. John
I am honored to have author, speaker, podcaster, and mama of 7, Heidi St. John (also known as The Busy Mom), on the podcast today! I have been following along with her ministry for several years now (back even before I became a mom myself, I think!), and have been convicted, inspired, and encouraged time […]
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When Motherhood Just Feels Too Hard
My friend, Elizabeth, is on my launch team for Lies Moms Believe and graciously opened up her blog for me to share my heart on the topic of how the truths of God’s Word help us along during the hard days of motherhood. I hope you’re encouraged! No one can fully prepare you […]
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Viewing Our Children as Arrows
I had the privilege of guest-posting for my friend, Sarah Demott, while she’s on maternity leave from her blog. I hope that what I shared with her audience encourages you, as well! Many of us are familiar with the beautiful description of children found in Psalm 127:4-5: “Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, […]
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When “Motherhood is a Woman’s Highest Calling” Backfires
Tuesday marked the beginning of Launch Month for my new ebook, Lies Moms Believe (And How the Gospel Refutes Them), which releases Friday, November 10th (and is actually available for preorder now)! I can’t believe we are already to this point! I am pleased to share with you today the first in a series of guest […]
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017: Sorority Girls Can Change the World with Katie Bulmer
Katie Bulmer joins me on the podcast today to share her heart for college girls and the incredible impact they can have on the world for Christ. Katie is super vulnerable and real with us, sharing her testimony of being a sorority girl given to partying, drinking, and dating around during college and how […]
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016: Living Life on Mission with Shontell Brewer
Shontell Brewer joins me on the podcast today to discuss how we can go about living our lives on mission, with purpose and intentionality. She is a wife, mama to five, writer, and lover of hospitality whose passion is to encourage women to live in a Biblical manner. I know you will be inspired and encouraged […]
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015: Young Women and Christian Ministry with Hannah Bowers
Hannah Bowers is a 21 year old wife, new mama, blogger, and the president and founder of the fast-growing Young Wives Club, a ministry dedicated to encouraging young wives in their marriages and walks with the Lord. She joins me today to share some fantastic wisdom, advice, and encouragement for any young woman looking to […]
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Living the Holy Life
When Lauren told me that she had chosen “holiness” as her theme for August, I knew I had to jump at the opportunity to write on a topic that is so close to my heart. You see, I have baggage in my past when it comes to this concept of holy living and what it […]
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Why the Old Testament is Important for Today’s Christian Walk
Too often, the tendency of Christians today is to view the Old Testament as outdated, archaic, and irrelevant for life and faith in our modern times. While it is certainly important to understand that we are in no way under the Old Covenant or Law anymore as found in the Old Testament, it […]
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Mama, You are too Busy NOT to Have Friends!
I so appreciate my sweet friend, Amber, inviting me to write for her again! I first wrote for her blog on the topic of finding joy in hospitality, and today I’m sharing a different perspective of friendship for moms - the perspective that we are so busy with the cares of this life that we […]
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Husband of the Blogger Link Up Part 4: Legacy
It’s time for another installment in the fun Husband of the Blogger LinkUp Series we’ve been doing! If you missed the first 3 parts, you can find those here, here, and here. So far we have covered everything from what our husbands wish we knew on a variety of topics, to their opinion on […]
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012: The Work at Home Mom Life with Erika Oeding Hull
Erika Oeding Hull of Chaotic Blessing joins me today to talk about the work at home mom life. She is a wife, mom of 5, and home business owner dedicated to helping women wisely plan their days according to their God-given priorities. What we Chat about in this Episode ~The importance of planning […]
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Perspective for the Overwhelmed Homemaker
I’m over on Raising Homemakers again this week, sharing a message I am really passionate about. This is one that I hope will provide some much-needed hope, encouragement, and proper perspective for any woman struggling with feelings of overwhelm or stress in her homemaking. We talk a lot these days, particularly in […]
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Your Husband is not Meant to Complete You
I’m over at Young Wives Club again this month, sharing another article that I hope will prove helpful to you. From the time we’re little girls, many of us dream of one-day meeting and marrying our very own Prince Charming. With visions of marital bliss, no disagreements or hardship to be found, and […]
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011: Don’t Waste Your Wait with Naomi Quick
Naomi Quick is a wife, homeschooling mama to 6 kiddos 8 and under, two of which have been adopted through the foster care system, writer, and speaker dedicated to encouraging and advocating for orphans, adoptive parents, and those involved in the foster care system. She recently wrote a fantastic book entitled “Don’t Waste Your Wait: […]
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Being Your Husband’s Helpmeet: What it Actually Means
Satan is always in the habit of taking what God has actually said about a topic and twisting it, leading us to believe in a dangerous caricature of the truth. Never is this more common, perhaps, than in the area of men’s and women’s roles, not the least of which being the calling of a […]
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010: Cultivating Joy and Simplicity in Your Life with Kristi Clover
Kristi Clover joins me today to provide us with some wonderful and practical tips for how we can be cultivating more joy and simplicity in our everyday lives, even when the going gets tough. As you will discover as soon as you get to know her through this podcast episode, Kristi is the absolute perfect person […]
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Cultivating Creativity Through the Various Seasons of Motherhood
I’m honored to be guest-posting at my friend Lauren’s blog again today! I hope you are inspired and encouraged, mamas. Cultivating Creativity Through the Various Seasons of Motherhood I was so excited to learn that Lauren had chosen “Seasons of Motherhood” to be her topic for May. At first, I was tempted to write something along […]
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Spring Cleaning for the Soul
I am so honored to be a new contributor on the awesome site Raising Homemakers, a site I have been enjoying since it first began several years ago. Here is my first article for them. 🙂 We are now nearing the end of spring for a lot of folks, which means many homemakers have been […]
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HandH 002: Mothering and Homeschooling Wisdom from a Mama of 11 with Amy Morse
I am so, so excited to be sharing this interview with you today! On this episode of the Home and Hearth podcast, I chat with my pastor’s wife, Amy Morse, on topics pertaining to her life as a homeschooling mama of 11 children. I admire this lady so very much and gleaned such wisdom and encouragement […]
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The True Key to Finding Balance in Life
I met Lauren in the Conservative Christian Momma Bloggers group on FB (have I mentioned lately how awesome that group is? 😉 ), and was instantly so struck by her love for the Lord and faith in His Word. It is an honor to be serving as a guest contributor on her blog this month, […]
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Finding Joy in Hospitality
My sweet friend, Amber, of Embrace This Joyful Life has been doing a great series on her blog all about helping us to cultivate joy in various areas of our lives. I was so touched when she reached out to me and asked if I would write a guest post for her series on the topic […]
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Liberal, Conservative, or Biblical?
[social_warfare] All my life I’ve known that I never wanted to be a liberal, politically-speaking. Liberal in love? In grace? In kindness? In giving? In hospitality? Sure! But definitely not liberal in my personal political leanings. I was raised in a Christian home, have gone to church all my life (my birth was even announced […]
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Is Motherhood a Woman’s Highest Calling?
[social_warfare] In an effort to reject and refute feminism’s common lies and misconceptions which are pervading our culture and to simultaneously encourage mothers in their endeavors to successfully raise their children, conservative Christianity has sought to proclaim from the rooftops the sacredness and importance of motherhood, the reality that “the hand that rocks the cradle […]
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God Loves Hospitality…Do You?
[social_warfare] ***This post was inspired by the wonderful new book, Listen, Love, Repeat: Other-Centered Living in a Self-Centered World, by Karen Ehman, which releases November 15th! You can purchase a copy at http://listenloverepeatbook.com. Hospitality. It’s a word that can oftentimes strike fear and dread in the hearts of Christian women everywhere. I submit to […]
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The Grandeur in the Ordinary
[social_warfare] As wives, moms, and homemakers, it can be so easy to sometimes feel like we are daily caught up in the mundane. To feel that all we ever do is wash dishes, tend to toddler temper tantrums, change diapers, reread the same picture book (or watch the same VeggieTales episode) for the […]
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When All You Hear is, “Mommy!!!”
[social_warfare] “Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind. ‘Pooh!’, he whispered. ‘Yes, Piglet?’ ‘Nothing,’ said Piglet, taking Pooh’s paw. ‘I just wanted to be sure of you.’” ~A.A. Milne For as long as I can remember, I have dreamed of being a mommy. So much so that when I was little and people would ask […]
