Articles Tagged 'Mom'

The Hands that Helped Formed Me

by Melissa Troyer · Psalm 139:13-16 · Birth

Melissa Troyer shares the challenging and agonizing and glorious moments of giving birth through several difficult deliveries and remembers all the key people who have formed her into the woman she has become.

It's not in my most mountain top moments, but in the desolate, agonizing ones of inability where I've found that infilling.

Communion: Passion, Pain, and Promise

by Max Lucado · Matthew 26:18 · Communion

Max Lucado tells about sharing communion as a boy and what it means to us now -- more than symbol, it's sacrament, a holy time of anticipation.

Communion was intended to be an I-can't-believe-it's-me-pinch-me-I'm-dreaming invitation to sit at God's table and be served by the King himself.

Hope in our Messy Days

by Melissa Troyer · Matthew 7:7-8 · Messes

Melissa Troyer reminds us that life's messes should drive us to our knees and open our hearts to the love, grace, and freedom of God!

Parenting cuts deep to the core. It lays open our needs before God, and we can either resent it or embrace the powerful cleansing that comes from God's purifying fire

Sky, Dirt, and Dreams Unfolding

by Melissa Troyer · Genesis 12:1-3 · Waiting

Melissa Troyer shares her insightful, home-loving momma whose meditations about life, family, and faith help us grab what is most important in life.

Buried deep in the earth of our hearts, God has buried dreams and hopes. While they lie under the surface, they ARE there.

Peace in This World?

by Melissa Troyer · John 14:27 · Peace

Melissa Troyer reminds us that our world is broken and full of chaos, but we can find peace in this world in Jesus.

We were not created for war, fighting, and death. No wonder our souls gasp for justice and a peaceful community.

Stooping to Serve, Not to Shame

by Melissa Troyer · Romans 12:1-2 · Servant

Melissa Troyer shares the worship in stooping to clean up the messes that are part of a mom's everyday experience with little children she is trying to mold into followers of Jesus.

God brings me to my knees, both in honesty and in choosing joy, as I pick up a careless mess made by the precious, but oblivious little stampede that lives within my walls.

Please...

by · Ephesians 2:10 · Motherhood

Jordan Harrell leaves us with a powerful and beautiful reminder of God only calls us to be who he made to be in the situation he placed us!

Stop trying to be 'every mom'!

I'm Done and That's Good!

by Christine Derengowski · Ephesians 6:1-4 · School

Christine Derengowski writes frankly and truthfully and encouragingly about dealing with our superheroes who have had to conquer forces unseen before for school kids in this crazy COVID world!

Instead of getting frustrated and pushing the assignment, I sat down with him at his desk in his superhero bedroom.

In the Face of Uncertain Odds

by Melissa Troyer · Mark 4:35-39

Melissa Troyer reminds us of Jesus who brings peace in the worst of storms, both the early disciples in a boat and us in our troubled world.

Don't focus on the building waves or let the pitching boat convince you otherwise.

Escaping the Dark, Lonely, Hole of Depression

by Teresa Bell Kindred · Galatians 6:2

Teresa Bell Kindred opens up about her struggle with anxiety and depression, a secret hidden in her family for multiple generations, and she urges us to open up and get help.

Find someone you can talk to. Don't wait any longer. Get the conversation started!

Leaving the Imprint of a Mother's Faith

by Phil Ware · Luke 2 · Mothers

Phil Ware writes about Mary as the mother of Jesus and reminds that Jesus, along with every other child, was 'wet cement' given by God to form into the person the Father wants them to be.

What's a mom supposed to do with wet cement?

At the End of My Rope

by Phil Ware · Mark 5:21-43 · Fruit of the Spirit · Frustration

Phil Ware reminds us that we can all reach the end of our rope and not know what to do and this is when Jesus can step in and change everything.

We are here to remind each other that we are not forgotten in our struggles of life, fear, and death. We are here to be the heart, hands, and voice of Jesus to the broken.

Three Questions that Made Me Healthier

by · 3 John 1:2

Jordan Harrell shares some challenges from several years ago after her baby was born and how three questions she needed to answer helped make her healthier in every way.

What I didn’t realize was that my wellness is not just about the food I put inside my body!

Why I'm not Teaching My Three-Year-Old to Read

by · Ephesians 6:1-4 · Children

Jordan Harrell shares wise words for moms on this Mother's Day reminding us what we should most value in our children.

I remember being alarmed at her early disinterest in learning... or at least what we think of as learning.

Family

by Brian McCutchen · Ephesians 5:21-6:4 · Family

Brian McCutchen reminds us of the importance of family

Where can we go to know we are loved and safe from the storm?

Joy Comes Because Jesus Comes

by Max Lucado · Psalm 103

Max Lucado reminds us that Jesus appeared to Mary and what this exchange means to all of us.

You have not lived one moment when you were not loved.

Give Me Jesus: Then!

by Phil Ware · Luke 2

Phil Ware continues his Christmas series, entitled "Give Me Jesus", focusing this week on the specific time, the then, of Jesus' coming.

We sometimes forget that Jesus' birth, so wrapped in sentimentality at Christmas, was a real event when the Immortal God chose to wrap himself in the fragile face of a newborn child.

The Baby Changed Everything

by Rubel Shelly · Luke 2:1-25 · Christmas

Rubel Shelly tells a story about Tommy Luck and the baby that transformed a rough mining town and then reminds us Jesus did the same thing with the world.

How does something like this happen?

When Home Makes a Heart Call

by Cathy Messecar · Luke 15 · Motherhood

Cathy Messecar describes how her son went to camp and didn't want to be there but wanted to come home and she makes a connection with the story of the prodigal son in Jesus' parable in Luke 15.

Do you have a bad case of homesickness?

Mom, You're the Real MVP

by Phillip Morrison · Proverbs 31:28-29 · Motherhood

Phillip Morrison talks about Kevin Durant's MVP speech and his own mom as the MVP.

For all you do, Mom, we think you are the best.

Thanks Mom!

by Phil Ware · Colossians 1:24 · Mothers

Mom, our mothers, pay a high price for loving us and bringing us to Jesus.

What can we say but,

A Mother's Beautiful and Tenacious Grace

by Cathy Messecar · 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 · Motherhood

Cathy Messecar shares a beautiful story about an adoptive mom and dad who have shown tenacious and beautiful love to a young man born with very challenging physical limitations.

This is how much a mother can love!

Take Heed!

by Teresa Bell Kindred · 1 Corinthians 10:12 · Succcess · Stumble

Teresa Bell Kindred reminds us of the danger of the wind and of sin and the resulting fall that each can lead us to make.

Watch out for that fall!

Those First 5 Years

by Teresa Bell Kindred · Deuteronomy 6:6-7 · Motherhood

Terese Bell Kindred reminds mothers and grandmothers of the importance of a child's and grandchild's first five years of life and the urgency of making a God impression on them while we can.

Let's be sure and not let those crucial years slip by us!

When You're this Close to Giving up Hope

by Ann Voskamp · Romans 5:5

Ann Voskamp shares a powerful story about the first Sunday of Advent and butterflies and a friend with a broken heart.