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Blog postI was pushing my cart through the décor section in Target when my toddler spotted the Christmas section across the way and exclaimed, “Look Mom, it’s a Christmas tree.” Had he not been buckled in, he may have ejected himself with enthusiasm. I wasn’t surprised that my little guy was excited to see the beautifully lit tree. What did surprise me was the answer he gave when I responded and asked, “You’re right buddy. That is a Christmas tree! Do you remember what Christmas is
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Blog postSince many of us are sending our kids back to school, I wanted to share some ideas on how we might do that as a #momsetfree. I hope you enjoy it and find some relief from the stress as you read it!
Every summer my husband and I take our four boys to Palmetto Bluff, SC. The gas lamp-lit streets, secret forest trails, and 32 miles of Lowcountry coastline pro
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Blog postI'm guessing you've picked up on a theme in my writing lately. You probably know by now that I love writing about the things we’ve been set free from. We’ve been set free from the pressure to be perfect, the striving to be enough, and the need to control the outcome of all we pour into our kids. We’ve been set free from the power of sin, the sting of shame, the grip of guilt, and the weight of our worries. And so much more. But today I thought it would be fun to chat on the blog about wh
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Blog postMy husband, Mike, and I had one of our biggest fights on Mother’s Day.
We’d recently moved from our tiny apartment in NYC to a small town about an hour north in Connecticut. The thing I missed most about living in the city was the bagel shop I’d frequented several times a week.
So when Mother’s Day rolled around, my husband secretly schemed to surprise me. He woke up all three of our small children at 5:30 a.m., loaded their sleepy heads into our minivan, and made the one -
Blog postThere's a familiar pressure trying to make it’s way back into my heart. So I’m calling it out and sharing it with you in case you know this one too. It’s the one that whispers, “Your child’s path is decided by how well you parent.” It’s not surprising that these pressures (aka lies) come creeping back. There’s enough messaging in our culture to make us feel like it’s all riding on how well we perform as parents. But strangely enough, this specific pressure once stemmed from me taking scri
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Blog postWhen our oldest son turned thirteen we wanted to do something special for him - something that would help him see himself through God’s eyes of love and mercy. So we asked a group of men, who know our son well, to write him a letter. We asked that they do two things. First, we asked them to share what they see in him. We wanted them to speak words of life over our son. And we also asked them to share their wisdom about what God has taught them through both failure and success, and how
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Blog postGrowing up as a preachers kid, I have very fond memories of Easter. The church where my Dad pastored always held a Good Friday service that I can remember vividly, even now. The most memorable part being when we would walk up to the front, as one would do to receive communion, but on Good Friday, my father would also place a nail in our palm. A nail like the one that was driven into the hands of our innocent Christ.
But my father didn’t just gently place the nail in our palm. He -
Blog postFriend, You are SET FREE for freedom! I pray and hope that this month has been an opportunity for you to truly discover how the promises of God empower us to parent in the assurance of His sovereignty and grace!
To wrap up this series, I want us to briefly turn to the book of Exodus, Chapter 14.
By the time we get to this chapter in Exodus, Moses has alread
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Blog postAt the end of a difficult day, when our weaknesses have been underlined AND highlighted in the ways we have parented our kids, it can be all too easy to believe the lie that a bad day makes us a bad mom. So if you’ve had some difficult days lately, and the enemy has tempted you to think that anyone and everyone could be doing a better job parenting your kids than you, can I encourage you today. I believe this is what God wants you to know when you fear you are damaging your kids and disa
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Blog postI just love The Message paraphrase of Romans 8:38-39. “Absolutely nothing can get between us and God’s love because of the way that Jesus our Master has embraced us.”
Doesn’t it paint just the most tender and beautiful picture? Jesus has embraced us! And nothing – no sin, no shortcoming, no shame – can wedge its way into that embrace. Jesus holds us THAT TIGHTLY in His embrace.
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Blog postI recently had coffee with a friend who is a first-time mom, and her adorable baby is getting older and beginning to look more like a tantruming toddler. She is also pregnant with her second child. So to say she was feeling really overwhelmed and defeated on this particular day would be an understatement.
This particular friend is familiar with how my parenting journey began, which just means she knows that when I first became a mom, and I had 3 little boys under 5, I had u -
Blog postWe need to remind each other that we’re not alone. As my pal Heather MacFadyen says “Don’t Mom Alone.” We need each other to remember that we aren’t the only ones who feel overwhelmed by the magnitude of influence we carry, and we feel terribly inadequate to help our children navigate the hardships they face. We know we’ve got only one shot at this, and we desperately want to get it right for them. But while we’re doing the very best we can to raise overcomers and world changer
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Blog postOne of the questions that came up in a recent podcast I did was this: Why can it be so hard to trust God with our kids? Is it because we think we know what’s best for them? Is it because we think we have bigger dreams than God does for them? Is it because we don't like feeling like we don’t have control over them? Oh yeh, I had to admit that all of those things tempt me to put my trust in my parenting rather than in God’s providence.
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Blog postWhen was the last time you remember saying to another mom something like, “I’ve totally got this. Parenting just isn’t that hard for me. I mostly feel like I know what I’m doing and the pressure to get it all right doesn’t really bother me. I don’t know why everyone else is so stressed out.”
Oh, wait. You can’t remember the last time you said something like that? Sweet, we can stay friends! Because I can’t remember the last time I said that either. In fact........I’ve never -
Blog postA friend of mine joked over the weekend, “I always resolve to be a more patient mom on January 1st. And I usually give up by mid-January. And then I just feel guilty. So this year I didn’t make a resolution to be more patient because I don’t need more mom guilt in my life.” She was kidding, but she wasn’t.
I know mom guilt. Maybe you do too. It’s a frequent visitor in my life. At the end of a long (snow) day I am all
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Blog postAre you tired? Worn out?
These are just two of the questions Jesus asks you and me in Matthew 11:28-30 (MSG).
And without hesitation we answer, “Yes. Yes Lord, I am tired and I am worn out. I’m sick of feeling guilty all the time because I keep messing up and letting my kids down. I’m sad about the tension in my relationship with my kids. I’m overwhelmed by all that I am facing alongside my kids. Yes Lord, I am tired and worn
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Blog post“My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” - 2 Corinthians 12:9
This is what the Lord said to Paul after Paul begged the Lord to take away a weakness in his life. Can we just sit with this verse for a moment and think about how we would have responded to this assurance that the Lord gave Paul.
I’m pretty confident I would have said something along the lines of, “God, thank You for Your grace. I appreciate that. I really do. But I don’t think You heard me right. -
Blog postHello, Friend! I’m writing with exciting news! The Mom Set Free Bible Study is now available AND I have A LOT of copies to GIVE AWAY!!
I couldn’t wait for this day to get here to share this study with you because I’m a Bible Study girl and I don’t know what I’d do without my Wednesday morning Bible Study crew. I know how powerful and beautiful it is to study the Word of God alongside other women who also want to grow closer
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Blog post“The older my kids get, the more I realize how little control I have over them. My slipping sense of control produces so much anxiety in my life so I end up grasping for even more control. I don’t know what else to do but I’m afraid to surrender. Really afraid.” That was a very real and honest fear shared with me recently by another mom who is watching her eldest child navigate his teen years, and is worried sick about his choices and the outcomes. As I wrote about my own strug
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Blog postHello Friend,
Last week the New York Times published a fascinating but troubling article entitled “Why Are More American Teenagers Than Ever Suffering from Severe Anxiety.” You’ve probably already read it in your news feed or seen it creating conversation in your Facebook feed.
As a mom of four boys, I found the article hard to read but impossible to ignore. After I finished reading, I felt nudged by God to set aside what I’d
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