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The Feelings and Emotions of Launch Seasons
I am in the season of life where my children are grown and married. That has put me in the position of doing much personal evaluation (how did I do as a mom? What would I do differently if I could do it over? Where did I fail?) and of being evaluated by my children as...
{Praying Mom Live} How to Heal Your Heart After Tragedy
Join me and Stacey Thacker as we share a very personal story, given to us by Tracey Lane, mother of Jarrett Lane, who was killed in the Virginia Tech Massacre of 2007. Tracey allowed me to interview her for a chapter inside of Unraveled: Hope for the Mom at the End of...
{Invocation} June 2022: A Prayer for Wisdom
But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. James 3:17 I’ll never forget what transpired one day after school when my oldest son was in kindergarten. We...
When You Want a Guarantee: 10 Promises of God for Moms
We want guarantees, don’t we? We want to know that if we do A,B, and C, the result will yield children who are what we imagine they should be. Like us, our children are made up of a unique personality with giftings and preferences. They are individuals that are in a...
When the Gentle Words Won’t Come
Still haven’t decided if Unraveled is the right book for you? Take a moment to listen to Brooke McGlothlin read all of chapter six, entitled When the Gentle Words Won't Come. This chapter covers an issue almost ALL moms struggle with from time-to-time—mastering their...
Praying through the Book of James
For the past several weeks, I've been praying specifically for my boys to grow in wisdom and maturity. I know this echoes the prayers of many of your hearts for your own children, so as I prayed about what book of the Bible our Patreon family should study and pray...
Introducing Topical Prayer Guides
Next year, my oldest son will be a senior in high school. Let that sink in for a minute...I've been doing online ministry in this space since he was about four years old, and I became a faithful praying mom a couple years before that. That's approximately 15 years...
{Root of Weariness #3} Choosing Weary Over Worship
Weariness is a habit of the heart. Yes, you read that right. Weariness is a habit. Have you ever thought about it that way before? That weariness is something we choose? The word, "habit" can be defined as, "a settled or regular tendency or practice, especially one...
{Root of Weariness #2} Hiding Behind Pride
Call me crazy, but I certainly never thought I’d open a book for weary moms with the words, "Beer and Cigarettes," and yet, there they are, right at the beginning of Unraveled, chapter 1. In fact, chapters 1 and 2 of Unraveled are very vulnerable and share moments of...
National Day of Prayer 2022, But God
On this National Day of Prayer remember these two words that pack more power than any threat, any controversy, any difference of opinion, any crisis, any crossroads our country, or we, might face. But God. Genesis 50:20 “You intended to harm me, but God intended it...
{Root of Weariness #1} Misunderstanding the Role of Motherhood
One of the things I personally struggled most with as a young mom, was a lack of understanding about the role of motherhood in my own life. I knew who I wanted to be for my children, and I knew what my end goal was for their lives (salvation, following hard after...
{New Podcast Season} Getting to the Root of Weariness
Weariness tends to resurface over and over again throughout motherhood, and in this season, we want to help you learn to recognize it for what it is, understand why you're feeling it, and identify ways you can be refreshed. And we're not talking about a day at the...
{Invocation} May 2022: A Prayer to Learn to Trust God
Invocation is a monthly feature at Million Praying Moms for the purpose of starting each month with a prayerful focus. In case you aren't familiar with the term, an “invocation” is simply a prayer that introduces something…most often a sermon, or beginning of some...
Praying through the Proverbs
Many (MANY) years ago, when my boys were very young, and I struggled to find time in God's Word, I received a bit of "wisdom" from an older mom. A pastor's wife, with three grown girls, she shared with me that there were seasons in her life when all...
{Praying Mom Live} Digging Deep Into Grace
Wow, what a great behind-the-scenes look at chapter four of the new Unraveled book. Stacey Thacker walks us through the the idea that motherhood will always require sacrifice, and how we can allow God to help move us outside of ourselves to a place of peace with it....
Motherhood is a Faith Journey
I am in an interesting season of life, where I am able to reflect back on all that I did while my kids were growing up. I am also able to see the results of those attempts, both in my life and in the lives of my grown and married children. As I evaluate each season of...
{Praying Mom Live} Hope Grown Up (The Story of Unraveled)
Stacey Thacker and I have been sharing the message of hope for moms for over ten years. Yesterday (4/4) we announced the next chapter in the hope story, our latest book, Unraveled: Hope for the Mom at the End of Her Rope. If you've been around a while, there might be...
{Real Prayer E7} What if We Don’t Know How or What to Pray?
Mary DeMuth wasn't raised in the church, so when she came to know Jesus, she had no idea what prayer even was. A survivor of sexual abuse, abandonment, and a challenging church plant, Mary has a depth of experience and wisdom that makes me want to listen, especially...