Million Praying Moms Blog

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  I didn't even know castles existed in North America, but apparently there's at least one, and I got to spend a week there for a retreat. It was the perfect place to spend a few days soaking in the truth...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  My older son, almost 18 years old, is getting ready to head out the door for baseball practice. It's late in the day and he's freshly showered because they didn't have school today. I hug him, noticing...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  Have you ever been hurt, betrayed, or slandered by someone within the church? Someone who is a brother or sister in Christ? I truly believe that this kind of hurt or betrayal is the hardest of all to...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  I was maybe five or six years old when I said "the prayer." My memory isn't perfect, but I remember sitting on my daddy's knee at our dining room table and praying to receive Jesus as my savior. And with...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  My dog, Mr. Trek, loves to sit in the rays of sunshine in the morning. You can find him by the front window in our home, catching the early rays peeking through the glass. A little bit later, when the sun...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  John 3:16 is probably the most well known Bible verse of all time. Children memorize it. Street corner preachers put it on signs. Quarterbacks write it on their eye black. Most of us can easily rattle it...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  They crept carefully and quietly across the carpeted floor of the bedroom, blankets tied around their necks like superhero capes, until they got to the door frame and came to a complete stop. Slowly, my...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  I know that sometimes prayer falls into the category of "easier said than done." I'm realizing this is a theme in my life lately. So many things preach well, but they live hard. Sending our teen girls out...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY    We are polling our audience of Christian moms each Friday to ask for their big questions and concerns about raising teenagers. Then, each Monday, Stacey and I are answering what we can on the Everyday...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY    Every Friday in April, to round out our ongoing conversations about prayer and motherhood through the teenage years, Stacey Thacker and I will be offering Hard Prayer Tips on the Everyday Prayers...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY    Sometimes, when life is hard and it feels like there's no hope, we need to hear stories of how God has moved in other people's lives. That's what we're hoping to do for you each Thursday on the Everyday...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  Zoomed in now, I could see that the guy from the other team was all over him defensively, and not only that, but there was a lot of smack talk happening. Mostly, at least that game, my son was taking it...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  One simple question total strangers felt free to ask my girls was, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" The fact that these were the same people who told me how hard it was to raise girls doesn't...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY    We are polling our audience of Christian moms each Friday to ask for their big questions and concerns about raising teenagers. Then, each Monday, Stacey and I are answering what we can on the Everyday...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY    Sometimes, when life is hard and it feels like there's no hope, we need to hear stories of how God has moved in other people's lives. That's what we're hoping to do for you each Thursday on the Everyday...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  Of all the areas I've chosen to pray over my teenage boys, wisdom is at the top of my list. When I was a young mom struggling to find the time and mental space to read and enjoy God's word for myself, a...