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Cultivating a Culture of Giving During the Season of Getting
Discover how to reduce holiday stress and embrace joy by focusing on selfless giving, prayer, and hospitality. Tips for moms to create a meaningful, Christ-centered season.
How Can I Have Faith When I’m Filled With Fear?
How do you feel when you pray? Do you peacefully share your burdens with God, confidently believing that His response will fix your problems and ease your pain? Or do you find yourself hoping and pleading that God will do what seems right to you? I confess that,...
The Loving Gift of Discipline
The loving gift of discipline is the virtue that allows a parent to exercise self control– a fruit of the Spirit. It is a gift of God's love.
Finding Margin in the Everyday
As summer break wraps up and a new school year starts, I’m looking forward to getting back into a routine. I love summer. I love the energy the kids bring to the house during the day. I love the fun things summer has to offer. But we can also easily find ourselves...
Practicing the Presence of God in the Summer Chaos
Summer is in full swing, and perhaps you feel like it is slipping through your fingers, and you aren’t accomplishing all you hoped. In our modern society, busyness seems to be a badge of honor. If you aren’t involved in multiple activities, camps, vacations, VBS...
Freedom Parenting In a World of Fear
One of the biggest challenges of being a Christian mama is that our kiddos are daily facing the ramifications of living in a dark and fallen world. The question is, how does that challenge impact the way we parent? Is it our job to protect our kids from anything that would harm them and choose to parent from fear, or equip them to face whatever opposition they might face and parent from a place of freedom?
Embracing Motherhood with Grace: A Path to Empowerment Through MomQ!
Embracing Motherhood With Grace: A Path to Empowerment Through MomQ Lauren Simonton's story began on a note of seeking—seeking community, seeking guidance, and seeking a deeper connection to faith amidst the beautiful chaos of motherhood. It was within the...
The Journey to Confident Parenting: How MomQ Changed Shayla Berke’s Life
Juggling parenthood and personal growth can often seem overwhelming as a mother. During her search for guidance, Shayla Berke found hope and support at MomQ, our faith-based community where she was warmly welcomed by Candace, our community's founder and lead...
What Do I Do With Anxious Thoughts?
Do you enjoy waiting in lines? Have you been to Disney World recently? If you have, you probably used their handy app showing all the rides and attractions and the estimated wait times. The last time I was in the parks, the app was a lifeline to help us make the...
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Motherhood, Faith and Letting Go of Perfect: Meet Jana Spooner
Sometimes, less can be more. We just can’t get our kids to every activity, buy all the latest trends, keep the house spotless, and keep everyone happy all the time. Something has to give. Stepping back from all the expectations and spending low-key, offline, simple...
When You Want to Quit: Learning to Trust God in the Hard Places
In our culture, we worship comfort and success. We avoid “hard.” We chase easy. Who wants to feel pain? And yet, you and I both know the ache of wanting to quit when life presses in. It’s universal.
Athletes understand this truth: without training, there is no victory. Muscles only strengthen under resistance. Lungs only expand under strain. And hearts only grow resilient when pushed to their limit.
Life is no different. We will face hardship. The real question is: how will we respond? Will we run toward God, or run from Him?
As believers, we are called to become like Christ in both conduct and character. And that kind of character is forged in the fire of suffering. Not when life feels easy, but when it feels impossibly heavy.
Trusting God Through Life’s Twists and Turns
My oldest daughter had lived at eight addresses by the time she started Kindergarten. That’s a lot of boxes, packing tape, and paperwork. It’s a lot of dusting off old things and a lot of finding new things (dentists and banks, and a new favorite donut shop). It’s also a lot of leaving and loss. It’s a lot of transition.
“Rooted & Rising: A Conversation with Michelle Thomason”
A monthly spotlight to celebrate real motherhood, anchored in grace. Meet Our Featured Mom: Name: Michelle Thomason City/State: Austin Tx Kids’ Names & Ages: Camden (9) and Chandler(7) ♀️ Her Story & Calling How has motherhood shaped your relationship...
Wonderful Words of Life
Teaching your children the Old and New Testaments, and the Gospel of Jesus Christ is the single most important thing you can do for your kids. Showing them how they fit in God’s story gives them meaning and a purpose for life that isn’t all about them. It’s much much bigger.
Forgiveness: The Hardest Command But the Deepest Healing
Let’s be honest—nothing tests our faith quite like forgiveness. When the wounds of hurtful words run deep and harmony with one another feels out of reach, forgiveness can feel impossible. But woven throughout Scripture is a radical command: release the offense—not because we excuse the pain, but because Christ has first forgiven us.