Dare to be Different

12/06/21 • 54 min

Have you noticed that the world is becoming more and more black and white? The differences between one opinion and another are becoming so much greater in the areas that impact our daily living as moms. It seems that every day, where there had once been "grey" areas of life, the "grey" is becoming more black and white as new laws are passed or something new comes up in the news that makes that middle ground disappear.
Today we are having a conversation about being women who dare to be different than the world. It is going to take us to some bold places and I'm really excited about going there with you. I believe God has called us to live boldly in THIS time as He chose US to be the mothers for such a time as this, and we want to live into the calling that He has placed on our lives.
I have a new friend to introduce to you named Elizabeth Parsons. Elizabeth has 5 children and I met her through her Instagram platform. While following her life there, I noticed that she makes many choices to live in ways that are different than culture. I have seen stark contrasts to cultural norms in the way that she talks intentionally about marriage, mothering, faith, the medical choices they make in their home, the way they choose to educate their family, and more. Elizabeth comes from a nursing background which makes the differences in their medical choices even more surprising because many of them are not what you would find in traditional western medicine.
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Keeping Christ in Christmas

Merry Christmas! It is so exciting to be ushering in the Christmas season with a focus on Christ together. Our lives can become so busy with so many "good" things during this season that it is easy to become distracted from the true reason that we all look forward to celebrating at Christmas.
I am so glad to introduce you to a new friend, Kristi Menashe. She is an author of an advent devotional, "Come and Adore". Kristi has four children and has been married to her husband for 23 years. She has homeschooled her children who range in ages from 8-19 years old.
She recently wrote a homeschool devotion book as well, "Precious and Pleasant Riches: Encouragement for the Homeschool Parent".
She has so much encouragement and grounding Biblical perspective to offer moms through her writing as she has written these books while in the trenches of motherhood herself.
You can follow her on Instagram @k.menashe.writes
And buy "Come and Adore: An Advent Devotional" on Amazon today!
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Triggers in Motherhood

Do you struggle with responding in anger toward your children? I step into this conversation with such a tender and empathetic heart. I have worked with children in many capacities throughout my entire adult life and I have had countless people tell me that I am one of the most patient people that they have ever met. And while I believe that God has gifted me with a great measure of patience toward children, mothering revealed a different side of me that I did not even know existed and it is not always pretty. I have been very convicted in my motherhood about the ways that I respond to my children. I don’t want to be the mom who yells at my kids or responds harshly for behavior that is truly just childish at it’s core.

If you can empathize with my struggle, then this conversation with Wendy Speake is going to be an excellent encouragement for you today as well. Wendy is a mama to 3 boys and has a beautiful heart for ministering to women in her speaking and writing. Wendy Speake wrote a book alongside Amber Lia entitled, Triggers: Exchanging parents’ angry reactions for gentle Biblical responses.

I’m so excited to be joining Wendy in hosting her annual 40 Day Sugar Fast this January and would love to have you join us! You can sign up for Wendy’s newsletter at her website below, or you can follow us on social media to keep informed at https://www.wendyspeake.com/.

I know that you’re going to be encouraged by Wendy and will want to follow her and get her book!

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Purchase her book Triggers on Amazon or wherever you buy books!

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