Podcast
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Tips For Praying As A Family
In this episode and blog post, I share some practical tips for praying as a family in terms of how to pray, when to pray and what to pray. This blog and podcast episode are both part of the Missional Motherhood Series. Missional Motherhood – Tips For Praying As A Family Today I want to approach the subject of family prayer because it’s one of the most important parts of being a missional mom. When we pray together as a family, we’re acknowledging several things. In fact, when praying with your kids you can use the PRAY prayer method to help you focus on different areas of prayer. P for…
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The No.1 Thing Jesus Mamas Need To Share The Gospel With Their Kids
This is episode 4 in the Missional Motherhood Series. Today we’re looking at the number one thing Jesus Mamas need to share the Gospel with their kids. Missional Motherhood – The No.1 Thing Jesus Mamas Need To Share The Gospel With Their Kids As Christian mamas, there’s really only one thing we need to share the Gospel with our kids. A close relationship with God. That’s it! I remember back when I was a young mum, I would often read blog posts about baby sleep and much of the advice for moms ran something like this: you can’t pour from an empty cup. Essentially, moms were advised to rest, in…
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Talking To Our Kids About Jesus With Jessie Mattis
In this episode, I have a lovely conversation about talking to our kids about Jesus with fellow author and mama, Jessie Mattis. Jessie and I talk about the importance of authenticity, intentionality, and openness in our Gospel-centred conversations with our kids. We also talk about the importance of not just talking about God, but living for God in our everyday moments. This conversation blessed me so much, so please check it out and share it with a mama friend if it blesses you too. 🙂 Meet Jessie! Jessie Mattis is an award-winning author, a Jesus-loving wife, and a homeschooling mom. She loves using fiction to inspire others to hold tight…
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5 Ways To Talk To Your Children About Jesus
In today’s blog and podcast episode, I’m sharing 5 ways to talk to your children about Jesus, as part of the Missional Motherhood Series. Do you ever struggle with talking to your children about Jesus and faith topics in a natural way? Do your children ever ask you weird and wonderful questions about Jesus and you don’t know what to say? If so, you’ve come to the right place. Today I’m going to share five practical and natural ways you can talk to your children about Jesus, based on my own experience. Listen to the podcast episode below, or scroll down to read the notes: 5 Ways To Talk To…
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What Is Missional Motherhood And Why Is It Important?
What Is Missional Motherhood? Ok let’s start with missional. To be missional is to have a certain mission, or purpose, if you like. Being missional is not good or bad in itself, as it depends on what the mission actually is. As mamas, we could have all sorts of purposes when raising our kids: helping them excel at school, giving them a lot of fun experiences, helping them to develop, making sure they learn to be polite. Yet, as Jesus followers, we also have a mission, which is unique to us as Christian mamas: to make God known to our children. The Jesus Way Now, we learn about this parenting…
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Digital Minimalism For The Jesus Mama
Ok, so today let’s talk about the digital life and how it affects this area of slow living as Jesus followers. So first, I want to explore one of the problems we have at the moment when it comes to hurry: our smartphones. Now, don’t get me wrong! Smartphones have some fantastic tools, provide us with access to great content, and allow us to connect with people across the globe. We can listen to podcasts while doing the laundry, write and dictate while walking in the park, and learn languages while at the hairdresser. Yet, used in the wrong way, our smartphones can lead us to a life of distraction,…
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5 Tips On How To Create Margin As A Jesus Mama
Slow living is beautiful. To know you actually have time for what matters most. But that will only happen when we create margin in our lives. So this post is precisely about that: how to create margin. What does that mean exactly, though? Well, creating margin is about not over-scheduling. It’s about doing fewer activities, but giving each one more time. It’s about aligning our schedules to God’s will for our lives. It’s about living more slowly and intentionally. Yet, in today’s culture, slow living is often seen as a luxury only a few can afford. That’s the narrative of the world around us, anyway. I’m here to tell you,…
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A Jesus-First Life With Bella Easterbrook
In this episode, I enjoy a good conversation with my friend, Bella Easterbrook from Over The Teacups . We chat about God’s desire to help us as mamas to live intentionally and we discuss the basis for living slowly as Christians. We also chat about the practical aspects of being busy mamas and God’s work in our lives in helping us slow down. I love her reflections on spending time alone with God and how spending time with Him is what enables us as mamas to love our kids well. She says: “I think if we’re going to be mums that are gentle and patient and gracious and all those…
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Slow Living As A Mama And Full-Time Homemaker
In today’s episode, I chat with my friend Hailey Lindberg about how slow living relates to the Gospel, motherhood, and homemaking. This is a fantastic interview, and I loved hearing Hailey’s thoughts on living for Christ in our homes. About slow living with regard to homemaking, Hailey says: “Slow living to me is about enjoying it (homemaking). You’re not trying to get to the next moment quickly. It’s a heart posture of contentment.” Check out the interview here: About Hailey “I am a Christian woman who wants to love the Lord and love my neighbor well. I want to live in such a way that others smell the Bread of…
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7 Guidelines To Help You Practice Sabbath As A Christian Family
Ok, so today I’m sharing about the Sabbath!! A Sabbath day is crucial to a slower pace of life as a Jesus follower. Translated literally from Hebrew to sabbath (or shabbāth) means to rest. It’s a time to rest from work and daily routines, and to focus on God and family community. Whilst not all Christians observe the Sabbath, I believe it’s part of God’s creation design and an eternal principle for the church. So today I’d like to share some guidelines on how you can implement the Sabbath as a family. 7 Guidelines To Help You Practice Sabbath As A Christian Family 1. Schedule a specific Sabbath day As…
