Stay ConnectedThe Delighted Motherhood Podcast is devoted to applying biblical principles to everyday motherhood as we delight ourselves in the Lord and in the calling that He has given to us.
Kira is a homeschool mom to five young children, wife to James, a placemaker, neighbor, friend, Bible teacher, and SBTS grad. But more than anything else, she’s a Christian who is loved by her Savior and it is her conviction that we can, and should, enjoy our children to the glory of God.
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As mothers, all day long we are surrounded by needy people and the majority of us get to the end of the day and feel exhausted. If you are a young mom like me, right now your primary calling is inside your home –to care for and nurture these adorable and exhausting small humans.
But, there are also lots of needy people outside of our homes. And our Savior, the one who captivates our hearts and our minds and who we should most be desiring to emulate, seems to care a lot about the least of these. So how do we balance the very real constraints of motherhood with the also very real needs of the world around us?
Should we feel shame and condemnation if we don’t have the capacity to do the level of ministry we might desire? Or, as young mothers do we get a “pass” on caring for others because we are so spent caring for littles?
How do we care for others outside of our homes wisely recognizing that we are limited creatures? And what role does the sovereignty of God play in all this?
Listen in for an edifying conversation with the lovely Joanna Beasley, --mom to three, church planter in a low-income part of Oklahoma, and Southeastern Seminary grad, about thinking well about serving others when we are spent and tired ourselves.
What does a daily family worship practice look like? Why is it important to gather together as a family daily? How can the consistency of time together in the word, prayer, and song impact our marriages? What does commitment to family worship communicate to us, to our kids, to our church family, and to the wider community?
Why is it important for fathers to lead? How can wives come alongside their husbands to help them?
Does it have to be long? (No.)
Listen in on a conversation with my very favorite person in the world, James Nelson, on why daily family worship matters and how to get started.
James practices appellate litigation in Washington DC, serves as a Deacon at our church, leads our community group, and facilitates a men’s group and has led our family faithfully in family worship for seven years.
Ideally, dads should be the ones leading and intiating family worship. This episode is geared towards husbands and wives --but specifically how husbands can lead their families.
If you have a believing spouse ask him to listen to this episode with you or to listen to it separetly and then discuss it together.
But if you don't have a believing husband or you aren't married --don't be discouraged. The Lord speaks directly to you also and can use daily family worship in a powerful way.
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Charles Spurgeon once said, agreeing with Matthew Henry that, “They that pray in the family do well; they that pray and read the Scriptures do better; but they that pray, and read, and sing do best of all.”
One in six women faces the heartache of infertility –and almost everyone is affected by infertility to some degree.
Where can women turn for comfort while grieving their dreams and grappling with unfulfilled longing? And for those who aren’t battling infertility, how can we come alongside those who are?
Jenn Hesse and Kelley Ramsey, authors of Waiting in Hope, 31 Reflections for Walking with God Through Infertility, weigh in with comfort and encouragement for the struggling and those who desire to come alongside the hurting.
How is our wonder at the natural world connected to our awe of the creator? How can spending time outdoors strengthen the faith of our families? How can experiences in nature show our kids absolute truths in a society prone to relativism?
How should we think biblically about climate change? What can we learn from invasive species? How do we manage the dirtiness of the outdoors?
Listen in for a delightful conversation full of practical encouragements and suggestions with Master Naturalist and Author of the delightful book, Rooted in Wonder, Eryn Lynum.
Rooted in Wonder
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More of Eryn's wonderful resources can be found here
Deep in our gut, we all want to be friends with our neighbors.
We want to know and be known –to live in spaces that feel safe and welcoming. We want to be loved, served, and cared for and we want to love, serve and care for others.
But society in the West has become deeply fragmented.
A new report by Harvard University researchers finds that 36 percent of Americans are experiencing “serious loneliness,” and some groups, such as young adults and mothers with small children, are especially isolated. And that can easily be us, right?
How can we fight against the cultural norms of isolation and seclusion and instead forge patterns that will bless us and bless others?
Tune in for a discussion about the importance of knowing our neighbors and a few ideas for how to get the relational ball rolling.
Resources Mentioned:
The Art of Neighboring
The Gospel Comes with a House Key
An Underrated Key for a Fruitful Christian Life: A Rooted Life in a Place
Happy first official, unofficial day of summer!
For many of us, summertime is a blissful welcome. Schedules are relaxed, sports are mostly over and there’s a lot more free time. But sometimes that lack of structure can feel really daunting! “What exactly am I supposed to do these wild little humans?”
But either way, none of us want to get to the end of August and feel like we just survived. We want to soak it up! We want to play in the sun, read good books, sleep well, roast marshmallows, catch crabs, have good conversations with friends, and grow in our wonder of God.
At the start of this summer, how can we intentionally number our days in a way that will help us to delight in the Lord and enjoy our kids more?
Homeschool mama of four and the founder of Treehouse Schoolhouse, Lyndsey Mimnagh gives us a look at how she thinks through her summer rhythms and priorities.
We'll talk about good books to read, the importance of unstructured time, the glory of fabulous read-out-louds, and the need to get rest and refreshment.
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Every honest mom will tell you that she has battled anxiety related to motherhood. Whether it's anxiety over getting pregnant, staying pregnant, newborn challenges, struggles to learn to read, mean kids on the playground, health concerns, behavioral concerns, etc –the triggers for anxiety in motherhood are too numerous to number. But in light of a God who invites us to call Him Father, how should we think about confronting this anxiety with hope and truth?
Tune in for this encouraging conversation with Kim Seville –counseling lead for Frontlines Ministries, Dallas Theological Seminary grad, a former missionary in Asia, mom to five kids, and wife to Pastor Jason at Del Ray Baptist.
If you have comments or feedback about the program, please reach out on Instagram or by email at delightedmotherhood@gmail.com
Summer is coming and for many of us, this means air travel. Traveling with kids can be stressful and sometimes the idea of canceled flights can be enough to make my skin crawl. But there are some strategies we can employ for success. Today we are going to be talking with Caroline Craddock –a homeschool hybrid mom to four who has traveled to 27 countries with her kids. She'll share from her experience some tips for how to enjoy travel with little ones, not dread it.
If you intend to travel soon with kids or have wanted to travel with kids but have felt intimidated, I think you’ll be encouraged, helped, and inspired by this conversation with Caroline Craddock.
Spring is officially here which means it's planting time! And there are few things kids seem to enjoy more than getting completely and totally dirty. Listen in for a sweet conversation with Yetta Reid about the joy of gardening with little ones and cultivating a love of the Creator in the process.
Books listed:
Floret Farm’s A Year in Flowers: Designing Gorgeous Arrangements for Every Season
The Gardener By Sarah Stewart
We are the Gardeners By Joanna Gaines
From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons
The Giant Zucchini by Catherine Siracusa
In my motherhood journey, I have had some incredible relationships with other Christian sisters that have been lifegiving, transformative, and delightful.
Christians are to be marked by these kinds of intimate, tender, loving relationships. And in fact, our love for one another in a very real sense is how we express love for God. (Matthew 25:40)
But also, Christians can be offensive, frustrating, hurtful, rude, inconsiderate, self-righteous, slothful, and mean. Honestly, all those labels have described me before.
If you have been friends with me for any length of time, it’s very likely that I have sinned against you. And honestly, you have sinned against me. And sometimes those conflicts and disagreements can be downright divisive.
Most significantly, sometimes those conflicts cause us to hate rather than love our sisters.
In my experience, when these things come to a head, they don’t typically magically evaporate with one good conversation.
To begin to consider this issue, we are going to unpack Paul’s response to a very public conflict between two women in the ancient church at Philippi --Euodia and Syntyche.
In the view of some scholars, their quarrel one of the primary issues Paul addresses in his letter.
So, let’s jump into this embarrassing public conflict and see what we can gain from it.
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