Author and mother of five Kay Wills Wyma shares what the Bible says about "obsessive comparison disorder" and how to diagnosis it in yourself as well as your kids.
Hettie Brittz describes four different types of mothers, and how each type is uniquely equipped to be the perfect mother for the child or children God has called her to raise.
For Hettie Brittz, author of "(un)Natural Mom," motherhood proved more challenging than she expected. Brittz tells how God helped her be the mom her children needed.
Sincere love and an emotional haven are worth so much more than a perfect house and a gourmet meal.
Barbara Rainey talks honestly about the benefits and challenges of sex through the various seasons of marriage. Rainey encourages wives to make sexual intimacy a high priority throughout their marriages.
Author Gloria Furman reminds mothers they have been designed to nurture the lives He creates.
Gloria Furman gives mothers a biblical view of motherhood. Too many moms, Furman says, see limitations rather than the incredible opportunities they have to make disciples for Christ.
Gloria Furman and Rachel Jankovic share their hope and encouragement during the sweet and chaotic season of parenting small children. Barbara Rainey offers her perspective from further down the road.
Barbara Rainey loves to sit and interact with younger moms. Recently, we were able to sneak microphones into one of Barbara's sessions with moms of teens where she offered her unique brand of encouragement.
What will your daughters remember as your best advice to them? Join Barbara Rainey as she shares wisdom from letters she wrote to her daughters.
Barbara Rainey encourages young women in their roles as wives and mothers and shares the need for older women to pass down wisdom to the next generation.
Karen Ehman and Nicole Unice, former controllers, discuss how parenting is all about training your children to make wise choices and eventually working yourself out of a job.
At home, who gets their way most of the time? Is it you or your spouse? Author Karen Ehman and Nicole Unice share from their life experiences of letting go of control.
Nicole Unice and Karen Ehman believe that the root of control is fear or pride. Husbands can help their wives to put life in context and encourage them to be okay with less than perfect.
Dave Furman, pastor of Redeemer Church in Dubai, and his wife, Gloria, talk about the debilitating disease that has weakened his muscles, but not their faith or their ministry.
Gloria Furman, talks about the day she realized that her mom duties weren't interruptions to her spiritual growth, but that God wanted to interact with her amongst the dishes and the diapers.
Dr. Meg Meeker instructs mothers to find a way to live simply and to remember that a mother's goal isn't to make her kids happy or get them in the right schools, but to teach them to be good, solid people.
Dr. Meg Meeker asserts that kids mostly just want their mother's time and attention, so moms should relax and leave the competition to others.
Dr. Meg Meeker encourages mothers to "jump off the train" of perfectionism and to simplify their lives by setting up boundaries and trusting their instincts.
When I'm in a hurry, I tend to plow over my children.
Karen Ehman encourages women to be realistic about how much time they have and to focus on the things that really matter.
Karen Ehman tells how astonished she was when she had her first child and realized that motherhood was actually hard.
If you could have a "do over" in life, what would you want to redo? Barbara Rainey and Karen Loritts comment on the hardest part of living out biblical womanhood in their own lives.
Sarah Parshall Perry, who is raising two sons with autism, along with a daughter, tells how she's learning to relinquish control to God even in the middle of an unpredictable, chaotic life.
Sarah Parshall Perry, a wife and mother of three, realized soon after getting married how much of a control freak she really was, and the effects of it on her marriage weren't pretty.
There is no such thing as a superhero mother. Here’s how to stop trying to do it all and start learning to be you.
Truly excelling as a mom is not about showing our kids how amazing we are, but how much we need Jesus.
Looking back on my life, I have found one of the most helpful ways to gain perspective on your current situation is to see life in terms of seasons.
Barbara Rainey reminds women that being a helper to your husband involves more than just cooking and cleaning; it involves helping a husband become all God intends him to be.
Barbara Rainey recalls her early years as Dennis's bride and her first year as a mom, which tested her faith and drove her to lean on God even more.
