The Better Mom

The Better Mom
Author: Ruth Schwenk
Publisher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2018-04-24
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 031034946X

Mothering is messy. Our joy and hope in raising children doesn’t change the reality that being a mom can be frustrating, stressful, and tiring. But just as God is using us to shape our children, God is using our children and motherhood to shape us. In The Better Mom, author Ruth Schwenk, herself a mother of four children, encourages us with the good news that there is more to being a mom than the extremes of striving for perfection or simply embracing the mess. We don’t need to settle for surviving our kids’ childhood. We can grow through it. With refreshing and heartfelt honesty Ruth emboldens moms to: Find freedom and walk confidently in purpose Create a God-honoring home environment Overcome unhealthy and destructive emotions such as anger, anxiety, and more Avoid glorifying the mess of mom-ing or idolizing perfection Cultivate life-giving friendships At the heart of The Better Mom is the message that Jesus calls us to live not a weary life, but a worthy life. We don’t have to settle for either being apathetic or struggling to be perfect. Both visions of motherhood go too far. Ruth offers a better option. She says, “It’s okay to come as we are, but what we’re called to do and be is far too important to stay there! The way to becoming a better mom starts not with what we are doing, but with who God is inviting us to become."

Make Room for God

Make Room for God
Author: Susan K. Rowland
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Simplicity
ISBN: 9780867167788

If you feel lost in our cultural wilderness, in clutter, collecting, consuming, working, worrying and waiting for something better, I wrote this book for you. I have been lost, too. God has shown me a way out. This book is a bit of bright orange paint pointing to the path toward home. Let's walk it together. —From the Introduction Susan Rowland shares with us her time- and experienced-tested methods that will help us simplify and unclutter our lives, and most importantly, our spirits. She tackles everything from how to let go of the extra stuff we just can't seem to live without to the feelings of discontent, disconnect, anger, jealousy, abandonment and bitterness that seem to equally possess us. In five comprehensive sections—Self-Care Without Clutter, An Environment Without Clutter, Productivity Without Clutter, A Spirit Without Clutter and A God Without Clutter—Rowland takes us on her own journey of self-discovery and self-simplifying. She reveals how she de-toxed from the societal pressure to do constantly and to have insatiably, and most importantly, how, in the process of letting go of so much "clutter," she became stronger, healthier and more spiritually cleansed--with plenty of room for God.

The Better Mom Devotional

The Better Mom Devotional
Author: Ruth Schwenk
Publisher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2018-10-23
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0310095468

As a mom, you want to give your best to your family. Motherhood is incredibly rewarding, yet its challenges can leave you feeling anxious, inadequate, and overwhelmed with mom guilt. Trusted author Ruth Schwenk of Pressing Pause and The Better Mom blog will help you learn to give yourself grace as you grow in wisdom with The Better Mom Devotional. As a busy mom of four kids, Ruth understands the stress of raising a family and trying to do it all perfectly, but she has uncovered a secret: becoming a better mom doesn't start with what you are doing but with who God is inviting you to become. In The Better Mom Devotional, 100 devotions filled with Scripture, prayers, and reflection questions will help you discover: How God uses motherhood to change you from the inside out Intentional ways to deepen your faith in any season of parenting The true calling of motherhood: training, disciplining, and loving your children well The life-giving impact of honest, loving friendships This devotional is a great fit for: Mothers of small children and teenagers Small groups, women's Bible study groups, and personal daily reflection Mother's Day, birthdays, and holiday gifting With Ruth's encouragement, you can overcome mom guilt, stop trying to be the perfect mom, let go of the endless to-do list of motherhood, and experience the most challenging but rewarding adventure yet--becoming The Better Mom.

My Heart--Christ's Home

My Heart--Christ's Home
Author: Robert Boyd Munger
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2010-07-26
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830863699

More than ten million readers have enjoyed Robert Boyd Munger's spiritually challenging meditation on Christian discipleship. Now revised and expanded, My Heart--Christ's Home leads you to examine for yourself all the aspects of your life--considering what Christ most desires for you.

Make Room for God the Spirituality of Awakening

Make Room for God the Spirituality of Awakening
Author: M. Germaine Hustedde
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 215
Release: 2012-11-30
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 147974610X

DESCRIPTION MAKE ROOM FOR GOD is an invitational exploration of ones journey through life using an enhanced mode of awakening. It is a pathway for the earnest searcher to live at a deeper and enriched level of existence. Drawing on theories of psychologists and philosophers, the author presents an interesting, well crafted and readable text constructed on the principles of formative spirituality, drawing on contemporary thinkers and classical spiritual masters. Each chapter concludes with a Prayer Poem and several reflective questions to enable the reader to enter more fully into the inward journey. Personal biographical inserts gives the book a unique and interesting flavor which will inspire the reader.

Make Room for God

Make Room for God
Author: Germaine Hustedde PHJC
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2022-05-22
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1669823148

MAKE ROOM FOR GOD is an invitational exploration of one’s journey through life using an enhanced mode of ‘awakening’. It is a pathway for the earnest searcher to live at a deeper and enriched level of existence. Drawing on theories of psychologists and philosophers, the author presents an interesting, well crafted and readable text constructed on the principles of formative spirituality, drawing on contemporary thinkers and classical spiritual masters. Each chapter concludes with a Prayer Poem and several reflective questions to enable the reader to enter more fully into the inward journey. Personal biographical inserts gives the book a unique and interesting flavor which will inspire the reader.

Making Room for God

Making Room for God
Author: Mary Elizabeth Sperry
Publisher: Ave Maria Press
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2018-02-02
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1594717982

If cleanliness is next to godliness, do our closets have anything to say about the state of our souls? Decluttering became trendy with the 2014 release of Marie Kondo's The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up. And while there’s no shortage of secular books promoting the practice, Making Room for God is the first book on organization from a Catholic perspective. Self-proclaimed pack rat Mary Elizabeth Sperry will help you make decluttering a prayerful, peace-filled, and soul-expanding experience. Popular Catholic speaker and Bible expert Mary Elizabeth Sperry explores the relationship between our stuff and Catholic beliefs about grace, sin, repentance, prayer, and the common good. She boldly affirms the goodness of our stuff and of God’s abiding presence in the worldly goods all around us. She also reminds us of how sin can distort our relationships, including the ones we have with our possessions. Through spiritual disciplines—especially prayer, fasting, and almsgiving—we can protect this relationship so that we own our possessions but they don't own us. Making Room for God offers an enticing and entertaining approach to decluttering, discipleship, and the spiritual life that makes tidying up seem almost fun. Writing from an unabashedly Catholic perspective and with convincing practicality, Sperry looks at the role of material goods in the life of a follower of Jesus. Each chapter includes humorous and often self-deprecating details of the author’s own journey through decluttering to help us believe that we, too, can simplify. Alongside these adventures are Sperry's rich spiritual insights gleaned from extensive knowledge of the Church’s tradition and helpful exercises for freeing ourselves from clutter and the temptation to sin it so often harbors. Sperry draws liberally from the Bible, liturgy, Fathers of the Church, lives of the saints, and Church teaching—especially that of Pope Francis—as she explores the relationship between our stuff and our spiritual lives. Practical elements offer a step-by-step approach to decluttering living spaces, getting rid of unused and excess items, and limiting future accumulation.

Make Room for Scripture

Make Room for Scripture
Author: James Philipps
Publisher: Twenty-Third Publications
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2010
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781585957750

Great stories. Everyone loves them, and long before they were officially recognized as "God's Word," the accounts in our present-day Bible were preserved and passed along because they were great stories. They had all the essential ingredients: great characters, heroism, villainy, and the triumph of the human spirit. And, at the heart of each, there was the same profound message: we have a God who is passionately in love with us and cannot rest until we show that same passionate love to one another. This is what Jim Philipps wants his readers, and catechists in particular, to understand and share. He guides them through Bible basics by sharing the stories of remarkable men and women in the Old and New Testaments. He explores the intriguing parables of Jesus, as well as stories from Acts of the Apostles and the adventures of St. Paul. Finally he takes a reverent look at the scriptural basis of a storytelling tool that has caught generations of Christians in its power--the rosary, and in particular the reflections on the "mysteries of light," which tell the story of the ministry of Jesus. Each brief chapter includes a bit of Bible scholarship to help readers place the story in its proper context; a reflection that offers a deeper experience of the story; and a series of questions and activities that make personal connections to everyday life. This is a great introduction to the Bible and its stories and a wonderful resource for catechists and all who want to share and explore these stories with others.

Making Room in Advent

Making Room in Advent
Author: Bette Dickinson
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 127
Release: 2022-09-13
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1514004844

Join Bette Dickinson as she moves through the story of Christmas and Jesus' birth. Each of these twenty-five devotionals includes an original painting, spiritual practices, breath prayers, and reflection questions that will allow you to truly make room for God's work in your life, your community, and the world.

Seven Big Things That Make Life Work

Seven Big Things That Make Life Work
Author: Phil Pringle
Publisher: Destiny Image Publishers
Total Pages: 139
Release: 2011-07-28
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0768491061

SEVEN REALLY BIG THINGS THAT WILL MAKE YOU ASTOUNDING!! So, we should leave the basic things we learned about Christ and go on to more mature things. We should not lay again the foundation of turning away from depending on dead human efforts, of believing in God, teaching about immersions, putting hands on people, rising from death, and eternal judgment (Hebrews 6:1-2 PEB). Seven Big Things That Make Life Work focuses on the basic foundational truths of the Christian life in an exciting new way biblical without being religious and scholarly without being dry. Pastor and author Phil Pringle combines a scholarly, biblical approach with a thoroughly Spirit-filled theology. Each principle presented provides insights for developing and maintaining a strong foundation in Christ. At a time when so many leaders in both society and the Church have been exposed by scandal and corruption, both new believers and long-term believers will benefit from examining the real things that make life work successfully. The seven things that will change your life for the better: * Repentance * Faith Toward God * Baptisms * Spiritual Gifts * Laying on of Hands * Resurrection of the Dead * Eternal Judgment The truths revealed make Seven Big Things That Make Life Work a valuable resource for new believers, Sunday school teachers, discipleship and mentoring programs, and Bible study groups.