“Sister, you are the one. You will be praying with the moms.” Thirteen years ago, Diana DeFouler rose to her pastor’s challenge to begin a prayer group using the Moms in Prayer Booklet. From that surprising start, God has used Diana in countless strategic positions within the Moms in Prayer ministry. Ultimately, she became the current Director of Central America. …
“Mom, what if I fall off the beam in front of everyone?” “Mom, I need you at my first out-of-state gymnastics meet!” “Mom, if you don’t go, who’ll make my hair bun? Dad can’t.” Motherhood The gymnastics meet was seven hours away. I did the math. It was impossible. Two kids, each with paramount events, and I couldn’t swing her …
“With every season of our daughters’ lives, new questions and fears arrive.” Today’s guest, author and speaker, Terri Lynne Underwood explains how God’s Word is a limitless well of wisdom and material to pray for our girls. Today, Lee and Terri Lynne discuss how praying for a girl can be unique and eye opening, especially when our girls are different …
The numbers of students abandoning their faith in college is staggering. Today’s guest, Laurel Bunker, VP of Christian Formation and Church Relations at Bethel University in Minneapolis, Minnesota says moms are still a central influence in the lives of their children even after they leave home for college. Laurel explains the best steps parents can take as they help their …
“Mama, when are we moving?” I heard a little voice ask me before I even opened my eyes. My sweet girl often wakes me up by asking questions as if we were in the middle of a conversation. Sometimes she starts with funny statements or light questions, but often she wakes up with big questions just like this one. It …
Every mother is a caregiver. Sometimes however, we go into seasons where others have extended needs that take us to the end of ourselves and our means. Today, Lee talks to Sarah, Forgrave, the author of Prayers of Hope for Caregivers. Sarah helps give words to those of us who have run out of words about our situation but still …
A few weeks ago, I sat at the bottom of the bed with one of my four daughters as I tried to understand what seemed like a rough week for her. It was only eight months after her mother and my wife of fifteen years and twenty-seven days, Wynter Pitts, suddenly and unexpectedly went home to be with Jesus. Needless …
“It is just so beautiful to be in a place of such brokenness and witness how near God is to the brokenhearted. To be in that place every week feels holy.” Today Lee is joined by Kate Rietema, a Moms in Prayer mom, with a captivating story of how God called her and three friends into a Moms in Prayer …
“…Christ in you, the hope of glory.” Colossians 1:27 You may have spotted those signs in neighborhoods that declare, “Drive like your kids live here.” We have a slew of them in our neighborhood because we have lots of kiddos dashing around. You drive differently when you see that sign. You put the brakes on, you’re more mindful of your …
“Turning our kids loose with a smart phone and no boundaries is like handing them keys to a car they don’t know how to drive. We are setting them up for a crash.” Today, David Eaton, CEO of Axis Ministries, and Lee are tackling the 7 Domains of the Smart Phone and learning new strategies for guiding our children into …
