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 …
The LORD has compassion on all He has made. Psalm 145:9 “We want you to please bring more volunteers, so we can have a Moms in Prayer group every day!” exclaimed one inmate mom – and the others vigorously agreed. Like most incarcerated mothers, these women in a large city prison are full of fears, worries, sadness, and guilt over …
“We need to develop our praying lives, not simply a prayer life…there’s a difference between the two.” Today Lee sits down with Jennifer Kennedy Dean, Executive Director of the Praying Life Foundation, to discuss the way God developed and grew her heart for prayer. They explore unanswered prayer, cultivating a praying life, teaching our children to pray and how many …
If you’ve been in Moms in Prayer for awhile, you are well versed in the four steps of prayer which are: 1) Praise, 2) Confession, 3) Thanksgiving, and 4) Intercession. As a priority, this last year while driving my oldest special needs son to middle school, I have invested in teaching him how to pray. We quickly go through the …
