Confidence in Parenting Decisions :: Laura Wifler [Ep 497]
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🗓️ 11 November 2024
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Today, Laura Wifler, from Risen Motherhood is here to talk about her new book written with her sister-in-law Emily Jensen. We start by breaking down the framework they introduce in the Gospel Mom and how we are often looking for a formula to parent our kids but God has given us a framework in the metanarrative of the Bible.
Next, we talk about the challenges of trying to live in a Christian mom community- we know God calls us to be with others but what do we do when friendship is hard or not life-giving? As moms, we feel like there is a right and wrong way to do every single little thing in motherhood- feeding, naptime, schooling, health and those often all lead to comparison. Laura gives us some truth and ideas regarding comparison, how to be content, and accept your actual life. God has so many lessons for us moms if we lean in and apply the gospel lens it helps give life and joy even in hardship.
Connect with Laura Wifler:
- Website: Risen Motherhood: Helping Moms Connect Their Faith To Motherhood
- Facebook: Risen Motherhood
- Instagram: Risen Motherhood®️ (@risenmotherhood)
Links Mentioned:
- Risen Motherhood: by Emily Jensen and Laura Wifler
- Gospel Mom: by Emily Jensen and Laura Wifler, Laura
- Ep. 93 || How Should We Educate Our Children? The Case for Freedom, Part 1
- Ep. 94 || Freedom in Education Choices: An Interview with Melissa Kruger on Private Schooling, Part 2
- Ep. 95 || Irene Sun on Homeschool: Freedom in Education Choices, Part 3
- Ep. 96 || Freedom in Education Choices: An Interview with Jen Wilkin on Public Schooling, Part 4
- A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: by Eugene H., Peterson
Related Episodes:
- Cultivating Intimacy with God in Motherhood :: Jeannie Cunnion [Ep 490]
- Owning Your Motherhood :: Erin Moon and Courtney Cleveland [Ep 325]
- Motherhood, Career, and Identity :: Kat Armstrong [Ep 171]
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey y'all, welcome back to the Don't Mom Alone podcast. |
| 0:10.3 | I'm your host, Heather McFadion, and this is the place where I get to walk alongside you |
| 0:14.4 | and connect you with people and resources so you know that you don't mom alone. |
| 0:19.5 | And in this episode number 497, I'm welcoming to the show |
| 0:23.5 | Laura Wiffler from Risen Motherhood. In the book, we talk about, well, how do you cultivate this? |
| 0:31.0 | So there's practice involved. And then here's I would say, is I have been stunned by the way that when I am praying and asking God for help, |
| 0:40.3 | kind of the stuff that does come out of my mouth, the stuff that does go through my mind. |
| 0:44.5 | The spirit, God promises to give wisdom to anyone who asks. |
| 0:48.0 | And when you are asking with a faithful heart to honor him and you're like, Lord, I don't know what to say to my kid, please help me. |
| 0:53.8 | Like, it is incredible when we are really trusting in him, how he does give those answers. |
| 0:59.3 | Laura is a writer, podcaster, and co-founder of risen motherhood with her sister-in-law, Emily Jensen. |
| 1:05.0 | They also co-wrote the bestselling book, Risen Motherhood, and have a new book out entitled Gospel Mom, How to Make Biblical |
| 1:11.9 | Decisions and Discover the Mom God Created You to Be. I love this conversation because one, |
| 1:17.8 | we start off with a framework that God has given us for motherhood, the gospel, and it is found |
| 1:25.0 | in the meta-narrative of scripture. |
| 1:35.8 | And I love how Laura lays that out and how that framework helps us and guides us through all of the decisions we make as moms. |
| 1:43.9 | I also love how we lean into you working with God to determine the type of mom he made you to be what he wants for your family |
| 1:46.6 | and choices that you make and how in doing so that frees us up to walk alongside other moms |
| 1:52.7 | who have unique versions of themselves and past that they've been directed on. Instead of trying |
| 1:58.4 | to find the line of what it means to be a good mom, |
| 2:02.5 | we are gospel moms who are supporting and encouraging one another for this kingdom work that |
| 2:08.2 | we've been assigned to do. So let's get right to it. Here we go. Laura, welcome finally to the |
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