Making Christmas Traditions Matter | Ep. 42

Risen Motherhood

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Parenting, Kids & Family

4.9 • 6.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2016

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Someone important has already come, and is coming again. Have you told your children? Despite the busyness and the expectations around us, Advent is a perfect time to rest the hearts of our family on the Savior. But how exactly can we do that with small children or less-than-ideal-circumstances? In this episode, Emily and Laura discuss the opportunity we have to point our children to Jesus during Advent. They also share practical ideas for engaging children in the Christmas story, and encourage moms who feel like they can't live up to the Pinterest-perfect standards. Ultimately, it's the most wonderful time of the year, not because of the presents or the decorations, but because of a person.

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0:00.0	Motherhood is hard. One second, we think we're doing a good enough job and the next we feel
0:09.8	like the worst mom on the planet, which is why we need the refreshing truth of the gospel
0:14.9	to be repeated over and over, giving us hope in the everyday moments. So mama, whether
0:20.9	you're sipping cold coffee or doing a sink full of dishes, we hope you'll find true,
0:25.9	encouragement and laughter here. This is the Risen Motherhood Podcast. Thanks for joining us.
0:38.3	Well, welcome back to another episode of Risen Motherhood. I'm Emily Jensen here with my sister-in-law,
0:43.6	Laura Whiffler. Hello, hello. And we are just so excited today. I know.
0:50.0	Talking about the most wonderful time of the year. Yes, we love Christmas. Yeah, Christmas.
0:57.4	And some of you guys have maybe been listening to Christmas music since Halloween or those type of
1:03.1	people. But some of you guys are probably just getting ready to think about your decorations and
1:09.0	what you're going to do this season. And so we thought it would just be fun to do kind of a light
1:15.1	hearted but also truthful show about just traditions and children and the gospel and all that good
1:22.7	stuff. Yes, totally. I know that like ever since I became a mom, it felt like so exciting because
1:28.1	I have like control over what happens at Christmas. And it could be a special as I want it to be.
1:33.1	But other times, you know, it's also like this huge pressure because it's like, oh, it's never
1:36.8	very easy to do that. Or you know, things go haywire with kids and it's a little crazy. So I think
1:42.9	learning process for me with Christmas. So kind of like having these fun things to do but then also
1:48.2	having a majorly open hand, right? Yes. So Laura, because I know the family you grew up in
1:55.2	obviously. And you know the family I grew up in to some degree. Share a little bit about how
2:00.7	you and I came from like pretty different backgrounds, tradition wise. So what was it like for
2:05.6	you? How is that impacted what you are trying to do as mom? Yeah. So I grew up without a lot of
2:12.7	traditions. It was very loose schedule. We often did not even celebrate Christmas on Christmas
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