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The Heidi St. John Podcast

On Being an UnMom with Jessica Kastner – Part 1

The Heidi St. John Podcast

Heidi St. John

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.93.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2017

⏱️ 19 minutes

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*New friend alert!* I know you’re going to love Jessica and her heart for moms… but that’s just the beginning of what God is doing through this sweet mama! Soon after Jessica Kastner became a mother, she wondered if she was the only mom who found pretend play more boring than watching playdough harden and who dreaded yet another friend’s Instagram post of homemade deliciousness. Jessica shares her experience as an “unmom”—a mom who loves her kids more than she loves the daily experience of mothering. She helps readers laugh at the ridiculous, delight in the unpredictable, and enjoy being the mothers God made them to be.

Jessica Kastner is an award-winning journalist and a contributor for the Christian Broadcasting Network’s CBN.com, Beliefnet.com, and the Huffington Post’s Christianity blog. As Connecticut’s coordinator for Straight Ahead Ministries, she shares God’s message of hope by leading Bible studies in juvenile detention centers. When she’s not on the trampoline with her three boys in Connecticut, Jessica shares her unapologetically “real” commentary on the Christian life at www.JessicaKastner.com.
See Jessica’s new book! Hiding from the Kids in My Prayer Closet: Finding Grace and Laughter When Motherhood Gets Real
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0:42.6

Hey everybody, this is Heidi St. John. Today is Wednesday, July 12th. Welcome to the Busy

0:49.6

Mom podcast.

0:58.6

So how are you guys doing? It's Wednesday. I'm telling you wet. Oh my goodness. I

1:02.2

sat on Monday the other day, and I'm not even kidding. The month of July is kind of poofed

1:07.0

for me, just kind of gone. I feel like it's, it should be July. I want to go back. I want

1:11.7

to rewind to the end of June, because ever since my nephew's accident, I have just been

1:15.8

kind of living in this funky sort of alternate reality. And I've got a couple of updates

1:21.5

for you on Bobby, which I will give toward the end of the show today, because I have a

1:27.3

special guest on the program with me today. I want to remind you, if you have not yet

1:31.4

checked out the scripture writing challenge way back when when I wrote the scripture writing

1:35.6

for the month of July, I didn't realize what I was going to be going through in my own

1:39.7

personal life. But I think you guys are going to be really encouraged because the whole

1:42.9

month of July is talking about freedom. And when we know the Lord, we are free. We are

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