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Risen Motherhood's Last Best Advice for Moms by Sarah Eikoff-Zyelstra.

Laura Wifler's oldest son was born in 2013, just as the mommy blog pendulum was swinging from bright and happy to raw and gritty.

On one side were still moms who seemed to have it all together, had big parties, and were perfect, Laura said.

On the other were moms who thought motherhood was brutal and hard and who were just

waiting until bedtime. In the middle of it, Laura was trying to figure out if making your own

baby food was a moral choice, whether she should use cloth or disposable diapers, and how to

discipline a toddler. Laura's sister-in-law, Emily Jensen, was wondering the same things,

and the two of them started trading voice messages. They weren't looking for best practices.

They wanted to know how God wanted them to do those things. They talked about heart postures,

ordered loves, and biblical principles for everything from playdates to potty training.

You love your kids so much, Emily told me.

If God has a best way or a right way to do things, then you want to do that for them.

And we found that a lot of other moms of young children in our stage of life in the church

were asking the same questions.

After a while, the two of them started recording their talks. In January 2016, they posted a handful of podcast episodes on

issues such as Mommy Guilt, postpartum body image, and teaching your children about Jesus.

The listens weren't crazy high, Emily said, but they went beyond our friends and family

bubble, and we started getting requests for topics. The pair kept going, and over the next 10

years, their risen motherhood ministry exploded. Their podcast was downloaded more than 17 million

times. Their social media accounts garnered more than 460,000 followers,

and the two authored three books together. In a culture full of lonely and anxious young women,

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