Episodes

Sometimes finding mom friends feels like the school lunchroom all over again. Where do I sit? Who do I talk to? Will they like me? You may feel like you’re the only one struggling to find your crew but you’re not. It can be such a challenge to find moms who get us and are in a similar mom season. Not to mention, our time is limited and plans can get easily interrupted by a sick kid or lack of a babysitter. But, we all have a deep longing to be friends with other women who get us. It is worth the...

Skeletons and goblins and bats, oh my! How do we as moms talk with our kids about all of these things and is it ok for us to even celebrate Halloween? Rebecca and Kate are talking all things costumes, candies, where Halloween got started and how we can look to biblical wisdom as we approach this holiday. Join us! Learn more about where Halloween got started HERE How we can use discernment: Romans 14:1-9 Share the gospel with your family using the Pumpkin Gospel Activity Support Us: Monthly D...

Grief. The pain we feel when the unwanted and unexpected happens and we experience loss. In today’s episode, we’re talking about grief as we hear Jessye’s story. Jessye’s life changed drastically when her best friend and sister in law and brother in law passed away suddenly, leaving behind their two children. Jessye and her husband were living out of a garage apartment, she was pregnant and in her deep grief, adopted those two children and saw God work miracles of beauty and healing in their fam...

Here’s to all the moms that want a better morning! Kate and Rebecca share more insight on changing our perspective of the early morning hours. Did you know it starts the night before? Instead of dreading the alarm, we can decide to embrace the opportunity to start the day with discipline. Mornings for moms come with all kinds of surprises and pivots, but we can set aside time to prepare our mind and body. Discipline creates lifestyle. Today we’re challenging all our Gather Moms to join us on a ...

Are you a morning person or a night owl? Many of us excuse ourselves from productive mornings because we think it’s not who we are. That’s a myth! We believe that moms need better mornings MORE than anyone else. We have kids to feed, places to drive, work to do and a future dinner to make. We could all use some help for better mornings. Just like the rudder of a ship sets a course for its direction, the first hour of your morning can influence the productiveness of your day. Will it require giv...

Are we treating our 12 year olds like 2 year olds? The way we approach discipline has to grow as our kids grow. If we want them to hear us, we have to speak in the language that they need most for their stage. In this episode, we’re looking to some experts who have gone ahead of us and offer wisdom for the 4 stages of parenting. Truth: The 4 Stages of Parenting The Discipline Years (0-5) COMMANDER The Training Years (5-12) COACH The Coaching Years (12-18) COUNSELOR The Friendship Years (18+...

DISCIPLINE. It’s the most requested topic for the podcast so we’re giving you a double dose. This week is part one where we talk about what makes kids today different, why we’re seeing an increase in behavioral issues and what we can do about it. And guess what? All of that latest research is just proving out what the Bible told us long ago. Kids need community, connection and to be able to contribute. Links: Build a Boat Song Good News About Bad Behaviors book Stay tuned for part two! 30 Day...

Inflation has come for all of us and we’re out here asking: how are we going to feed these kids and put gas in our cars? Economists, Kate and Rebecca, are deep-diving all things monetary including the staggering increase in price of Kate’s precious avocados and Rebecca’s bougie milk. Join us as we get real about what we’re up against and talk about some very practical ways we can adjust our budgets. As always, we’ll lift our eyes to Jesus and be reminded to take our every need to him. Let’s jum...

You know who needs help? MOMS. You know who is the worst when it comes to asking for help? MOMS. Our pride, fear of being judged and not wanting to be a burden to others keeps us from saying anything. We have to push past those lies. When you ask for help, it sets another mom free to ask for the help she needs. Join us this season as we talk about how to get the help we need. Truth: Mark 2:1-12 Matthew 7:7-11 Psalm 121:1-2 2 Chronicles 20:12 Support Us: Monthly Donation | One-Time Donatio...

Back to school. Back to school. To prove to dad, I’m not a fool…If you sung along as you read that: you’re Kate’s people. If you have no idea what that reference is: you’re Rebecca’s bubble people or you were potentially born after the heyday of Billy Madison. Either way, you’re in this back to school craziness with us. Tips for a great school year: Make a plan for what your family wants to be about Choose what you’re saying yes to so that your no’s are easier Don’t wait. If you find a few m...

Ready or not: here comes SUMMER! Summer break is an opportunity to slow down, have some fun and maybe even for our kids to learn new things or reach new goals. BUT, it gets hot and these kids are home, and we can find ourselves *quickly* wishing for the school doors to open again. We’re talking in this episode about where the concept of summer even came from and how we can do summer well. Tips for a great summer: Think about what works for YOUDo you love being in the pool all day, doing crafts...

All moms are working moms. Whether you work in the home or outside the home or some hybrid version of that, we all know what it’s like to feel like we’re juggling the things we need to do to help support our family and also care for our children and, if there’s time, chase our dreams. Jenny Worsham knows this struggle well and has seen God grow her so much in this area and has great wisdom to offer us. Like Jenny said, we need each other, mamas. Here’s the link to learn more about Gather Groups...

In all honesty, we have mixed feelings about Mother’s Day as mamas. Our expectations of a magical day are dashed when things aren’t so magical because, let’s face it, our kids don’t stop being kids just because it’s the second Sunday in May. They will still fight, make messes and forget to say thank you. So, what if we flipped the script on Mother’s Day? What if we re-calibrated our expectations and maybe even made the focus of the day about another mama instead of about us. After all, as you’ll...

One of the very first words our children learn: NO. And then, mine. Before they even reach the age of two, we are disciplining these rebellious little beings and it doesn’t let up for a long time. That can feel overwhelming and discouraging BUT we have HOPE. Listen in as we talk about how every act of disobedience is not actually something that is inconvenient and making our life harder but an opportunity to go after the heart of our children. Practical Tips: Challenge children to obey: right ...

When was the last time you had an argument with your spouse? Today we’re reminding all of us that fighting is normal. It can actually be a healthy part of a relationship. Passionate opinions and selfish desires force us to examine what’s most important and compromise as we come together to find common ground. Most of us don’t expect an argument to interrupt our day but then it happens. Kate and Rebecca get vulnerable and shine a light on angry emotions, the need to be seen and the hope Jesus giv...

Mama, if you’re tired, you’re in good company. Sleep struggles are so common among mamas. If it’s not newborns keeping us up, it’s sick kids or toddlers having trouble sleeping and then, waiting for teenagers to get home. Sleep is linked to our hormones and so many moms experience insomnia after the huge hormonal changes women experience in pregnancy and as we grow older. You are not alone and there is hope! We surveyed moms to ask what is helping them sleep. Here were their tips: Sunshine and...

Have you ever said: Life will be good when…Hoping for the end of a hard season, healing comes or something hard finally lets up. Jana Howerton joins us on the podcast and tells the beautiful story of how holy interruptions in her life have helped her to see that she doesn’t have to wait for her life to be good. She’s found her God to be good and has learned to face each unexpected interruption with glad acceptance as she trusts in her very good God. Connect with Jana: Instagram | Facebook | Flo...

Raise your hand if you have a question-meter! That’s when you’ve hit your limit on the amount of questions you can rationally handle. A mother’s day is constantly interrupted with questions about lost shoes, more snacks, relationship drama, extra screen time and so much more. Your answers are informing the inquiring minds in your home and are so important. Our kids are learning about this world through our honest and sometimes creative explanations. They are taking a peek into our minds and acce...

Objectifying women is bad. We can all agree on that and yet, we do it to ourselves nearly everyday when we look in the mirror or look at a picture and analyze ourselves as objects, not humans. We only see what we can see and scrutinize every part. God did not create us as objects. He created us as people, made in His image. Who we are is much more than what we look like. Listen in to this interview with Heather Creekmore as we unlock the chains keeping so many of us bound to the stronghold of bo...

January always means a diet, right? Some kind of cleanse or new commitment to only eat clean or avoid certain foods to get rid of those holiday pounds and get summer bod ready. But what if January didn’t mean that? What if it meant something new? Kate is sharing in this episode how she is laying down her regularly programmed diet ritual and trusting as God calls her out to something new, something better. *TRIGGER WARNING* If you have a complicated relationship with food, this may be an episode...

I would guess that every mom has felt this way at some point. Our days get interrupted by a feeling of being overwhelmed. We hear ourselves say, “Why can’t I get it all done?” These moments of frustration and despair push us to tears or back to bed. We wonder if we’re the only one feeling this way. Surely other moms have it all together with endless time for all their errands, appointments and needy kids. YOU ARE NOT ALONE! Two big contributors to feeling overwhelmed are pace and the need for c...

We interrupt this regular scheduled day of motherhood to announce that the Gather Moms Podcast is BACK! We are so excited to join you for another season of real talk with lots of laughs and life truth from God’s Word. How many times a day (or night HA!) do you get interrupted? Baby won’t sleep, call from the School Nurse, screaming kids while you’re working from home, or maybe you just can’t get a minute alone in the bathroom. Mamas juggle interruptions all day long. This season we’re going to ...

At The Mom Event, we asked some of our favorite wise, intentional, Jesus-loving mamas to join us for some real talk. We asked them how they deal with mom competition, what they can do to not lose themselves in their mom identity and what they would tell their new mom self, among many other questions. Do not miss this one. It is overflowing with wisdom and real help. Support Us: Monthly Donation | One-Time Donation Connect with Us: Gather Moms: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook Kate Henderson: Ins...

As moms, we know how it feels to be knocked down. We know the struggle to get out of the bed and face another hard day because we know our people need us. The last two years have been especially hard on moms. We are the ones on the front lines in our homes trying to keep everyone healthy, navigating tough conversations, making impossible decisions and trying to keep ourselves going when we just want to quit. Kate shared with us at The Mom Event hope for when we get knocked down; hope to help us...