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How to Find a Mentor on Your Christmas List

For years I’ve wanted a Dust Buster for Christmas, but I have yet to score. Sometimes we repeatedly ask for something, but we fail to make it happen. A lot of women want a mentor and have put it on their “wish list” in conversations, but they remain mentor-less. Having a mentor sounds great, but how do we actually get one? As we approach a new year, you can have the courage put “Mentor” on your wish list and do something about it! I’m putting a MENTOR on my Christmas list! Click To Tweet Having a mentor makes a difference. …

Uncover Your Hidden Beauty

In a world where high fashion reigns and beauty is skin deep, moms can sometimes be left feeling INADEQUATE. As we walk down every grocery store and pharmacy aisle, we are bombarded with products, pictures and items that make us want to look better, skinnier and prettier. All that pressure to look our best can really be a blow to the ego. How do we resist the temptation to focus on how we look on the outside? It’s simple, but not always easy–focus on our inner spirit and who God says we are. God wants us to concentrate on who we are in …

How to Grow Your Dreams Along With Your Kids

Our “With LOVE from MOM” week is here and today, one of our parenting expert and MOM Mentors shares the BEST MOM TIP EVER! TODAY’S GIVEAWAY IS… Mothering from Scratch by Melinda Means and Kathy Helgemo Full of solid biblical truth, this book will help you… · explore your personality and examine your strengths and weaknesses in order to find what works for you · tap into the resources surrounding you and get mentoring and support from other moms · push past the fear of change or doing it wrong and allow room for grace in your mothering COMMENT and SHARE YOUR …

How human moms can be holy moms

Moms welcome a new year with such good intentions for change, but before we even celebrate the birth of someone famous, we encounter confusion. Our plans to get up earlier, make our budget go further, and exercise longer fizzle out before the last Christmas clearance item disappears from back corner of Hobby Lobby. So many of our best plans depend on US, but we are, in truth, the same person we were when we hit the snooze button back in 2014. When my goals completely depend on ME, I’m destined to miss the mark. How can a mom be holy …

Join the MOMs for New Start 15!

Today is the first day of New Start 15 and the MOMs would love to have you join us! We’re taking the month of January to renew our commitment to understanding God’s call to holiness and His plan for us to be godly moms. Different MOMs and friends of The MOM Initiative team will be posting around the blogosphere this month, and we’ll be using truths from the New Start 15 reading plan. We’ll share here at The MOM Initiative during some days of January, as well. If you join us, you can plan to enjoy these benefits: Benefits of …

Are you ready for a New Start mom?

Dear moms, we made it! It’s the last day of the year. Some of us are dragging ourselves across the finish line, some are dancing through in a time of joy, and some of us are crawling over on prayerful knees. Not a single one of us is perfect, and we are all in need of generous mommy-grace and wisdom. The transition from one year to the next is like a good cheeseball recipe or a blend of essential oils: a little sweet, a little spice, and something to anchor it all. Moms may be: reflecting on this past year’s …

What to do about your stretch marks

Before we get into today’s post, we want to share with you that Stephanie Shott is sharing her testimony today on The 700 Club! If you know someone who has struggled with abuse, rape, brokenness, are in a difficult marriage or struggle in their quest to know God, PLEASE be sure to have them watch The 700 Club at 9:30 a.m. (ET) on ABC Family Channel. Jesus really does change everything and Stephanie’s desire is that God will use it to speak hope into those who are watching. And here’s a link to the interview if you didn’t catch it …

Where does mom find back-to-school peace?

Are you ready for the lessons that come with a new school year? It’s the time of year when so many moms prepare to head back into the school year with all their might. Hoping to capture treasured moments and launch kids well, we try to make special Back-to-School traditions as deposits into the hearts of our children. We do our best to buy folders on sale, notebook paper in bulk, and extra crayons to share. We determine to be a parent teachers will love and commit to being real moms praying for real teachers. We hope there won’t be …