by Misty Phillip | Apr 4, 2022 | Podcast
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Misty Phillip sits down with Helen Smallbone at the 2022 NRB Convention to discuss her motherhood journey. We talk about her childhood as Pastor’s daughter and how it impacted her faith. Helen shares the remarkable journey of moving from Australia to the United States. We quickly bonded as kindred spirits when she shared how her story of brokenness and dependence on God led to homeschooling and working together as a family.
We discuss the importance of prayer in their family and God’s faithfulness to provide for their family. We discuss the foundation of this lifestyle that led to the success of Rebecca St. James and For King and Country!
Key Takeaways
“We as a family saw God Work miracles and provide for us in very miraculous ways and lead us step-by-step.”
“Then challenging times we go through sanctify us.”
“We started homeschooling before we left Australia…and continued to homeschool the rest of the kids’ lives.”
“God opened opportunities for us to work together as a family.”
“God pushes us to the end of our tether.”
“When we have nothing left to give, we lean in closer to him, and the kids and I initially would get down on the floor together and pray. It really changed their lives.”
“We were always looking for the kid’s skill areas.”
Helen Smallbone
As a parent to seven children, Helen Smallbone knows a thing or two about motherhood — and she consistently shares her wisdom through the MUMlife Community podcast on Accessmore. https://www.accessmore.com For the first time, the mother behind GRAMMY® award-winning artists for KING & COUNTRY and Rebecca St. James is sharing her sage wisdom in her first book, Behind the Lights: The Extraordinary Adventure of a Mum and Her Family. Written from a mother’s perspective, Helen shares stories of peaks, valleys, and a family trusting God for provision.
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by Misty Phillip | Jul 21, 2020 | Podcast
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This week on By His Grace, I’m so excited to welcome Evelyn Mann. We talk about special needs children, motherhood, and miracles. We talk about our shared experiences of being told our child is “incompatible with life”, and the joys and challenges of raising children with special needs.
special needs children, motherhood, and miracles
Evelyn Mann, author of The Story of a Little Man shares the story of her beautiful son Samuel. Samuel has Thanatophoric Dysplasia, a form of dwarfism. As she walks you through their journey from pregnancy to the beautiful family they are today, it will show peace and mercy of God.
The story of a little man
Evelyn Mann is a middle-aged, stay at home mom who lives in Tampa, FL raising her special needs son, aka the “Miracle Mann”. Her memoir, Miracle In My Living Room: The Story Of A Little Mann, chronicles her and her husband’s journey of faith from medical diagnosis to overcoming all odds. The popular blog, MiracleMann.com, shares Evelyn’s journey as the mother of a miracle.
The story of a little man
Samuel Mann aka the “Little Mann” is a miracle and blessing. He is 11 years old and weighs only 26 lbs.
Like most kids, he likes to laugh, giggle, and have lots of fun. His favorite song is the “Happy Birthday” song. He also enjoys watching Elmo and home videos on his iPad.
You can find out more about the Mann’s at Miracle Mann Blog
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by Misty Phillip | Jun 23, 2020 | Podcast
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On this podcast, I sit down with my friend author and editor Ami McConnell to discuss her new book,
Ami expresses gratitude toward her own mom in laying the groundwork for her to be a mother, and how that has influenced her relationship with her daughters.
This is a collection of stories from across a full spectrum of daughterhood stories: Including one from a former prostitute, a woman who never wanted to be a mom, and another who survived alcoholism. There are 35 stories in all and the thread that weaves them all together is that each of these stories is hopeful and has faith in spite of or in response to her own mother.
Key Takeaways:
- Women are resilient, and God uses all the things to form us.
- The importance and gift of being a daughter.
- We are earthly daughters and daughters of the Most High King.
- Own your own daughterhood.
- As women, we need to empower one another in our feminity.
Every faithful mother was first a daughter, and the complexities of that relationship influence a woman’s choices and behavior into adulthood, and even to future generations.
By His Grace Podcast interview with Ami McConnell Author of Faithful Daughters
beautiful tribute to motherhood. An inspiring collection of 35 intimate stories by women, for women to celebrate God’s faithfulness and the powerful influence of a mother’s love.
These mothers and daughters reveal their heartfelt stories of joy, pride, and grief as they share about the deep bond, the unconditional love, the lifelong connection, as well as the pain, the trials, and the inevitable heartbreak. Through each testimony, you’ll be inspired to explore your own mother/daughter journey, and hopefully find that you are also God s daughter and He loves us just the way we are.
Ami McConnell
Ami McConnell is a Nashville-based writer & editor. She founded and directs WriterFest Nashville. McConnell formerly served as Editor-in-Chief and VP of Howard Books/Simon & Schuster. For over a decade she acquired fiction for HarperCollins and helped launch a fiction imprint there. Her editing credits include many New York Times bestsellers as well as numerous award winners. A prolific ghostwriter, McConnell co-authored the USA Today Bestseller Kind Is the New Classy by Candace Cameron Bure. She lives with her family in Franklin, Tennessee.
by Misty Phillip | May 14, 2020 | Featured
Losing Us: When Motherhood Becomes an Idol
by September McCarthy
No one told me that I could have such lonely, silent times in my marriage. What happened to the days that seemed so bright and beautiful and filled with such promise?
My loneliness, the disagreements, and even the love we had shared together seemed to slowly fade into busy lives caring for children. Lives filled with exhaustion, short fuses, and a weariness that would cause us both to ignore the problem or give up altogether. After we said “I do,” life happened, and children took up residence in the cracks of every inch of our life.
I had become the mother.
He had become the father.
And we had lost us.
Were we falling “out of love and living off the leftovers or crumbs at the end of long work and parenting days?
We were a mess. The routine had become a steady rhythm of care for our family, with less and less focus on our first love. We moved into comfortable places of doing our jobs, avoiding the tough places and giving our first-fruits to the children before us. I wish someone had come alongside us to lovingly tell us that parenting is not a priority over marriage.
You cannot really “fall out of love.” You just need to figure out when you began loving something else more.
We had let go of the cord of love that held us together. We watched it uncoil to the ground in a loose pile. The pull and strain of life, babies, financial stress, and marriage can shear away at the strands of love you have with your spouse until there seems to be nothing left to hold onto.
It happens slowly.
When our focus is only on motherhood, you can and will sideline your spouse.
So, how do we find our way back to our first love?
Remember, you were created to “do this,” together.
When my husband and I changed our perspective and focus, we became a team. If there is one word to clearly define the instrument of this change together, our restart, it is this: humility.
True love apologizes.
True love shares the wins, and mourns the losses together,
True love saves the best for the other.
True love puts the other first.
True love listens and learns.
True love remembers that parenting is a season.
True love fights for the other, not against.
True love sees the needs.
True love is available.
True love never stops talking.
True love knows change can be good.
True love learns to love the new you.
True love wins.
Seeing the pattern of our parenting priority over our marriage is the first step closer to that truest of love we can show our spouses.
Knowing there is a way to overcome the patterns of sidelining our spouses is the second cord of hope you can hold onto.
Living the truth of scripture and its promises for a life full of love will bring the unity God promises.
Perhaps this is you. Are you seeing the slow-moving patterns you are becoming comfortable with that leave you feeling distant, discouraged, and disheartened with motherhood or marriage? I encourage you to hold onto your first love. Re-discover the new you together. Ask the Lord for humility and remembrance as you slowly practice new life-giving habits of love investment into your spouse that you perhaps had let go of.
Your spouse is worth it.
September McCarthy
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September is a wife, mom to 10, author, and speaker. September co-hosts the Mom to Mom generational podcast with Kate Battistelli and Jamie Erickson. September is also the author of {Why} Motherhood Matters and the founder of September & Co., an Etsy shop for whole-family Biblically based and hands-on learning for every family. September lives a rural life, with her growing family, chickens, gardening, shelves overflowing with books, and a project always on the horizon. Her family is her #1 priority and her heart is always at home. She believes in new mercies every day and fresh grace on everyone she meets.
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by Misty Phillip | May 12, 2020 | Podcast
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What happens when your marriage looks more like a business transaction than a sacred relationship? Listen in today as September McCarthy shares a portion of her motherhood journey, and how it affected her marriage relationship. She is a wife and busy mom of 10, author, and podcaster.
We discuss:
- Loving your husband more than your kids.
- Not allowing motherhood to take a priority over your marriage.
- Motherhood as an idol comes as a thief in the night.
- Practical ways to focus on our marriage
- and more
September McCarthy is a wife, mom to 10, author, and speaker. September co-hosts the Mom to Mom generational podcast with Kate Battistelli and Jamie Erickson. September is also the author of {Why} Motherhood Matters and the founder of September & Co., an Etsy shop for whole-family Biblically based and hands-on learning for every family. September lives a rural life, with her growing family, chickens, gardening, shelves overflowing with books, and a project always on the horizon. Her family is her #1 priority and her heart is always at home. She believes in new mercies every day and fresh grace on everyone she meets.
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