40th birthday meditations on Psalm 90. The brutal crust peels back, giving consolation.

With recent articles about the limitations and temporariness in view, Psalm 90 is a good place to linger.

The fact that so much of mothering is a temporary work done with perishable materials often leads us to feel it is meaningless. This isn't helped by the language of Christian "priorities".

LImitations make ideals seem further away. But Jesus is Lord of all and that means he is Lord of all the ins and outs of motherhood too.

Limitations and fear take us low, and that is God's gift to us.

What might change if parents were taught how, and did, their God-given duty in the spiritual discipleship of their children?

We've been considering how a lot of our trouble with motherhood comes from our ideas about marriage. This episode traces a few of the difficulties which happen.

A little of my own backstory.

Protecting our exit strategies changes how we do marriage and mothering.

Whether they know it or not, fathers are responsible for raising their kids to know God.