Risen Motherhood

By Emily Jensen & Laura Wifler

Religion & Spirituality Kids & Family Christianity

What's Risen Motherhood about?

A podcast for moms. Join us as we explore how the ancient scriptures apply to modern motherhood and provide the framework for finding answers to your specific questions. As part of the greater Risen Motherhood ministry, in-depth, topical mini-series are released periodically.

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Abundance 06: Accepting Lim...

10.18.2023

So we’ve spent several weeks now dialing in on different areas of weakness and how Christ meets us in it all—as we set our eyes on him, what does it really look like in the day-to-day as moms to trust ...

Risen Motherhood episodes:

10.18.2023 Abundance 06: Accepting Limitations So we’ve spent several weeks now dialing in on different areas of weakness and how Christ meets us in it all—as we set our eyes on him, what does it really look like in the day-to-day as moms to trust ...
10.11.2023 Abundance 05: In Your Weakness, Look to Christ—An Interview with Amy Gannett Here’s something you won’t hear too often around social media, but we’ll say it because we love you: mom, you are NOT enough. And that’s a good thing! As moms, we feel the tug-and-pull of wading through mundane moments alongside ...
10.04.2023 Abundance 04: I Don’t Have Enough Patience—An Interview with Maryanne Challies Helms In so many moments throughout the day, little hands and hearts demand our time and attention, but we can’t meet everyone’s needs. With the flutter of noise, we grow impatient, our fuse is cut short. But it’s not just these ...
09.27.2023 Abundance 03: I Don’t Have Enough Wisdom—An Interview with Glenna Marshall Each day is filled with decisions and we’re anxious to make the right ones. We live in a world where information is right at our fingertips—but as moms, we need something deeper and never-changing. Even when knowledge is helpful, no ...
09.20.2023 Abundance 02: I Don’t Have Enough Time—An Interview with Gretchen Saffles Wouldn’t it be nice if we could keep all of the plates spinning? Never missing a school activity, always having the kitchen clean and ready, and even having time to sprinkle in a little self-care . . . and yet, ...
09.13.2023 Abundance 01: What If I Don’t Have What It Takes? We love a good mom hack, but we’ve yet to find one that makes motherhood feel like a breeze. Whether it’s that first all-nighter with a newborn or the tough conversations that come as our kiddos get older, motherhood brings ...
04.19.2023 Grief 09: The Hope of Heaven—An Interview with Courtney Doctor When we experience deep sorrow, many of us long for heaven more than ever. The desire for a joy-filled eternity with God is a good one, wired in us by our Creator. But have you ever wondered what makes heaven ...
04.12.2023 Grief 08: Widowed & Single Motherhood—An Interview with Lisa Appelo Motherhood holds challenges, even with a loving husband and father by our side. So when the painful sting of death ends our marriage, how can we shepherd our children and find healing when grief is this deep? In this episode, ...
04.05.2023 Grief 07: Infant Loss—An Interview with Nancy Guthrie There’s no way to soften the tragedy of losing a child. As moms, we love, protect, and care for our children with fierce depth and intensity, but we don’t have ultimate control. When the unimaginable loss of a child occurs, ...
03.29.2023 Grief 06: Grief in Adoption—An Interview with Jen Oshman When God allows adoption to be a part of our family’s story, there can be hopeful anticipation alongside waiting and sorrow. How can we hold the beauty and hardship of it with grace? In this episode, Emily and Laura chat ...
03.22.2023 Grief 05: Truths for the Mom Walking Through Grief Have you ever felt desperate to find something steady in the midst of grief? Someone you can turn to that can hear, see, and truly understand your pain? While our needs in seasons of grief are many and real, from ...
03.15.2023 Grief 04: Miscarriage—An Interview with Abbey Wedgeworth As moms, the grief of miscarriage is a deeply intimate one. After the joy of a positive pregnancy test, the loss of that life in the womb brings deep devastation. In this episode, Emily and Laura sit down with Abbey ...
03.08.2023 Grief 03: Chronic Pain and Disability in Motherhood—An Interview with Vaneetha Risner Motherhood has a way of revealing our limits, be it physical, mental, or emotional. When we find ourselves at the end of our abilities, it can be easy to wonder if God has equipped us with everything we need to ...
03.01.2023 Grief 02: The Science Behind Processing Grief—An Interview with Matthew LaPine Have you ever wondered if your feelings are “normal” when navigating a hard season? Maybe we’re more easily irritated, shed tears more often, or even find ourselves apathetic or emotionless to what’s happening around us. In this episode, Emily and ...
02.22.2023 Grief 01: Where Sorrow and Motherhood Meet Motherhood brings a flood of emotions and experiences. We know the laughter and the joy, the frustrations and the hardships, but what about when motherhood brings grief? Whether we’ve had to encounter death, trudge through the deep pain of a ...
11.16.2022 WWSTA 10: Technology Screens are everywhere—from ordering groceries, responding to an email from school, managing our calendars, and more, it’s no surprise that our kids are interested in screens and technology. As faithful stewards of our children’s hearts and minds, what does it ...
11.09.2022 WWSTA 09: Beauty Whether from sleepless nights, the loss of discretionary time, or the stress of managing family schedules, the demands of motherhood affect our physical appearance. As we look in the mirror each morning, how can we get ready for the day ...
11.02.2022 WWSTA 08: Children with Differences Have you ever felt a little awkward when your child asks you about someone with a disability? As moms, we want our kids to show kindness and compassion toward everyone, but it can feel tough to know how to address ...
10.26.2022 WWSTA 07: Personal Conscience From the moment we learn we’re going to be moms, the decision points begin to roll in quickly. Whether we’re unsure about pacifier styles and sleep training methods, or we’re researching the best time to get our kids a phone ...
10.19.2022 WWSTA 06: Discipleship As moms, we feel the weight of preparing our kids for so many things in life, from the early years of potty training to applying for their first job. But as believers, we also feel the weight of something far ...
10.12.2022 WWSTA 05: Evangelism Have you ever wanted to share the gospel with another mom, but held back out of fear? While some of us may have the God-given gift of evangelism (Eph. 4:11), all of us are called to make disciples—but what does ...
10.05.2022 WWSTA 04: School Choice God calls all of us to train our children up in the ways of the Lord (Prov. 22:6), but when our kids become school-age, our options for helping them learn subjects like math and reading abound. Should we send our ...
09.28.2022 WWSTA 03: Body Image Whether we make time to sweat-it-out everyday or getting off the couch feels overwhelmingly difficult right now, most moms have noticed that our capacity for physical fitness varies from season to season. We might exercise for our health or because ...
09.21.2022 WWSTA 02: Interruptions Have you ever hoped your day would go according to plan? Maybe it’s simply getting a moment to unload the dishwasher without a sibling squabble, or finally having hours on the calendar to finish that work project. Maybe your whole ...
09.14.2022 WWSTA 01: Marriage When Dad has to work late (again) and the kids’ bedtimes are still hours away, is there a gracious response to give? Although long days might leave a wife stuck in cycles of comparison with other families and even anger, ...
06.03.2022 Abide Bonus: 5 Tips for Scripture Memory Surprise! We’re back with a bonus episode to help tackle the ‘how’ behind memorizing Scripture. We’ve spent some time exploring the ‘why,’ but we get that it can feel overwhelming to know where to begin. In this episode, Laura shares ...
06.01.2022 Abide 05: Here’s Why You Should Memorize Scripture School snacks, show-and-tell day, sports practices, meal prep, and more . . . with so many things to remember in motherhood, it makes sense why Scripture memory feels impossible. We wonder how we can make time for it, if it ...
05.25.2022 Abide 04: Truths for the Mom Experiencing Doubt When doubt creeps in, it can feel suffocating: sometimes it’s in the middle of a mundane chore, other times it consumes our thoughts when we finally get a moment to ourselves. Is there hope when we doubt God? In this ...
05.18.2022 Abide 03: Truths for the Mom Who Wants Joy Whether we’re brand new moms or have decades of experience in motherhood, we’ve likely all come upon a moment or season when it’s hard to find true joy. When the calendar is filled to the brim with sports practices, our ...
05.11.2022 Abide 02: Truths for the Mom Who Feels Angry Disobedience, nagging, interruptions, sibling squabbles, an attitude of entitlement, or just toys carelessly left all over the floor—there are plenty of opportunities to feel anger in motherhood. And when anger rises up in us, it’s tough to respond slowly and ...
05.04.2022 Abide 01: The Thing You Really Need in Motherhood When we’re struggling with mom guilt, burnout, keeping up with housework, and more, where should we turn for help and hope? While fresh resources, support from others, creative hacks, and advice from other moms are helpful and important, one source ...
04.06.2022 Ask Us Anything! Spring 2022 Edition Whenever we ask the R\|M community for questions, they range from lighthearted and practical to thought-provoking and theological, which makes the AUA show something special. In this one-hour conversation, Emily and Laura discuss how they’ve applied the gospel to their ...
03.16.2022 Moms + Work 07: Let’s Stop Being So Mean Every mom does motherhood and work a little bit differently. A ton of factors are at play as each woman seeks to honor her own husband, care for children, serve the church, invest in the community, and glorify God in ...
03.09.2022 Moms + Work 06: Be a Problem-Solver—An Interview with Phylicia Masonheimer Snow days and sick days, unexpected meetings, appointments, and skipped naps—motherhood is full of so-called “distractions” to our work. When these things happen, what is our next move as we seek to honor God in our day-to-day responsibilities? How can ...
03.02.2022 Moms + Work 05: Listening to God’s Leading in Work—An Interview with Portia Collins Where do career dreams fit in with God’s calling on our lives as moms? For most of us, our capacity for income-producing work has likely ebbed and flowed as we’ve transitioned into motherhood, enrolled our kids in school, or added ...
02.23.2022 Moms + Work 04: Real Help When You're Overwhelmed—An Interview with Jill Thomas As moms, the work that fills our to-do lists can feel overwhelming. Schedules are tight, keeping the house clean is near-impossible, and the weight of meeting the mental and emotional needs of our families can put us in overdrive. In ...
02.16.2022 Moms + Work 03: Should I Take That Job? How many hours can we clock each week, and still serve our families well? Should we take that job now that our kids are in school, or pull back as our families grow? Scripture hasn’t given us a one-size-fits-all answer ...
02.09.2022 Moms + Work 02: Oops, I Fell Into a Ditch! It’s time to make the bed—again. Do the dishes—again. Sit in a meeting—again. Answer an email—again. When we’re in a cycle of everyday, ordinary work, what is our reaction? Some of us dive head-first into busyness and box-checking, and some ...
02.02.2022 Moms + Work 01: Let’s Get to Work! As moms, we all want to be faithful in our work. Whether paid or unpaid, seen or unseen, mundane or exciting—God has given all of us work to do, and what he has given us matters. In this episode, Emily ...
11.17.2021 Social Media 06: What Was I Supposed To Be Doing Right Now? The dishes pile up. The kids run circles around the house. The to-do list is a mile long. Motherhood is full, but too often, we fill our time hunching over our phones, giving our best self to social media instead ...
11.12.2021 Social Media Bonus: 4 Great Ways to Use Social Media It’s easy to pick on social media, but for all of its challenges, we also believe it can be used for good. In this special bonus episode, Emily and Laura provide four quick ways we can use social media redemptively. ...
11.10.2021 Social Media 05: Should I Post this Picture of My Kid? As proud moms, most of us can’t resist sharenting. (Yep, that term is real! If you haven’t heard it before: it just means sharing pictures of our kids online.) Whether we have a small, private account for friends and family ...
11.03.2021 Social Media 04: Influencers Change the World “Mom influencers.” How does that term hit? Some of us love them. Some of us roll our eyes at them. Sometimes we do both. But either way, we might not realize how influencers shape our motherhood—the pans we buy, the ...
10.27.2021 Social Media 03: Please Like Me Let’s get real: we all want to be liked. No matter where we are on the social media spectrum, from a professional content creator on Instagram to an occasional poster for the sake of the grandparents, God’s principles for the ...
10.20.2021 Social Media 02: When It Makes You Mad We’ve all been there. We’re innocently scrolling through social media and then we feel a tinge of guilt, anger, or sadness. We get on social media to relax or escape from the world, and find ourselves feeling worse than ever. ...
10.13.2021 Social Media 01: Wake Up Whether we recognize it or not, social media is changing us. It changes how we interact with people. It even changes our motherhood—what we buy, what strategies we use, and where we go for hope and help. In the first ...
09.17.2021 Prayer Bonus \| 8 Tips for Building a Habit of Prayer _Surprise! We have an extra show for you! Don’t worry, you didn’t get the day wrong. It’s not a Wednesday, but we loved talking about prayer so we just kept going. Maybe you’re left wondering “how do I actually get ...
09.15.2021 Prayer 05: When You Don't Want to Pray What do you do when you don’t feel like praying? Like the disciples in the garden with Jesus, you want to do the right thing, but you just can’t stay awake. Or you have the invite to the prayer meeting, ...
09.08.2021 Prayer 04: Wisdom From Ruth Chou Simons We believe prayer is important—even necessary—but where do we even begin? Listen in as Laura chats with a seasoned mom of six boys (yes, six!). You may know Ruth Chou Simons as the founder of Gracelaced and from her award-winning ...
09.01.2021 Prayer 03: Tips for Praying As A Family - A Chat with Hunter Beless & Laura Wifler Prayer is not a box to check during nap time. It’s something the whole family can get involved in, even when nap time is non-existent! In today’s episode, listen in as two moms, Laura and her friend Hunter Beless (whom ...

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