All moms struggle. We fall short of our own standard of excellence, and then we feel insecure about not being the perfect wife with the perfect kids, perfect husband, perfect home, perfect friends, perfect marriage, and perfect body… Today we’re talking about insecurities and pointing us in a better direction!

Jill Savage is an author and speaker who is passionate about encouraging families. She is the author of seven books including Professionalizing Motherhood, My Hearts At Home, Real Moms…Real Jesus, Living With Less So Your Family Has More, and her most recent bestselling release No More Perfect Moms.

Featured on Focus on the Family, Crosswalk.com, and as the host of the Heartbeat radio program, Jill is the founder and director of Hearts at Home, an organization that encourages moms. Jill and her husband, Mark, have five children, three who are married, two granddaughters and one grandson. They make their home in Normal, Illinois.

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No More Perfect Moms by Jill Savage – If you have ever forgotten to pick up your kids, accidentally worn two different shoes to the grocery store, or lost your cool over a messy house, YOU ARE NOT ALONE!   In No More Perfect Moms, Jill Savage says it how it is: All moms struggle. We fall short of our own standard of excellence, and then we feel insecure about not being the perfect wife with the perfect kids, perfect husband, perfect home, perfect friends, perfect marriage, and perfect body…  Jill speaks to the root of the insecurities mothers feel and points to a better way.

Scriptures

Matthew 11:28-30

2 Corinthians 10:3-6

Are you qualified to homeschool your children? We're talking about the qualifications and who defines them today, and I think you'll be encouraged by the answer!

Are you qualified to homeschool your children? We’re talking about the qualifications and who defines them today, and I think you’ll be encouraged by the answer!

Mentioned in Podcast

A Call for National Civil Disobedience to Obama’s Public School Transgender Bathroom Mandate

HSLDA – “Homeschooling: Getting Started”

Am I Really Qualified to Homeschool My Kids?  by Carol Barnier

National Home Education Research Institute NHERI

Schedule a Moment to Wonder by Steve Lambert

Firmly Planted Homeschool Coop Leader’s Manual

Resources

Homeschooling Held Hostage -We’ve gone from a few brave moms who, without access to mainstream “curriculum”, managed to give their children an excellent education—but we’ve forgotten what made it excellent.

Big What Now Book of Learning Styles: A Demystifying Approach – All children want to learn, but so often we give students a key to unlock their understanding of a new concept only to discover that it was the wrong key. The question then becomes, WHAT NOW? Carol Barnier delivers a fresh and demystifying approach to learning styles. You’ll find answers and so much more.

5 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Started Homeschooling – Homeschooling is the best decision we have ever made with regard to how we would educate our children. But I won’t lie to you—those first few years were especially challenging. If I could start again, I would do a few things differently.

Exposing the Truth about A Homeschooling “Wonder Woman” – Here’s the thing: there’s isn’t an “easier” way. This life is hard—and nothing that’s worth doing in this life is gonna be easy. Including homeschooling. And that’s okay.

Homeschool 101: Choosing Curriculum the Simple Way –  If you have homeschooled for more than five minutes or done one even internet search in your consideration of homeschooling, you know there is a very long list of curricula out there for you to try. Regardless of what curricula we land on, it is very easy to let it become the main thing and we lean into IT instead of into the Lord. No curriculum can be a substitute for The Lord’s leadership in your homeschool.

So before you spend hundreds of dollars thinking you have found the miracle curriculum that will make homeschooling simple, remember, moms…

The Way They Learn – Draw out the best...

There are many reasons families choose to homeschool, but I believe the list is growing as our liberal government forces their agenda on our public schools. Today we're talking about socialization, teaching hard subjects, and patience - three main reasons people don't want to homeschool.

There are many reasons families choose to homeschool, but I believe the list is growing as our liberal government forces their agenda on our public schools. Today we’re talking about socialization, teaching hard subjects, and patience – three main reasons people don’t want to homeschool.

Mentioned in podcast

US Directs Public School to Allow Transgender Access to Restrooms

Sam Sorbo Interview on Fox News

Khan Academy

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Homeschool Helps on The Busy Mom

Homeschooling for Rookies –  Are you beginning or considering homeschooling? Here are a few tips on curriculum, learning styles and getting started that will help you get moving on the right foot. You can do this!

Homeschooling, Why We Chose It – Listen to specific reasons why Heidi and Jay St. John and Durenda and Darryl Wilson believe it’s the best choice to homeschool their children.

Homeschooling Through High School – YES you can!  – Can you homeschool all the way through high school? The answer is a resounding “YES!” Listen in as we answer FAQ’s and offer encouragement to parents who are considering this wonderful option.

Recommended Resources

The Busy Homeschool Mom’s Guide to Daylight: Managing Your Days through the Homeschool Years by Heidi St. John

Do you need encouragement and fresh ideas for your homeschool day? Help is on the way!

Tick Tock, Tick Tock…

Can you hear it? Are you “burning daylight?” If you have ever experienced a series of days, weeks or even months when you felt like you just could NOT get on top of all you had to do, you are not alone. Juggling homeschooling and homemaking can be challenging—or so we’ve heard!

Whether you’re struggling with managing your day, or simply looking for encouragement and fresh ideas for tackling your list of things to do, you will enjoy hearing from the heart of busy homeschool mom of seven, wife and author, Heidi St. John.

You’ll laugh out loud, learn some of Heidi’s favorite tips on everything from home organization to meal preparation, and discover how you can homeschool in freedom and joy.

Are you ready to be encouraged? Then join Heidi in discovering that real moms sometimes serve cereal for dinner—and live to write about it!

Educating the Whole Hearted Child

by Clay and Sally Clarkson  Since 1994, Educating the WholeHearted Child has been a trusted guide for thousands of homeschooling families. This extensively revised and expanded third edition provides a solid biblical foundation for educating and nurturing your children’s hear...

The only way to succeed in this life at the end of the day is to walk humbly with God and ask Him for truth and wisdom. You are a redeemed child of God and can discern counterfeit Christianity when you see it. Dig in and ask God for wisdom!

These are tough cultural times, and they require tough moms, moms who will put on the armor of God and teach their kids how to stand against the enemy. Are you ready to be a tough mom?

These are tough cultural times, and they require tough moms,  moms who will put on the armor of God and teach their kids how to stand against the enemy.  Are you ready to be a tough mom?

Scriptures

1 Peter 2:11

2 Timothy 3:16-17

More Like This From the Busy Mom

One Tough Mom – Don’t let the culture keep you from being the mom has called you to be. Grow in your faith and walk it out in front of your kids. Train them up in HIS ways. Let them KNOW that our God is almighty, sovereign, powerful and REAL!! Be one tough mother.

Dare to be a Daniel: Talking to Your Kids About Standing for the Lord – This is startlingly new territory for parents: explaining why a man is being celebrated as a woman on the cover of a magazine is not something we’re used to talking about. Here’s the thing: If we don’t set a place for the truth of Scripture at the table of our children’s hearts, the world will set out a feast all it’s own.

A Spiritual Crisis and a Crossroad: How Should Christians Respond? – Looking around, it’s clear that many Christians have unbuckled the belt of truth under enormous pressure from the culture. Many pastors have begun exchanging the truth of God’s Word for the easy “truth” of the world in an effort to be “loving,” except that denying the truth of God is never loving. I have to wonder if those pastors who will not stand on the authority of Scripture care more about winning a popularity contest than they do about speaking the truth.

And so, we find ourselves in a full-blown spiritual crisis. So where do we go from here? What do we do?

Resources

Take Hold of the Faith You Long For: Let Go, Move Forward, Live Bold – by Sharon Jaynes  On the outside, many women are well-put-together Christians with trendy shoes, beautiful children, and wide, white smiles. On the inside, those same women are little girls cowering at the edge of the playground, hoping no one notices them, yet still wishing they could join in. They’ve professed faith and know the right things, but they struggle to truly take hold of the life more abundant; that Jesus offers. Instead they settle for a life that’s less than what God has promised them.

In this liberating book, Sharon Jaynes reveals the most common reasons women get stuck with a mediocre, mundane faith. Then she shows women how to break free and move forward, leaving behind the feelings of inferiority, inadequacy, and insecurity that are holding them hostage. She uncovers untapped sources of confidence and courage, equipping women to move from knowing the truth to actually believing it–and living it out boldly in a life marked by true freedom.

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These are tough cultural times, and they require tough moms, moms who will put on the armor of God and teach their kids how to stand against the enemy. Are you ready to be a tough mom?

These are tough cultural times, and they require tough moms, moms who will put on the armor of God and teach their kids how to stand against the enemy. Are you ready to be a tough mom?

Scriptures

Habakkuk 3:1-3

More Like This From the Busy Mom

Dare to be a Daniel: Talking to Your Kids About Standing for the Lord – This is startlingly new territory for parents: explaining why a man is being celebrated as a woman on the cover of a magazine is not something we’re used to talking about. Here’s the thing: If we don’t set a place for the truth of Scripture at the table of our children’s hearts, the world will set out a feast all it’s own.

A Spiritual Crisis and a Crossroad: How Should Christians Respond? – Looking around, it’s clear that many Christians have unbuckled the belt of truth under enormous pressure from the culture. Many pastors have begun exchanging the truth of God’s Word for the easy “truth” of the world in an effort to be “loving,” except that denying the truth of God is never loving. I have to wonder if those pastors who will not stand on the authority of Scripture care more about winning a popularity contest than they do about speaking the truth.

And so, we find ourselves in a full-blown spiritual crisis. So where do we go from here? What do we do?

Resources

Scripture Writing Page

FEARLESS Retreat Info