easpennerNov 23, 20212 minThe Beauty of Rest in Our MotherhoodIt shouldn’t be like this, you know? This continuous feeling of being steamrolled by our own motherhood. Sheer exhaustion. Day in. And...
easpennerNov 20, 20212 minBroken HallelujahI can't ever get through this song without tears. Without goosebumps. Without imagining every word. Without wanting to fall straight to...
easpennerNov 17, 20212 minGod's Sweet, Amazing GraceFive cups of hot chocolate and a Netflix Christmas movie. That's how Friday night ended. That's not how, however, how Friday night...
easpennerNov 15, 20213 minSometimes, God lets you break...Sometimes, God has to let us break to piece us back together again. Sometimes, God has to allow our layers to peel back, exposing our...
easpennerOct 11, 20213 minMotherhood is Too Beautiful Even for SatanI want to let you in on a little secret, sweet mamas. Satan will never stop trying. He will never, ever stop trying to destroy your...
easpennerAug 26, 20213 minOur Children Always Deserve Our GraceThis was the scene last night of a mighty, mighty battle… …a little boy taking on the world with his strong will and terrible threes… …a...
easpennerAug 24, 20213 minBeauty From Ashes in a Broken WorldWe can end this tireless tirade the enemy has sweeping the world right now, you know? We have this incredible ability to stop it...
easpennerAug 5, 20212 minThey'll always remember a mama who digs into life with them..."I think they'd really like it if you got into the lake with them today," my husband whispered. I knew he was right. But, I had become a...
easpennerJul 26, 20212 minI went to church on the water...I went to church on the water last week. Not in a church pew. Not singing hymns. Or with a Bible in my lap. Rather, I found God under the...
easpennerJul 8, 20212 minWhat if this is the year God set the world afire in His name?God knew about this past year, you know? He already knew. He knew it was coming. What if this is the year He has been waiting for, as the...
easpennerJul 4, 20212 minThe Bittersweet Beauty of SurrenderIf you’ve ever had a relapse with your anxiety, you just know. You know the wave of exhaustion. You know the unshakable fear. You know...
easpennerJul 1, 20212 minYou don't need a spotlight to hold God's attention...Some of us will never make it big. Some of us will never have anything go viral. Some of us may never be truly known by more than a few....
easpennerJun 29, 20213 minThe Golden Moments There are these moments. You know the ones. The ones that bring us to our knees. Shake us to our absolute core. Causing us to come...
easpennerJun 26, 20212 minMotherhood is Humbling Yourself in God's NameWithin 28 hours of this photo being taken... I watched my baby have an asthma attack. I walked into the ER just before 2:00 AM. I caught...
easpennerJun 24, 20213 minThe Worthy Ministry of Stay-at-Home Mamas"When did being 'just' a stay-at-home mom become not enough?" I can’t remember the exact context of the conversation. But his words...
easpennerJun 15, 20212 minDear Dads, You Set the Standard for Your Daughter“I don’t deserve this, Mommy and Daddy,” she whispered. Just loud enough to compensate for the sizzle of the boiling pasta water and...
easpennerJun 6, 20211 minA Prayer for My DaughterDear Daughter, I pray the world never gets so loud that you can no longer find God's voice. My prayer is never that you win every race;...
easpennerMay 25, 20212 minYour Worth, In Him“You won’t find it in there,” He sternly nudged. “You never will. What you are looking for cannot be found in your phone. In social...
easpennerMay 21, 20212 minTo the Homeschooling Mama: the Quiet, Unsung HeroI never thought I’d be a homeschooling mom. For twelve years, I got up and was ready to be out the door and in a classroom as an...
easpennerMay 19, 20212 minGod Meets Mothers Have you ever stopped to think about just how often God meets mothers? For, mothers? Their to-do lists never end. Their minds never stop...