Motherhood

The Mission of Motherhood Book Club Kicks Off January 18, 2024!

After spending the holidays with my two boys, I see now, even more, that God created mothers to have an impact on their children their whole lives. I find myself very involved in being a mentor to all of my children, pointing them to God, believing in their dreams, praying with them, supporting them through rough places. Your children will draw life and beauty from you as long as you live.

 

Yet, as I correspond with thousands of mothers, I find that they grow weary in their task, are confused with all the voices in culture and on social media. They become lost in the weeds of so much differing advice or become weary in the middle of the journey, tempted to compromise their ideals.

 

I wrote Mission of Motherhood to inspire, instruct and lead women to understand the profound importance God had in mind when He created mothers to be civilizers, lovers, teachers, trainers of the very children He entrusted into their arms. I hope the stories, the videos, the encouragement will be a shot in your emotional and spiritual arm to give you strength, wisdom and courage as you face a new year. I am looking so forward to our time together. And be sure that I will be praying for each of you who join me here.

 

Blessings and blessings of His grace and love to you this new year.

What will I learn in the book club? 

Not only will you be inspired by the ideals in the book, you will learn how to practically apply the concepts over the course of six weeks, we will learn how to:

  • Discover and explore the meaning of Biblical motherhood and learn how to faithfully commit our lives to God's design.

  • Mother with the heart of Jesus and learn how to lead through serving.

  • Cultivate and build loving relationships with our children, so we can reach our children's hearts for Christ.

  • Enrich our children's lives and train them to think Biblically.

  • Finish the journey with endurance and grace.

 

When does the book club start?

The book club will officially kick off on Thursday, January 18th  with the first week's email sent straight to your inbox! It will be six weeks long and wrap up February 29th.

 

Does the book club cost anything?

No, the book club is a free benefit for all Life With Sally members! The membership costs $15 a month (and be cancled at any time!) and provides access to hundreds of resources from over two decades in ministry. Learn more about all the benefits of being a member below and if you aren't a member of Life With Sally, you can join by clicking here

 

Where is the discussion happening? I'm not on social media!

The discussion for the book will be happening on the Life With Sally forum and you will get a link to the discussion thread in each weekly email.

 

How does the book club work?

Every Thursday, starting January 18th, you will receive an email that has two (or so) chapters to read from Mission of Motherhood.

 We will dive into those topics in the email and include special resources to help you break down the ideas, inspiration, and principles of the book into small, actionable steps that you can implement in your own motherhood journey. These special resources can include anything from a guided workbook or journal to podcast episodes, Life With Sally content, recipes, or videos. 

 You will also receive a link to that week's discussion thread on the Life With Sally forum where you can unpack all you've learned and swap stories, inspiration, or ideas with other like-minded moms. 


Life with Sally can help you be the loving and faithful mom you want to be. When you become a member of Life With Sally, you are not only helping Clay and me to support our ministry, but you also will gain access to a deep well of lifegiving content from over two decades of ministry, including: 

  • An exclusive video each month where you and I will share a cup of tea and I share what has been on my heart.

  • Curated content from my friends and me on how to cultivate a lifegiving lifestyle in your home and relationships including delicious recipes and inspiration and ideas to create your own lifegiving home.

  • Topical series, podcasts, and courses by me about what it means to be a disciple of Christ and a godly mom from over two decades in ministry.

  • An exclusive, new Bible study each month where you and I will walk through the Scriptures together through special audio teachings and downloadable notes and journals. 

  • Topical unit studies to enrich your family's home education based on Awaking Wonder, and practical and personal insights for your homeschool.

  • An online community of like-minded moms and a members only forum to help you find and connect with your own kindred spirits!

How to access the book club if you are a member of Life With Sally

  • Every Thursday morning, you will receive an email with the assigned reading, special resources, discussion questions, and a link to the book discussion happening on the Life With Sally forum!

  • If you have not received the email (or lost in your inbox), you can log into your account at www.lifewithsally.com and just beneath the new content for January, you will see a button to access that week’s book club content!

How to access the book club if you are NOT a member of Life With Sally

  • To receive access to the book club, you will first need to join the Life With Sally Membership by CLICKING HERE.

  • Once you are a member, every Thursday morning, you will receive an email with the assigned reading, special resources, discussion questions, and a link to the book discussion happening on the Life With Sally forum!

  • If you have not received the email (or lost in your inbox), you can log into your account at www.lifewithsally.com and just beneath the new content for June, you will see a button to access that week’s book club content!

If you have any questions or need help, please reach out to LWSBookClub@gmail.com!

Special Invitation: Come have a (virtual) cup of tea with me!

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I wish you could sit beside me on the wooden porch rockers for a lingering chat with a cup of something delicious.  I would love to know what is swimming in your own heart and to hear your thoughts about life. Meeting with women, hearing your stories and encouraging you through my own stories has brought me great joy over my life.

Even more, though, when I look at the landscape of our culture and the values that are being supported in public arenas, I see that the foundation of family is being destroyed every day. And yet, I believe that a strong family bond, mothers dedicated to building emotional, spiritual and moral strength in the lives of their children and marriages that hold fast through storms of life are more important than ever.

A strong family life is still the best indicator that a person will thrive and be able to live a sustainable life. But the carrying out of these traditional biblical ideals is challenging and lonely at this time of history. These are the messages I would share with you—your life as a mom, wife, and Christian matters more now than ever. And in a world where relationships have been broken, and families have been fractured, all the more, we each need support and encouragement of one another of how to keep building strong foundations for life.

This is why I am excited to announce a new project that has been bubbling up in my heart.  Cultivating Life with Sally is my new membership site designed to encourage you in the areas of motherhood, home, discipleship, leadership, and education.   

Cultivating Life with Sally will be a place to find lifegiving messages from me and my friends along with supplemental materials to help you dive deeper and bring God’s grace into your life and home in new ways.   There will be audios and videos, printable PDFs, reflection questions and more.  The lovely ladies at Storyformed will also be providing bonus content that will not be available anywhere else.

Cultivating Life with Sally will provide a place for me to mentor you toward a deeper relationship with Jesus.  I can’t wait to share with you what I am learning as I study my Bible each day.  My goal is that women will grow in their walk with God and then in turn grow in their capacity to love and serve their husband, children, friends and neighbors. 

Join us in Cultivating Life with Sally- with new content each month, it will be as if we are attending a mini-conference together several times a year.  Doing the leadership intensives in my home has been rewarding but this gives me the chance to share the same encouragement and Bible studies with anyone who is interested. 

During the first few months, we will also have a special study of composers and maybe along the way, artists. This is something that you can listen to with your children, then run to the library for a few of the suggested books and enjoy learning about the lives of some amazing musicians together as a family. 

I will be discussing the book of Hebrews and principles of how to have faith and stay faithful, even when you don’t feel like it. Recipes, traditions, and ideas from our lives will fill your library of resources as we slowly build a treasury of training and ideas over the months.

Here is a little video to introduce you to Cultivating Life with Sally.

 

I hope that you’ll consider joining me at Cultivating Life with Sally.  Registration opens September 5, 2017.

Inviting Your Children To A Home Alive

"The task of building our homes into places of beauty and life that will feed the hearts, souls, and minds of our children is the most comprehensive task to which God has called us as mothers. We are called quite literally to be "home makers" - to plan and shape a home environment that provides our families with both a safe resting place and a launching pad for everything they do in the world."The Life Giving Home 

Relishing the warm summer days, chattering about all sorts of life issues, sharing meals by candlelight makes this time a treasure of memories that I will store up when all are gone next fall. I thought it might be a good time to share a tiny glimpse into our own home life. Home becomes dearer each day, each year as I store up the life we have share here.

The definition of "home" is:

"The place where one lives permanently, especially as a member of a family or household."

While I suppose this very vague definition is true, home is so much more than a shelter where we simply eat, sleep, and gather. It is a place of refuge, a safe haven for our children that is welcoming and beautiful. When I think of home, I think of...

Candles flickering...Familiar Music playing from the other room...

My four children discussing world events, stories, music...Plenty of giggling...

The aroma of freshly baked cookies... Various books in baskets on shelves in every room,

Calligraphy of verses, quotes sprinkled on tables around the house

magazines, Bibles, art prints, family photos...

Strong cups of tea, cinnamon toast, lemon bread, scrambled cheese eggs, ...........

Fresh flowers as often as I find a deal, on display...

Musical instruments-guitar, piano, dulcimer,

A Basketball backboard

Rocking Chairs, art pencils scattered amongst drawings and sketch books

A computer always click clicking with stories and books being conceived, music being scored, blogs being written Darcy, our darling  golden retriever stealing goodies off of someone's plate, tail wagging as she runs off...

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Marie Antoinette was a lamp my mama had in her home for 55 years, and now she stares at us nightly.

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A new favorite book Sarah gave me for Mother's day.

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lOur Den Hearth, always full of books, our musical men from Poland and a wooden cabin a grandfather made for the grandkids to play.

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Cups stacked for whoever might visit any time of day, and the ability to choose one's own favorite. All of these qualities about home are a beautiful part of God's design, but the true transforming power of home goes even deeper. Each family will learn to develop its own distinct way of living out the principles of wisdom God has provided in his Word. Each home unique, a living place of the artist behind the life celebrated there. In the same way, each home should be different and uniquely suited to meet the needs of the children and parents who live there.

I truly believe that the home we cultivate as mothers is the restorative training grounds for our children...a place where they can be discipled and filled with love and care prior to growing up and heading to battle. Let's take a look at what God designed home to be filled with...

Wisdom..."The wisest of women builds her home, but folly with her own hands tears it down." -Proverbs 14:1

Knowledge..."By wisdom a house is built, And by understanding it is established; And by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches." -Proverbs 24:3-4

Peace... "Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace be to this house!’ "-Luke 10:5

Rest..."My people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places." -Isaiah 32:18

God has entrusted you with an incredible responsibility as the "home maker." What will you fill your home with today? Take a moment to complete the reflection and application below.

-Out of the verses above, which qualities of the God-designed home do you feel are lacking, and which are flourishing this season?-What are some practical ways that you could cultivate more beauty and peace in your home this weekend?-What worries/anxieties are keeping you from the God-designed home today?

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