Gather Moms

Some say it takes a village and we agree. In biblical terms, it takes a genealogy and one that is full of moms with all sorts of backgrounds to bring about the Savior of the world, Jesus. Our Christmas mamas series had to include the ones listed in the telling of the Christmas story found in the book of Matthew where we see Jesus' scandalous family legacy that includes a list of five women. Women,...

Mary, did you know? Of course she did. The angel Gabriel delivered a startling message to this unmarried teenager that she would be the mother of the MESSIAH and she BELIEVED. She went on to live out a life that proved she knew her God and believed what He said and gives us hope that we can be that kind of mama, too. Join us for this look into this famous Christmas mama and for a little Christmas...

O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree! It's December and we're finally feeling all the Christmas vibes, including rethinking the flocked Christmas tree. We should be singing, "O Christmas tree that makes a mess." This month on the podcast we're honoring our Christmas MAMAS who are central to the birth of Christ. Elizabeth is not usually included in the age-old Christmas pageant, but she is a miracle...

God can use any MAMA to accomplish his purposes. It might be a MAMA who has to lay down motherhood and it might be a MAMA who picks up the gift of motherhood. We know this as adoption. The Gospel is the definition of adoption because God adopts us into his family and becomes our spiritual parent. This is the theme of Season Two: MAMA that we see qualities of motherhood in God, that he then passes...

Come sit around the podcast table as we throw it back to the OG with the very first woman ever created. She was butter to Adam's bread and jelly to his peanut butter. Apparently food is a good metaphor because it shows up in another OG story called the fall of man. The start of motherhood arrived after Eve's exit from the Garden of Eden and included pain in childbirth. Sad day for every-MAMA-after...

My eight year old daughter innocently reminded me that even though people speak in different languages, we all laugh the same. Laughter translates across languages, emotions and even throughout history. Our MAMA today is infamous for her laughter in the Bible. Sarah didn't just laugh...she laughed and lied to God. I think we all would laugh if we were told pregnancy was on the horizon as we peeked...

Covering two MAMA's at once definitely deserve two episodes. We could not take leave from this story of sister-wife drama without highlighting a moment of holy teamwork. Jacob, Leah and Rachel huddle up in the field and make a plan to save their children's inheritance. Twelve boys definitely equals a basketball team but it also comprises God's chosen tribes of Israel. We can be thankful for these...

Pop Quiz: What product once used the jingle, 'Double your pleasure, double your fun'? If you guessed Doublemint Gum then you get a point. Our Bible MAMAS, Leah and Rachel, could have starred in that commercial for their role in today's story. This episode sets the stage for our sister wives who are constantly competing for their husband's love and affection. Jacob's jingle sang more like, 'Double...

Have you ever heard of Mama Sophie? Sophie is short for the Syrophoenician woman found in Mark 14. We meet her in her most desperate hour when she is begging Jesus to heal her daughter. She is a mess of emotions and relentless in her request. This might describe all of us Mamas at one time or another. When it comes to our children, we cannot be stopped. God was persistent in his gospel endeavors t...

We all long to be seen; for others to see our value and our contribution. In Lydia's story, we learn how God sees us, calls us critical to His plan on Earth, equips us and gives us power. This boss babe, powerhouse may or may not have had children of her own. What we do know is that she exemplified the heart of a mother that draws others in and makes spaces available so that others can feel loved...

Because motherhood is woven into the heart of women, you don't have to have children in your home to be a MAMA and Lydia proves that. This fashion-industry boss babe became the first European convert to Christianity and the first European church was started out of her house. Lydia shows us how we can bring others in; into our groups, into our prayer time and into our homes. As mamas, we can be inc...

Shoutout to the GrandMAMAs in the Bible!  Just as we have looked at biblical mamas in a new way, we can also look to the grandmas for life lessons and character goals.  Naomi experienced great loss in her lifetime and thought there was nothing good left.  God surprised her with an ending far beyond her imagination.  Her life and legacy live on in scripture and challenge us to attract others to Jes...

Traditional grandmas are for the movies. Our modern-day Grandma wears trendy sneakers, is a 'Coupon Queen' and would do anything for her grandbabies. Naomi, from the Old Testament, is reminding us that God's people are not immune to heartache and loss. Her deep suffering incited a bitter heart, but she found herself restored by God's blessing of a new family and grandson. We are loving the winsome...

Bathsheba was a mama? YES. If you've heard her story before, you may have think of Bathsheba only in terms of the first four letters in her name: BATH but her story is about so much more. God took this victim, turned her into a champion and helped her champion her son, Solomon, and then stuck her name right in the lineage of Jesus. Our broken places are not the end of our story and God wants to br...

Don't believe all the hype that paints this Biblical woman onto a roof. Bathsheba is a MAMA who chose to be a champion instead of a victim. All the wrong that was done to her and her family could have quite literally broken her. Instead she rose up and committed herself to live out a legacy of forgiveness and wisdom as the wife to King David and the mom of four boys. Rebecca sees so much beauty in...

When your life doesn't go how you expected it (we're lookin at you 2020), then you know what it is to be Hannah. She expected to have babies but instead had none and was absolutely heartbroken. BUT GOD showed up in her darkness and answered her prayers and she dedicated that answered prayer back to the service of our God. Mama Hannah shares a beautiful connection with one of our favorite new testa...

Hannah expected the life of normalcy with a loving husband and lots of kids. Her story takes an unexpected turn with a barren womb and her husband must take another wife in order to continue his family line. Infertility is not foreign to moms in our modern day. Hannah's deep desire to be a mom is poured out to God in the temple year after year and aggravated by a mean sister-wife. Kate helps us di...

Shout out to Season 2 of the Gather Moms Podcast!!  We are so excited to begin this series called Mama.  Put on your gold-rimmed aviators as we look anew at women of the Bible and imagine them as the neighbor down the street.  What can we learn from them?  What struggles do we share with them?  Their stories and wisdom span the test of time and we are going to glean it all with some modern tweaks...

Our girl Rona has been giving us great content all season, but guess what? We done! We'd like to put her in timeout but unfortunately we don't have control over worldwide pandemics. Instead we have gleaned all the life lessons we could from Covid in 2020 and we are sharing them here. In this final installment of Season One we are putting a masked-bow on life in the times of corona and laughing til...

We are so excited to introduce you to JENNY. Jenny Worsham is our Neighborhood Gather Director and our dearest friend. In this episode Jenny shares the heart behind reaching moms through our neighborhood groups and the first Gather group she hosted in 2016. She is also a CPA and knows all things money; Jenny keeps us in the green and on task. Over a year ago, Jenny planted the seed in Kate and Reb...

Everyone loves a good before and after. Home reno and makeover shows keep us transfixed on the screen until the exciting big reveal. No one would want to watch if everything just stayed the same, right? As we think longingly about normal life, pre-Covid and dream about returning to a new normal, what if we decided to change our thinking? Instead of just getting back to the same or normal, this cou...

Giving a teased-hair nod with this title to the 80's classic, The Karate Kid and that oh-so-famous line: wax on, wax off. Mr Miyagi was training Daniel-san's muscles for future battles. Have you ever considered that our surrender to wear a mask is also training our spiritual muscles for future battles? Our natural instinct is to choose ourselves and what we think/like/accept. God is asking us to c...

Once upon a time, two young moms met in a women's Bible study at their church. A lifelong friendship of ministry, motherhood and much laughing ensued. Mom friends are a beautiful gift but aren't always easy. Kate and Rebecca discuss the intentional effort needed to nurture the mom friendships in your life. It is worth every second and comes from an overflow of God's love in your heart. Give it fre...

Have you traveled this summer? Better yet, have you gone to the grocery store lately? Leaving our house to do anything quickly reminds us that everything is different. It all takes longer because of masks, sanitizing everything we touch, and trying to give anyone we cross paths with six feet of space. Kate connects us to scripture through the words of David in the book of Psalm and it is soothing...

It's the age old question floating around homes across the world. If not yours, then definitely ours! Who forgot to flush? Teaching our kids to do the simplest things can take a lot of hard work and reminding. HABITS! This bonus episode is all about habits and how to teach them both to our kids and ourselves. Join Kate and Rebecca for a lot of laughs...maybe a little gross...but definitely true. M...