Real-life Christian Motherhood

Usually I try to post episodes about motherhood centered topics, but this episode is more about navigating extreme difficulties in general, which definitely can apply to motherhood. The difficulty I'll be speaking of here is the grief associated with my dad's recent death. This episode centers on Romans 8:6 — the choice between a carnal mind (death) and a spiritual mind (life and peace) &mda...

I have begged God for ten years to help me not be such an angry mom—to help me not yell and scream at my kids. Due to a recent illness He had begun to do just that and I am utterly amazed. This podcast is about slowing down and saying LESS to our kids instead of more. About how only God’s power can turn a sore throat into a character overhaul. How powerlessness is actually our strength in Him. How...

Listen to two ordinary, imperfect, Jesus-lovin moms—Renika and I—as we hash through our weak spots, encourage each other, and find the strength that comes when we allow ourselves to be honest within the sisterhood of motherhood. *** 📓Cas’s newsletter designed to encourage Christian moms that she has lovingly entitled + the sanitarium +: https://casandersen.substack.com/ 🌟Instagram: @casfromthesa...

In 2012, Missie’s husband of 11 years left her for a family friend. Her kids were 7, 5 and 1. Listen as she talks about her journey of walking with God through a terrible circumstance and all the ways He has remained strong and faithful to her despite everything that has come her way. Missie brings some serious seasoned mom vibes to this conversation and reminds us that it’s not about us being per...

…and a spicy little *bonus chat* about spiritual warfare. Buckle up, Christian mums, because we’re about to talk about the best and only defense against the raging mom-guilt monster: the blood of Jesus. And, of course, because I can’t just sit still and do the easy, acceptable thing, I’m throwing in a complimentary talk about the mildly controversial subject of spiritual warfare. Opinions differ i...

In this episode, Cas interviews her friend Mo about the near death of her second child, and how God used it to begin to unravel the core of Mo’s tendencies toward anxiety. You can find Mo on instagram at @nightsongdoula or @themartinsmakemusic. *** 📓Cas’s bloggy newsletter thingy designed to encourage Christian moms that she has lovingly entitled + the sanitarium +: https://casandersen.substack.c...

In this episode, Cas talks about everyone’s favorite subject: sanctification! Except this mini look at what the Bible says about the oftentimes painful purification process God puts us through won’t leave you with a massive guilt trip and a burdened heart. The Bible is better than that. Sanctification, purification, and holiness aren’t just religious words we throw around when we don’t know what t...

Listen as my good friend Renika talks about raising kids in the Lord when you have no example from your own childhood of how to do that. Renika was raised in a low income, single mother home and she shares how God has helped her overcome the inertia of her childhood so that she and her husband can offer a different, healthier and more God-focused life to her 2 kids. For more information on Cas’s m...

This episode is for those of us who struggle with what to do with the worst moments of parenting—the times we yell, the times we fail, the times when we are overwhelmed with how often we fall. Though these moments are dispiriting, Jesus offers us some advice on how to not lose sight of our walk with Him when we are dealing with them. In this episode Cas shares an expanded translation of Mark 8:34...

Cas spends a few minutes rambling about one of her favorite things about kids, which is how slow they are to judge—how accepting they are. She brings it around to how Jesus, when we allow Him to shine out of our lives, makes us into a person that is child-like in that way. Our kids show us an example of how much of a blessing it is when we are the sort of person that others feel comfortable around...

Have you ever had a situation go so-not-as-planned that you were thrown into a circumstance you never expected? Yeah, that’s what the birth of my first child was like. And I know I’m not alone in this. Many mothers try to plan out the details of their children’s birth but at the end of the day, some of us are reminded we never had that level of control in the first place… kinda like motherhood in...

My baby girl has always been an incredible reader. Today’s episode is her reading Psalm 18 (ESV) to you. Even with her many throat clearings that she throws in there, I think she did an excellent job. Don’t forget to hop over to my newsletter, + the sanitarium +, for more posts centered around Christian motherhood and all the crazy that goes with it!

In this episode, Cas confronts a passage in a Christian motherhood book that she finds not only non-biblical but extremely discouraging and misleading. If you’ve ever felt less than uplifted by some of the heavy handed Christian literature about motherhood out there, this post is for you. You can find the transcript to this episode here: https://open.substack.com/pub/casandersen/p/the-christian-mo...

In this episode, Cas tackles the guilt we feel when someone offers to watch our kids but we don’t feel the strength or willingness to repay the offer. She uses 1 Corinthians 12 (NIV) to show how we can be free from that feeling of guilt because God has given each of us different strengths and different jobs to do for him. We all have different gifts but it all displays God’s power and grace, so th...

This is a story about the time my 2-year-old showed me what real faith over fear looks like. If you’d like to read the post in full, you can find it here: https://open.substack.com/pub/casandersen/p/nigh-nigh-jesus?r=o820w&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

Cas debunks the guilt trip of “you should have known what you were getting into before you had kids.”

This random lady in the thrift store stops to chat with me, give me some unsolicited advice about contraband chocolate, and serves to remind me that I am not alone in my struggles with motherhood. You can find the transcript to this podcast here: https://casandersen.substack.com/p/m-and-ms-behind-the-toilet-paper

In this episode I describe the birth of my 2nd child in 2018 via planned C-section. Birth stories are always unpredictable and this one is no different. You can find the transcript to this podcast here: https://casandersen.substack.com/p/my-second-and-last-c-section

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