MomLife Ministries Podcast
Welcome to The MomLife Ministries Podcast with Melanie Hill and Christy Crosby. Being a mom is messy yet lovely in a very real way! We are here to help moms of all ages and stages feel encouraged, supported, and spurred on in their faith journey toward Christ. We want to take this journey together through all kinds of seasons and stories. Our hope is that you leave this show feeling a little more valuable and a little less alone. As a part of MomLife Ministries, INC, podcast topics will follow along with the greater MomLife Ministries curriculum. Season One: Seeking Jesus, Finding Beauty Learn more about MomLife Ministries at momlife.org. …………………………. Editing: Angela Edwards Music: "Another Successful Day" BoDleasons Graphic Design: Melanie Hill
Episodes
Beautiful Mess: Seeking Jesus, Finding Beauty… in Summer!
Let’s talk about summer! For moms, the thought of summer can come with a whole range of joy or dread or some uncertain mix of both. One of the messiest parts of being mom is the constant need to transition—from one growth stage of our kid(s) to the next, from work to rest, from season to season. It’s always keeping us on our toes! Join Melanie and Chris...
Beautiful Mess: Seeking Jesus, Finding Beautiful CONNECTION.
We all need help—in faith, motherhood, marriage… life in general! And yet it can be so hard to ask for it and accept it. Why is that? Join Melanie and Christy as they talk about some steps we can take to inform, strengthen, encourage, and prove our belief in Christ that will build our confident hope in who he is and what he is able to do. Which will ...
Beautiful Mess: Seeking Jesus, Finding Beautiful CONNECTION.
Melanie and Christy are joined with friend and special guest Tabitha Dowdy. Tabitha serves on the MomLife Ministries Board of Directors and Planning Team and she serves as the Kids Ministry Director at her local church.
Listen in as they talk about how both the idea and follow-through of obedience can be challenging. But also how it serves a...
MomLife: Messy. Lovely. Real.
Melanie and Christy are joined with some special friends: Tabitha Dowdy, Alicia Mullinix, Megan Evans, and Sydny Simpson. All of these women serve in various ways as leaders of local MomLife groups. Listen in as they talk about the importance of building community among fellow moms and specifically why they felt the nudge to spend time investing the lives of others.
We hope that as...
Beautiful Mess: Seeking Jesus, Finding Beautiful CONNECTION
Melanie and Christy are joined by friend and special guest Stephani Cook. Stephani has had a long career in school psychology and she also loves writing, and speaking; she serves on the Board of Directors of MomLife Ministries as Vice President. She has been married 30 years and has two adult kiddos. She is passionate about helping others to impr...
Beautiful Mess: Seeking Jesus, Finding Beautiful CONNECTION
Marriage is hard. It holds great beauty and is also overwhelmingly messy at times. Melanie and Christy share some things that they have learned to be helpful in building and maintaining connection in marriage.
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Beautiful Mess: Seeking Jesus, Finding Beautiful CONNECTION
As we think of all of our relational connections, there’s both beauty and mess. A common messy connection for women can be with our in-laws. Because it’s a common question and struggle we hear from moms, we want to take an extra episode to share some specific encouragement about how to build connection in these special relationships. And a big pa...
Beautiful Mess: Seeking Jesus, Finding Beautiful WISDOM
Join us for this special Q & A episode! Melanie and Christy are joined with friend and special guest Jenn Powell. Jenn serves on the MomLife Ministries planning team as the Director of Fun and she works full-time as a physical therapist. Listen in as they respond to questions sent in by moms! Questions like: How do we battle entitlement in our ki...
Beautiful Mess: Seeking Jesus, Finding Beautiful WISDOM
Melanie and Christy are joined with friend and special guest Jenn Powell. They have a candid conversation around the hot topic of how to seek the wisdom of Jesus in the hard decision about schooling your child(ren). We get it—it’s hard! It feels weighty and important, and as moms we want to make the very best choice possible. Our goal isn’t to give y...
Hard things happen. It’s uncontrollable and oh so uncomfortable. So when they do, how do we respond? How do we get through? Melanie & Christy help to define what perseverance is and how it’s possible. They also share tips for how to build perseverance in our kids.
Discussion questions:
What have you learned through the experience of hardship?
- Beautiful Truths: Romans 5:4-5 and Psalm 34:17-18. How a...
Beautiful Mess: Seeking Jesus, Finding Beautiful WISDOM
Christy welcomes special guest Lauren Groves, a mom of two and lover of Jesus. She is thoughtful and kind, and always looks to point women toward the wisdom of the Lord. She is a licensed professional counselor that specializes in trauma and children; she has a heart for helping others walk in the freedom that Christ offers.
Listen in as they discuss...
Beautiful Mess: Seeking Jesus, Finding Beautiful WISDOM
Christy talks about Hagar’s story in Genesis and she will guide you through a reflection to get ready for the new year.
We need your help to shape our February podcast episodes. We will be talking about How we seek Jesus in the midst of the mess? Is there a mess you are facing that would like to hear us discuss… Email us at info@momlife.org.
Beautiful Mess: Seeking Jesus, Finding Beautiful PURPOSE
Melanie and Christy are joined with special guest Starr Cliff. Starr is a speech and language pathologist with her local school system. She has been married for 25 years and has 3 children, ages from 18, 20, and 21. Starr loves people and loves walking with them through seasons of mess and/or beauty. Listen in as Melanie, Christy, and Starr discuss ...
Beautiful Mess: Seeking Jesus, Finding Beautiful PURPOSE
Melanie and Christy are joined with special guest Janey Pitts. Janey is an author and speaker with a vivacious spirit and calling to serve the Lord. She is passionate about inspiring others to become the person God has created them to be in their families, relationships, and overall lives. She has a Masters Degree from Southwestern Baptist Theologic...
Beautiful Mess: Seeking Jesus, Finding Beautiful PURPOSE
Melanie and Christy are joined with special guest Sara Turnquist. Sara is a writer who desires to speak into the spaces of women’s lives where they are struggling: with momming, with faith, and with life in general. Her presence is kind and full of warmth and grace. She always has a good story to tell and we just know you’ll be encouraged by her wor...
As we seek Jesus we find beautiful faith and also beautiful purpose. Some of the messiest things we face are the questions of: Who am I? Why am I here? What is my purpose? If we are seeking Jesus to help us with answering those questions, we will find stability and security in who he has created us to be. He has given us an identity of great value and a calling of great purpose—whether that is on display in f...
Melanie & Christy are joined with special guest Megan Evans. Megan's a wife, mother, & writer, She is passionate about spurring others on to know & walk at the pace of Jesus. She has a beautiful website—unhurrymyheart.com—where she offers encouragement for hurried hearts who want to be still. She’s a beautiful follow on IG @megan.m_evans, offering snippets of peace, joy, & calm into your ...
Beautiful Mess: Seeking Jesus, Finding Beautiful FAITH
We encourage you to save this episode to listen to outside as you take a prayerful walk in creation. But even if you can’t, we know Jesus is present wherever we are, whatever we are doing. Melanie describes what it would be like to literally take a walk with Jesus and then guides listeners through some scripture and prompts for a time of prayer.
Build ...
Beautiful Mess: Seeking Jesus, Finding Beautiful FAITH
Melanie and Christy talk about what it looks like to seek Jesus through the practice of reading scripture. We know it can feel daunting and overwhelming, or like you don’t have the time or space to add it into your hectic schedule. Listen in as they share tips and encouragement for why scripture is necessary to building your faith and finding help for...
Beautiful Mess: Seeking Jesus, Finding Beautiful FAITH
Melanie and Christy talk about the beautiful example our own faith journey can be for our kid(s) as they are navigating their own.
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