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Monica Geyen

Monica Geyen is a wife to Chad and homeschooling mother of seven children. A former lawyer, she loves to teach the Bible to women and children, and she writes and speaks on a variety of topics related to marriage, motherhood, and missional living. You can find her at her website.

Tell the Truth About Children

Tell the Truth About Children

While the world calls kids burdens, God calls them rewards, gifts, and blessings. As moms, do our casual words sound more like the world or like God?

Sabbath for Moms: How to Practice Rest with Kids

Sabbath for Moms

How to Practice Rest with Kids

Some mothers struggle to find rest because we think too narrowly about rest. What are some creative ways for women to rest in the busyness of motherhood?

Miscarriage Led Me to Mercy

Miscarriage Led Me to Mercy

The grief of miscarriage can devastate and isolate, but even in our deepest, most secret sorrows, we can draw near to one who is already acquainted with them.

Big Prayers for Everyday Motherhood

Big Prayers for Everyday Motherhood

How can mothers possibly intercede for their children during little moments dominated by massive messes?

Eternities in Little Moments: What Gives Motherhood Its Glory

Eternities in Little Moments

What Gives Motherhood Its Glory

If we want our children to love Jesus in all of life, they need to see us love him in all of life — including the little moments each day.

Is the Church Breeding Loneliness? Interview with Rosaria Butterfield

Is the Church Breeding Loneliness?

Interview with Rosaria Butterfield

If we want our church or small group to feel more like a family, we will probably have to give up more of our privacy.

‘The Baby Was There’: Why She Fled Planned Parenthood

‘The Baby Was There’

Why She Fled Planned Parenthood

Unplanned portrays the journey of former Planned Parenthood clinic director Abby Johnson — from naïve accomplice to a repentant, pro-life activist.

Boundaries Will Not Cure Codependency: Interview with Rosaria Butterfield

Boundaries Will Not Cure Codependency

Interview with Rosaria Butterfield

Rosaria Butterfield explains why codependency is common in the church today, and offers a number of diagnostic questions to ask about friendships.

Let Your Little Children Come to Me

Let Your Little Children Come to Me

If only time would stand still. These little years go so fast. But the greatest joys await, as we learn to let them grow to him.

For Every Scar That Mothers Bear

For Every Scar That Mothers Bear

Motherhood is not for perfectionists and is certainly not pain-free, but the scars we bear are temporary and unite us with the One who died for us.

True Beauty in a Victoria’s Secret World

True Beauty in a Victoria’s Secret World

A Letter to My Daughters

Precious daughters, the world confuses sexy with beautiful, alluring with lovely. Do not be deceived. True beauty is found in Jesus.

Stay-at-Home Disciple-Makers

Stay-at-Home Disciple-Makers

Five Ways Moms Live on Mission

Stay-at-home moms can make disciples for Jesus in the regular rhythms of motherhood.

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