The Warrior Mama Podcast

Welcome back to the kitchen table, Bethany welcomes listeners into the holiday season, and while we're all excited, this time of year can pose a few challenges for mamas. Bethany brings her listeners into a conversation on setting our spiritual eyes in the right place so we can feel gratitude and rest while sometimes feeling defeated. Everywhere you look, there is societal pressure to be a certain way. Whether it's on holiday decorating, gift-buying, or the experiences you provide your children. In today's episode, Bethany is revisiting important scripture and reminding mamas of concrete truths to aid them in rerouting their vision of walking with their children during the holidays, especially when we don't feel like we're doing it well. Bethany takes listeners into the story of Martha and Mary from Luke 10:38-42 with a holiday standpoint. Through this, Bethany hones in on the remembrance of setting our hearts in the right place and God's work in our child's life. Through these truths, we can hold tight to God's love and reframe our minds in preparation for the holiday season. Anchoring Scriptures:Luke 10:38-42Hebrews 12:2Isaiah 43, 61:3 Ephesians 210Psalm 103: 13-14, 139 Pray for your children with Bethany’s Free Prayer Guide. Join Bethany in the Motherhood Collective, the place where motherhood makes sense. Bethany would love for you to join her. Learn more about the Motherhood Collective here. Bethany welcomes you to share some of your favorite moments or ask her any questions you’d love for her to chat about on her upcoming episodes. Connect with Bethany: WebsiteInstagram Facebook

Welcome back to the kitchen table. It’s no secret that middle school is challenging, and as Bethany walks her 6th child through middle school, she’s learned a thing or two. Bethany invites listeners into this conversation to help parents prepare, navigate, and understand when interacting with our middle school children. The tween years encompass change for children, and while it’s hard to navigate as a parent, it brings a gamut of challenges for children, too. From overcoming the pressures of society, shifting in their identity, and walking with them during their personhood development, Bethany brings listeners through her journey of 10 things she has learned through her parenthood. The middle school years often leave parents feeling lost, depleted, and unaware of how to walk with their children. Still, Bethany encourages listeners that these are some of the most significant years of work. By seeking the Lord, becoming prayer warriors, and holding tight to the Gospel, we can help our children remember their uniqueness and identity in Christ. Anchoring Scriptures:Jeremiah 29:11 Join Bethany in the Motherhood Collective, the place where motherhood makes sense. Bethany would love for you to join her. Learn more about the Motherhood Collective here. Bethany welcomes you to share some of your favorite moments or ask her any questions you’d love for her to chat about on her upcoming episodes. Connect with Bethany: Website InstagramFacebook

Welcome back to the kitchen table. Bethany invites listeners into a conversation about the unexpected aspects of motherhood. This episode is relatable, raw, and encouraging whether you have one or ten kids. Bethany shares the six pivotal truths she has experienced and continues to experience in her mothering journey. Whether it's the abundance of emotion, grocery store amnesia, or the unwavering dislike of glitter, Bethany reassures listeners that they aren't alone in these thoughts and feelings. Bethany unpacks her six truths but also gives listeners perspectives and scripture to understand these truths through a Gospel light. As women, we have expectations for what motherhood is supposed to look like, but Bethany helps listeners to combat those feelings of being blindsided. But, instead, understand it's ok that motherhood is different than we thought. We were given this role for a purpose regardless if it looks different for everyone, but when put into the Lord's perspective, we begin to see differently. Anchoring Scriptures: Psalm 27 Philippians 4:6-7 Ephesians 2 1 Peter 2:25 Philippians 3 Join Bethany in the Motherhood Collective, the place where motherhood makes sense. Bethany would love for you to join her. Learn more about the Motherhood Collective here. Bethany welcomes you to share some of your favorite moments or ask her any questions you’d love for her to chat about on her upcoming episodes. Connect with Bethany: Website Instagram Facebook

Welcome back to the kitchen table. Bethany welcomes a special guest, Anastasia Corbin, for a conversation on being intentional with our children while creating lasting memories, building confidence, and strengthening their walk with Jesus. Anastasia is the author of Becoming An Intentional Family: Creating Meaningful Memories and Building Confidence in Your Kids, and Bethany has the privilege of sitting down with Anastasia to learn more about her, her family, and the beauty behind her book. Bethany and Anastasia share traditions they have with their kids that help them feel seen, heard, known, and accepted for who they are as individuals. Anastasia shares practical tools for creating a home that fosters a sense of belonging and security for all family members. This episode is filled with ideas, tools, and personal experiences to help other mamas build intentionality within the walls of their homes. More About Anastasia and Where to Find Her: Anastasia Corbin loves to encourage women to live a life anchored in Jesus. She is also passionate about sharing God's Word. Anastasia manages the home while blogging and providing resources that encourage overwhelmed moms to prioritize faith, family, and themselves. The author of Becoming an Intentional Family and co-author of When the Bases are Loaded: Encouragement for Moms to Hit a Grand Slam in Life lives in northern Indiana with her husband Jonathan and their four children. When she is not writing, Anastasia enjoys digging into God’s Word, singing on the Worship Team, and reading while sipping on coffee. If she had a day to herself, you would find her on the beach reading a book. FacebookInstagramPinterest Order Becoming An Intentional Family Free Gift for Readers Bethany welcomes you to share some of your favorite moments or ask her any questions you’d love for her to chat about on her upcoming episodes. Connect with Bethany: Website Instagram Facebook

Welcome back to the kitchen table. Bethany welcomes you to the table this week with a personal story about her late father in connection to how as warrior mamas, we can fiercely know and understand our children but, most importantly, so they can know and see their need for God. Bethany brings listeners into 1 Thessalonians 2:11-12 as she dives deeper into the three truths for discipling our children. She hopes to provide encouragement, experience, and perspective on how we can model for our children in all different facets of life. Just as Jesus invites us to know him and be with him, we can actively get to know our children, invite them in, and get fierce about bringing them toward Jesus, even in the small moments. Bethany welcomes you to share some of your favorite moments or ask her any questions you’d love for her to chat about on her upcoming episodes. Scriptures: 1 Thessalonians 2:11-12 Connect with Bethany: Website Instagram Facebook

Welcome back to the kitchen table. Join Bethany and her dear friend Caroline as they celebrate Bethany’s 100th episode by continuing their question-and-answer series. Fellow moms have submitted questions regarding various topics and seek Bethany and Caroline’s experience and wisdom. Whether you are battling sleep regression, wondering if more kids are the right choice for you, or how to adequately help your teen on their faith walk. This authentic episode allows you to sit closely with Bethany and Caroline as they answer questions from moms around the world. Thank you for joining and celebrating Bethany on her 100th episode of When God Breaks Through. Where to find Caroline:InstagramWebsite Bethany welcomes you to share some of your favorite moments or ask her any questions you’d love for her to chat about on her upcoming episodes. Connect with Bethany: Website InstagramFacebook

Welcome back to the kitchen table. This week Bethany is joined by a dear friend, Caroline Collie. Bethany and Caroline welcome listeners to join them at the table as they answer questions asked by fellow moms. Listen as Bethany answers questions that other moms are facing in their own lives. Bethany and Caroline provide valuable insight and tangible tools to help other moms as parents and on their own walk with Jesus. Whether you are raising young kids or teens, this episode has a little bit of something for everyone. Bethany and Caroline are authentic in sharing what works for their families while providing encouragement and reassurance for other moms. Gentle and Lowly Mama Bear Apologetics Different Child Different Needs Where to find Caroline: InstagramWebsite Bethany welcomes you to share some of your favorite moments or ask her any questions you’d love for her to chat about on her upcoming episodes. Connect with Bethany: WebsiteInstagram Facebook

Welcome back to the kitchen table. This week Bethany is joined at the table with Gabe and Andrea Olson, the authors of The Big God Books series. As parents, we use books as learning tools for life moments and to provide our children with a deeper understanding of the world. Books help kids understand something without having to experience it themselves. Bethany sits down with Gabe and Andrea to learn more about the series and how we can use these beautiful books to bring God's work to life through tangible stories. Bethany shares her experience using this series as a powerful conversation tool and an avenue to justify her children's feelings. In this episode, we learn about the real-life moments that have inspired Gabe and Andrea's books. But also the importance of using this series as a reminder of God's goodness. We live in a world of hopelessness, and using these stories helps children of all ages to talk about God's miracles. Connect with Gabe and Andrea: Gabe and Andrea Olson are small business owners, founders of Overflow Worship, authors of The Big God Books and mom and dad to three girls. They are from small town Minnesota and their mission as children’s book authors is to share about the unique miracles (some big, some small) happening in everyday life. At first, The Big God Books were originally created to preserve the miracles they had seen in written form for their three growing children to open up the conversation about God, faith, prayer and miracles in their own home. Now, it’s become their goal to spread the message of hope, that God still does miracles today. And to provide tools that help other families also have these monumental, and beautiful conversations with their children, too, so words like “God, miracles, prayer and faith” are part of daily life. InstagramFacebook Purchase the Books Here and receive a free audiobook. Use code WARRIORMAMA for another 10% off your entire order. Connect with Bethany: Website Instagram Facebook

Welcome back to the kitchen table. This week Bethany is joined by a dear friend, Rachael Adams, for a beautiful conversation. Motherhood is an extremely high calling, a glorious undertaking, and the most important job in the world. Yet, we can lose ourselves in seeing our significance. Many mothers can get lost in the mundane tasks of the day-to-day, from washing bottles, playing hide and seek with pacifiers, and rallying through the car pickup lines. As life moves forward and culture places value on the bigger and better, we lose sight of our significant contributions. Rachael and Bethany speak light on the impact of the little moments and our true impact on the world by raising our children. This episode provides hope, and inspiration and speaks enormous value on the role that God has specifically chosen for you. Connect with Rachael: Rachael is a mother to two, a writer, a podcaster, and a true southern mama. She and her husband, Bryan, run a family business and farm in Kentucky with their twochildren, Will and Kate, and two doodle dogs. Her mission is to help remind other mamas of their significance and that their life matters. Website InstagramListen to her Podcast Buy A Little Goes A Long Way: 52 Days to a Significant Life Connect with Bethany: Website Instagram Facebook

Welcome back to the kitchen table. Join Bethany as she closes out the series of going back to the basics of the Gospel. During this series, Bethany has unpacked the Gospel in a way that helps listeners lay the foundation in all aspects of life, including motherhood. Each day brings new challenges, obstacles, and opportunities that have us posing the question of our purpose. We must reset our minds each day and remember that our purpose isn’t to check off the list, to be perfect or the best. But instead, our purpose is to glorify God. Bethany uses scripture to help listeners understand our purpose and the glory of God himself. Inviting him in, staying focused, and allowing his power to flow through us will radically change our lives. When you set your focus on God, the more he pours out of you. Allowing ourselves to lean on him and sit with him brings our purpose to the forefront, which will apply to all aspects of our life. Are you longing to reset your mind in motherhood? Join Bethany and come learn how! Anchoring Scriptures: Isaiah 43: 4, 7 Philippians 1 Ephesians 5 Collasthians 1: 28, 29, 2 2nd Corinthians 5 Connect with Bethany: WebsiteInstagram Facebook

Welcome back to the kitchen table. Bethany is excited for you to continue with her through the back-to-the-basics series. For the past couple of weeks, Bethany has been walking listeners through the depths of the Gospel story. She has shed light on a lens that applies to all parts of life, not just motherhood. This week Bethany is unpacking joy and its ability to uproot despair. In motherhood, we wear our hearts on our sleeve, and many places make us feel despair. Bethany uses scripture and metaphors to help listeners understand that joy is not an emotion we feel, but instead, it’s the ability to see what Jesus has done for us. Throughout this episode, Bethany speaks light on understanding God’s grace and how he provides us with security and confidence. Jesus walks beside each of us, wanting to show us what true joy is. But, we first must recognize grace by holding tight to his word and delighting ourselves in him. Joy truly can uproot our despair, but we must first let it. Are you longing to reset your mind in motherhood? Join Bethany and come learn how! Anchoring Scriptures: Galatians 5:22John 15Psalm 37: 4 Connect with Bethany: Website Instagram Facebook

Welcome back to the kitchen table. This week Bethany invites you to continue to walk through the basics of the Gospel. Bethany hopes that through this series, you can begin to lay the foundation of God’s truths in all different walks of your motherhood and that this becomes a common language in all avenues of your parenting. Bethany unpacks the idea of grace and not only that it’s given to us, but what it truly means. Bethany shares inspiration and admonition about the power of God’s grace. She communicates through personal stories while providing scripture representing the grace God offers us. Grace extends us kindness, but while grace is forgiving, it’s also a reminder that he is present with us through all moments. It’s a gift, you don’t earn it, but he offers it freely and abundantly. Grace always provides us with much more than we deserve. Grace is Jesus himself. Are you longing to reset your mind in motherhood? Join Bethany and come learn how! Anchoring Scriptures: Romans 52 Corinthians 9:8, 12:9 Titus 3:4-7 Connect with Bethany: Website InstagramFacebook

Welcome back to the kitchen table this week. Bethany is welcoming you into her continuing series that brings listeners back to the basics of the Gospel. We make mistakes as mothers, wives, daughters, friends, and women. Mistakes are an inevitable part of life. But, so often, we let mistakes define us. Bethany is diving deeper into God’s mercy and encourages listeners to hold onto the truth because the enemy leads us to believe our mistakes have made us worthless. Bethany shares a personal story as a metaphor to help listeners understand that your mistakes are forgiven, and God is rich in mercy. She unpacks truths around God and his mercy. Mercy is one of the most precious gifts of life. When we fall short, he offers us an opportunity to learn, grow, and turn to him for guidance and direction. Even on the darkest days, he sees through the mistakes and offers his astounding love with mercy and grace. Anchoring Scriptures: Ephesians 2:4-7Ephesians 5:2 Gentle and Lowly by Dane Ortlund Are you longing to reset your mind in motherhood? Join Bethany and come learn how! https://bethanykimsey.mykajabi.com/sales-page Connect with Bethany: Website Instagram Facebook

Welcome back to the kitchen table this week. Bethany is welcoming you into a series that brings listeners back to the basics of the Gospel. So often, motherhood has us constantly searching for the best advice, the right parenting models, and the perfect products. Often, motherhood brings us to our weakest points and leaves us feeling inadequate. But Bethany reassures listeners of God’s heartbeat for us. Bethany encourages listeners to relay the basics of the Gospel to pull apart the truths and provide wholeness to our lives, not only in motherhood. Bethany shares a raw moment in her parenting where she bought the lies of the enemy and let feelings of inadequacy flood her mind. Bethany hopes to help listeners understand that God is committed to meeting our needs, and he meets our inadequacies with kindness. By layering these foundations, we can begin to see through the lens of the Gospel and God’s grace. Anchoring Scriptures: Ephesians 2:7 Gentle and Lowly by Dane Ortlund Are you longing to reset your mind in motherhood? Join Bethany and come learn how! Connect with Bethany: Website Instagram Facebook

Welcome back to the kitchen table. Motherhood can feel incredibly overwhelming, chaotic, and the farthest thing from peaceful. Bethany thoroughly knows and understands those feelings on her journey through parenting eight children. Life can often feel like it’s spinning out of control, and we need to control the chaos to obtain peace. In today’s episode, Bethany gives listeners encouragement and scripture to hold to Jesus’s word that he is our peace when we are in the midst of a storm. Motherhood will always contain chaos but in the middle of the chaos stands Jesus. But, run to the one who can calm the storm. Jesus offers you a protective barrier, but it comes because you run to him with a presentation of our requests. Bethany reminds listeners of the importance of practicing prayer, supplication, and thanksgiving, and with these practices comes peace because the request is in his hands. Anchoring Scriptures: Mark 4Luke 8Matthew 8 Philippians 1-4 Join Bethany and The Warrior Motherhood Collective Connect with Bethany: Website Instagram Facebook

Welcome back to the kitchen table. Bethany is wrapping up her series, filling a mama’s toolbox. In this series, Bethany is providing moms with the essential tools to lay the foundation for the calling as Deuteronomy 6 mothers. In today’s episode, Bethany is offering phrases on how to speak life into your children and how to purposefully engage them in having a kingdom mindset. How can we see today inside God’s long-term plan? It can be a struggle for mamas, but Bethany’s ultimate goal today is to provide you with hope. Kingdom mindset is about sitting in the presence of Jesus, and Bethany gives insight into a language you can use to speak to your children for connection and spiritual growth and to point them to the Savior. These conversations are natural and happen during errands, activities, and bedtime, but Bethany advises using these moments as a purposeful way to speak to your children. Being in the presence of Jesus is sitting at his feet and listening to his words. They need parents to model and be the lead learner. Conversations around wisdom and discernment are more effortless when you can begin having natural conversations around a kingdom mindset. Anchoring Scriptures:Deuteronomy 6 Join Bethany and The Warrior Motherhood Collective Connect with Bethany: Website Instagram Facebook

Welcome back to the kitchen table. Bethany continues her series, filling our toolboxes with the essential tips and tools as we lay the foundation and navigate to our calling as Deuteronomy 6 mothers. Bethany helps listeners by providing experience and knowledge to help keep God’s truths ever-present with our kids. Today, she shares tips to help your children develop the necessary interpersonal skills to help them in relationships with us, siblings, peers, and other authority figures. She hones in on four concepts you can put in your toolbox to help your children grow their skill set. Being a problem-solver Being a peace-maker Making an excellent appeal Being a prayer warrior Bethany breaks down the four concepts by providing concrete examples and ideas for implementing these concepts into conversations with your child and modeling who God is by providing our children with wisdom and insight. Anchoring Scriptures:Deuteronomy 6 Join Bethany and The Warrior Motherhood Collective Connect with Bethany: Website InstagramFacebook

Welcome back to the kitchen table. Join Bethany as she welcomes you into a new series about equipping mamas with the necessary tools to help you have Gospel-centered conversations with your children. Bethany provides practical tools to help you walk and talk with your children from a biblical sense but, most importantly, offers peace, effective communication, and confidence in your parenting journey. Bethany explores character growth with four tools to help you walk with your child in purposeful ways: Catechism Reading Read-alouds Room Time The greatest joy is pointing our kids to Jesus, reminding them of his love, and these practical tools begin to lay the foundation for pointing our children to what the Gospel is all about. Anchoring Scriptures:Deuteronomy 6 Join Bethany and The Warrior Motherhood Collective Connect with Bethany: Website Instagram Facebook

Welcome back to the kitchen table. In today’s episode, Bethany is visiting a concept that needed a reminder in her household, kindness. In today’s world, words are spewed out without much thought, and now more than ever, it’s essential to teach our children the effect of our words and the importance of being kind. Bethany talks about how it’s necessary to teach our children the importance of being kind and equip them with the tools and understanding of why. Bethany refers back to the Gospel for the framework we call our children to. Bethany provides scripture to help listeners understand what Jesus says about kindness and to guide our children to speak words of life to others. Bethany challenges her listeners to take the extra step to encourage and teach their children about kindness and the importance of putting themselves in someone else’s shoes. Scriptures for Kindness: Matthew 121 Corinthians 3Ephesians 4:14 Join Bethany and The Warrior Motherhood Collective Connect with Bethany: Website Instagram Facebook

Welcome back to the kitchen table. Bethany is continuing her series on communication and, most importantly, helping listeners understand their mindsets and what God says about communication. In today’s episode, she is plugging in the practical. Bethany begins to lay the foundation of connecting by providing listeners with a few steps they can implement when communicating with their children. Bethany provides deeper reasoning behind children’s big feelings and how to navigate with practical tools to gain a connection with our children. We live in a distracted society, but Bethany shares the basics of connecting that strengthen communication with our children and the Lord. Bethany also shares how allowing big feelings and communicating about those feelings is the beginning stage of discernment. We guide them towards gospel conversations by valuing connection and communicating even through the big feelings. Scriptures for Connection and Communication: Psalm 19:14James 1:19 Join Bethany and The Warrior Motherhood Collective Connect with Bethany: WebsiteInstagram Facebook

Welcome back to the kitchen table. In today’s episode, Bethany continues her series on communicating with children. She reminds listeners of how God communicates with us through his words, attention, and consistent pursuit. Bethany is beginning the framework in communication by starting with the youngest age, babies, and toddlers. For listeners who have older children, Bethany provides encouragement and reassurance that this is a starting point to make a change as a way to plant communication inside of the Gospel. Join Bethany in 1 Thessalonians 2 as she institutes these ideas as a way to begin or reroute the way you communicate with your children. She challenges listeners to take a deeper look into understanding their identity and heart position when communicating with their children. She introduces practical ideas as a starting point in terms of words, actions, and attention as a foundation to begin communicating in a way that speaks words of truth as we lead our children forward on their walk with Jesus. Join Bethany and The Warrior Motherhood Collective Connect with Bethany: Website InstagramFacebook

Welcome back to the kitchen table. Bethany reminds her listeners of the meaning behind the kitchen table. It’s an invitation to friendship, where you can listen, grow, and strengthen one another through God’s word. How do we communicate with our children in a culture that struggles to communicate? Bethany dives deeper into answering this question as she unpacks a new series. As mothers, we must teach our children to properly communicate despite their emotions, especially in times of anger, hurt, distress, and helplessness. Communication is a crucial component of kingdom living, and Bethany helps listeners understand and develop the framework to communicate with their children the way God speaks with us. She helps hold parents to a higher standard and become positive example settlers by mimicking God’s way of communicating. Bethany discusses the importance of using questions, conversations, and word pictures during difficult conversations to help our children develop the ability to speak the way Jesus would. We are extended an invitation to communicate with our children the way God communicates with us, and through scripture and prayer, we can begin to develop the framework. Related Scriptures:Mark 9 Join Bethany and The Warrior Motherhood Collective Connect with Bethany: Website Instagram Facebook

Welcome back to the kitchen table. In the next coming weeks, Bethany will be unpacking a new series but first begins to lay the foundation that despite the roles you play or what you have to offer God, he is here solely for a relationship with you. Bethany shares with listeners how we often slide down the slippery slope that our relationship with Jesus depends on our roles as mothers, daughters, wives, friends, and careers. During this episode, Bethany unravels Mark 6 and applies it to motherhood and the expectations we feel to check the boxes to become the perfect Christian mom. Bethany provides truth in his word that God is compassionate, patient, and, most importantly, welcoming you into an intimate relationship with him regardless of what you bring to the table. She hopes to help listeners gain truth, understanding, and peace on their walk in motherhood and as kingdom daughters. Bethany welcomes you to share some of your favorite moments or reach out with any questions. Connect with Bethany: WebsiteInstagramFacebook

Welcome back to the kitchen table. In this week’s episode, Bethany is joined at the table by Melanie Redd for a highly relatable and essential discussion on rest. Rest is a struggle for many mamas, and many moms don’t even realize their lack of rest. Melanie sits with Bethany to provide insight, share her experience, and truly offers encouragement in using those little moments to rest with Jesus. An essential place to fill our souls with rest and peace is through the moments we spend with the Lord. These moments, big or small, can refill our hearts and give us deep rest. Melanie and Bethany share manageable ways to find rest with the Lord and discernment on recognizing your need for rest. This episode is filled with hope for encouragement and a guide to help listeners lay it down to rest with the Lord. Connect with Melanie: Website Just Rest Devotional Diary Bethany welcomes you to share some of your favorite moments or reach out with any questions. Connect with Bethany: Website Instagram Facebook

Welcome back to the kitchen table. Bethany is sitting down with a very special guest, Candice Reyes. Bethany and Candice sit down for a compelling episode on what it means to be in God’s word but genuinely understand it and its role in motherhood and life, even in moments where you feel doubtful. Candice shares her own story and how she struggled to trust God, but she shares how that trust was unveiled and how she began to see what a redeeming God he truly is. Both Candice and Bethany share vulnerable moments and honest truths about their struggles. But, they hope to empower listeners to seek God and truly bask in those moments with him. Listeners are reminded that we all experience pain, heartbreak, and loss, and while in those moments it can feel painful but God wants our healing more than we want it for ourselves. This episode provides hope during a journey of healing but also stands as a reminder that God doesn’t expect perfection. He only expects us to be present with him. Related Scriptures: Isaiah 43 James 1 2-4 Learn and Connect with Candice: Candice Reyes is a Speaker, Podcast Host, Author, and Educator. Candice wrote two books both highlighting 3 Biblical Practices to ignite our relationship with God. Candice is the Executive Director of Hooks2Crook Ministries, Inc. Hooks2Crook is a Non-Profit that loves God and inspires others to know and love Jesus through Biblical teachings that encourage obedience to God’s calling as they progress from a fisher-of-men to a shepherd guiding new disciples of Jesus Christ. On top of all that she is a wife of a phenomenal artist, Elias Reyes, and a mother of three a-dork-able kids ages 23-14. Candice hopes to encourage, equip, and endorse others to step out in faith utilizing their God-given talents and gifts for His glory. WebsiteInstagram Bethany welcomes you to share some of your favorite moments in motherhood and she always encourages you to reach out with any questions or comments. Connect with Bethany: Website Instagram Facebook

Welcome back to the kitchen table. This week, Bethany welcomes Trudy Lonesky to the table, where they discuss how to walk with your teenage daughters in a kingdom-driven and gospel-centered way. More specifically, in times of anxiety or when pressures of society feel too heavy. As women, we feel extensive pressure from the media, culture, and our own circle. Both Bethany and Trudy share personal experiences of how they have walked with their daughters in times of anxiety and darkness but, most importantly, how they get Jesus at the forefront of these moments. Bethany hopes through this conversation that, she can provide hope to the moms who might be walking through this path of darkness. Keep focused on the promise from God, and he hasn’t left you. Both Bethany and Trudy provide words of affirmation and truths from God that he is on your side, and while these times feel tough, God chose you as the parent of your children. Related Scriptures:Psalm 911st Corinthians 13Isaiah 40:11 Connect with Trudy: Website Instagram Trudy’s Book Bethany welcomes you to share some of your favorite moments or reach out with any questions. Connect with Bethany: Website Instagram Facebook

Welcome back to the kitchen table. Bethany is wrapping up her series of finding summertime rhythms to help you and your family endure less chaos and more enjoyment with one another while being able to unpack the word of God during everyday routines. This week Bethany is discussing rhythms of contributions and expectations of your children. Do you find chaos unravels in your homes during the summer? There are more dishes in the sink, towels lying around, and outside toys brought indoors. Bethany discusses the importance of establishing rhythms of expectation and contribution from our children to make our households operate more smoothly. She defines the difference and provides concrete examples of helping our children understand their role in daily household tasks. Bethany helps listeners bring gospel conversations to life by helping children understand their role in the family and loving one another through contribution. We are discussing how our individual actions play a role in the betterment of family life. When we assist our children by building relationship skills and giving them autonomy in decision-making skills on their contributions, it helps us become shepherds guiding our children to the Lord. Related Scriptures:Galatians 6:6 Bethany welcomes you to share some of your favorite moments or reach out with any questions. Connect with Bethany: Website Instagram Facebook

Welcome back to the kitchen table. This week, Bethany continues her series on mothering in the summertime and finding rhythms that help your family find rest and connect to the Lord through gospel conversations. Bethany invites listeners to learn more about establishing a rhythm of connection in your home by showing hospitality, grace, and glorifying God in your home. Bethany hones in on 1st Peter:4-8 and the importance of loving earnestly. She reminds listeners that just as God has called us to set the pace within our homes, he also named us as shepherds of building connections within the walls of your home. Both love and sin are contagious, and they can run through our homes. This summer, Bethany is hoping to help listeners set a temperature of love to help build the connection that ultimately leads to a more rested household and lays the foundation for children to find spirit-sourced love. Related Scriptures: 1st Peter:4-8 1st Corinthians 13 Bethany welcomes you to share some of your favorite moments or maybe some of your most difficult moments of motherhood. Connect with Bethany: Website Instagram Facebook

Welcome back to the kitchen table. Summertime is right around the corner, and while it brings excitement and warmer weather, it also brings a change of pace with new rhythms. In this week’s episode, Bethany discusses the foundations for laying down compelling rhythms with a gospel perspective. Bethany provides listeners with a purposeful word picture that will help listeners develop tools to lead their children towards our great shepherd during times while allowing for rest and rhythm within the summertime routine. In this episode, Bethany focuses on developing an effective morning routine that will not only give both you and your children rest but will restore the soul so kingdom work can follow. Bethany emphasizes the importance of setting aside time for God in the morning and how to help children connect to God’s voice, and she teaches listeners about the effectiveness of room time. Bethany hopes that listeners will feel restored, and while summer brings a new change of pace, we can also develop a new mindset to help you parent with a gospel perspective while enjoying this time with your children. Related Scriptures: John 10 Psalm 23 Bethany welcomes you to share some of your favorite moments or maybe some of your most difficult moments of motherhood. Connect with Bethany: Website Instagram Facebook

Welcome back to the kitchen table. In this week’s episode, Bethany and Candace jump right back into their conversation on handling anxiety, worrying, and panic. Candace continues to unpack her wisdom on how God walks with us even in those dark moments. His perfect love protects us. Candace helps listeners find a healthy way to address their anxieties while bringing themselves back to the truth. Bethany and Candace provide personal experience and tools that have helped them in moments where they are wrestling with anxiety. Anxiety can lead you to believe you aren’t a good mom, a good Christian, and that you are the only person battling these feelings. But, these feelings are rooted in lies from the enemy and, in these moments, bring God in. Bethany sits with Candace as she shares her story, her experiences, and the struggles she has encountered on her journey through anxiety to help listeners who are struggling with these same feelings. The Questions for Anxiety Where to find Candace: Website Shop Candace’s Books and Resources Instagram Bethany welcomes you to share some of your favorite moments or maybe some of your most difficult moments of motherhood. Connect with Bethany: Website Instagram Facebook

Welcome back to the kitchen table. In this week’s episode, Bethany is blessed to be joined by her sweet friend, Candace. Bethany and Candace talk about how we handle anxiety, worry, panic, and all of the emotions we well up inside. And they apply what we hear in the bible and intersect it with real life. Candace has suffered from crippling anxiety for as long as she can remember. Today, she shares her story to offer the healing that God has brought into her life and hopes to encourage listeners that you are more than your anxiety. It does not define you. She provides hope that God will lead you through this and he has not abandoned you. Bethany and Candace use a Gospel lens to help you shift your focus and bring it back to the truth. Candace reminds us that God holds us perfectly even in the fire. The Questions for Anxiety Where to find Candace: Website Shop Candace’s Books and Resources Instagram Bethany welcomes you to share some of your favorite moments or maybe some of your most difficult moments of motherhood. Connect with Bethany: Website Instagram Facebook

Welcome back to the kitchen table. In this week’s episode, Bethany invites you to join her at the table as she discusses the purpose of the pause. In motherhood, we are often in the thick of crazy as we move fast, and Bethany guides listeners in finding the purpose in the pause. Bethany guides listeners in helping find the purpose by using reflective questioning and taking a deeper dive into uncovering the truth or lies beneath our reactions. The pause has been pivotal for Bethany in her motherhood and can offer: Insight and understanding into your child’s heart See more clearly who Jesus is Helps you understand yourself and the lies you are believing The pause offers you a chance to invite God in, have gospel conservations, and reflect and determine how to restore in situations rather than yield with scripture. Bethany encourages listeners to grab a piece of paper and answer these questions to help them get alone with God and set their minds on him. These questions can help listeners understand in what ways they can apply the pause to their lives and how to invite God in. Have you ever taken time to pause? Have you ever thought there was purpose in the pause? Have you ever prayed specifically for yourself? Have you allowed him to be the source of your comfort? Have you asked him to increase your awareness of who he is? Related Scriptures: Colossians 3: 1-4 Galatians 5:18 Psalm 51:12 Bethany welcomes you to share some of your favorite moments or maybe some of your most difficult moments of motherhood. Connect with Bethany: Website Instagram Facebook

Welcome back to the kitchen table. This week Bethany is joined by dear friend, Caroline. Caroline offers not only a wealth of wisdom but encouragement along with personal experience in understanding how God comes through when we are walking through painful moments. All of us have walked through moments of grief, pain, or struggle where we turn to God for perspective or for a clearer understanding of the bigger picture at play. In this episode Caroline shares her personal story that will help listeners understand the importance of trusting God in hard times. But, also the power that prayer truly offers. God writes incredible stories, and he invites us to walk through these moments with him. Trust is a powerful thing and God is worthy of us trusting in him. Related Scriptures:Psalm 84: 11 2nd Peter 3: 8-9 Use discount code WARRIORMAMA for $10 off Caroline’s Bible Study on Perspective sign-up here Where to find Caroline: InstagramWebsite Bethany welcomes you to share some of your favorite moments or maybe some of your most difficult moments of motherhood. Connect with Bethany: Website Instagram Facebook

Welcome back to the kitchen table. This week Bethany sits at the table with her good friend, Shelley. Bethany and Shelley talk about the stretch and struggle mothers face with work and home life. Shelley provides a faith-based perspective on engaging in both work and home life while finding a rhythm and rest instead of balance. Culture wants us to be balanced moms but unfortunately, reaching balance requires us to place effort into one thing over another. Shelley encourages listeners to find harmony by focusing on the most important things. Shelley and Bethany talk about the importance of making God a priority and how abiding can help you understand your identity, say yes to the things that matter most, and release the grasp of balance. As moms with a lot on our plates, it’s essential to define the few things God has given us to steward and relinquish the rest. Shelley refers to Acts 17:28 as a way to help her prioritize finding rest and rhythm in her journey. In him, we find rest. Bethany welcomes you to share some of your favorite moments or maybe some of your most difficult moments of motherhood. Connect with Bethany: Website Instagram Facebook Learn about Shelley: Shelley is a professional pianist turned entrepreneur and mother of four. Shelley is a mentor, coach, and leader of women to help them become all God created them to be. She has an online community, “Cultivate, " a community designed to equip, empower, and encourage other women of faith in business, motherhood, and faith. Where to find Shelly: Instagram: Cultivate_legacy and Shelley Tyson Website

Welcome back to the kitchen table. This week Bethany is wrapping up her series When the Practical Meets Jesus with a conversation that dominates our culture, social media. In this episode, Bethany visits phones, social media, gaming, and how the Gospel meets each one of those things. Bethany reminds listeners of the five components in hopes that these will become a natural tool for you to use when you come against something challenging, and the five main points can help you navigate through new situations. We understand that we are shepherding a soul in need of a Savior. We rely on God for His wisdom and perspective. We are consistent in our messaging. We pray, and pray. We speak words of Life. The Gospel truth. Social media has come to dominate our culture and often convinces adults and children it is where you find happiness and peace. Of course, our children at a young age are asking for devices, but Bethany uses wisdom and discernment as the best tool to have difficult conversations. Bethany gives listeners insight on a word picture to help your children understand the importance of God’s wisdom in using these devices. Bethany encourages listeners to share their own stories and experiences of being deceived by social media. Social media is a great place to walk alongside your children to help them grow in wisdom while they become a student of themselves. Related Scripture: Jeremiah 17:9-10 Deuteronomy 11:12-16 Hebrews 2:1 Collosothaisn 2: 2-4 James 1 Bethany welcomes you to share some of your favorite moments or maybe some of your most difficult moments of motherhood. Connect with Bethany: Website Instagram Facebook

Welcome back to the kitchen table. Bethany is thrilled to have you join her as she continues the series When the Practical Meets Jesus. The past few weeks, this series has allowed listeners to look at real-life moments in motherhood through the lens of the Gospel. This week Bethany’s conversation on dating stems from a place where many mothers, including herself, have found themself seeking guidance. Bethany talks with her listeners from a place where the Kimsey family has landed. These are techniques and conversations that have worked in their household. Bethany uses the five core components in tackling these moments in a culture extremely focused on dating, outward appearances, and attachment to others. We understand that we are shepherding a soul in need of a Savior. We rely on God for His wisdom and perspective. We are consistent in our messaging. We pray and pray. We speak words of Life. The Gospel truth. Bethany encourages listeners by speaking on the three components that the enemy uses against our children in dating. She provides experience in rooting conversations in wisdom and purity. Purity is a three-fold entity consisting of emotional, physical, and spiritual purity, and they are three-legged stools that work together. While conversations regarding purity can feel challenging, Bethany offers guidance and experience to assist in these difficult moments. Bethany welcomes you to share some of your favorite moments or maybe some of your most difficult moments of motherhood. Connect with Bethany: Website Instagram Facebook Grab: Who I am in Christ The Beauty from Within Scriptures: 1 Samuel 16:7, Proverbs 11:22, Proverbs 15:13, Psalm 139:14-15, Ephesians 2:10, Proverbs 27:19 Related Episodes:Episode 24

Welcome back to the kitchen table. Bethany is continuing the series Where Practical Meets Jesus, where we can look at real-life moments in motherhood through the lens of the Gospel and effectively apply it to motherhood. This week Bethany is having a conversation around those moments when our children disappoint us by their actions or life choices. Bethany points listeners back to the framework of the five components: We understand that we are shepherding a soul in need of a Savior. We rely on God for His wisdom and perspective. We are consistent in our messaging. We pray. We speak words of Life. The Gospel truth. She hones explicitly in on prayer and its power in these moments where we can no longer demand or control the choices children make. Bethany emphasizes the importance of engaging with our children in a way that when the world with all of its offering comes to an end. They will know where true peace and joy are found. Bethany talks to listeners about how to partner with God and utilize prayer. She encourages listeners to turn to God for him to show you the things your kids are struggling with and pray scripture that speaks to those struggles. Related scriptures on how to pray: Luke 11 Psalm 116: 1-2 Psalm 40: 1 Colossians 1 If you’re struggling to get started with prayer, reach out to Bethany here to grab your free prayer guide. Bethany welcomes you to share some of your favorite moments or maybe some of your most difficult moments of motherhood. Connect with Bethany: Website Instagram Facebook

Welcome back to the kitchen table. Bethany is continuing the series Where Practical Meets Jesus, where we can look at real-life moments in motherhood through the lens of the Gospel. This week Bethany is applying the five pillars to tantrums. She provides listeners with the framework to look at these moments with a Gospel lens. Listen in as Bethany offers encouragement for both understanding and approaching tantrums in your households. While using all five pillars in these moments is essential. Bethany reminds listeners of the importance of the 2nd truth. asking for God’s wisdom and how you can better dissect your child to bring the Gospel to bear in these difficult moments for your child. Temper tantrums can be brutal but Bethany delivers encouraging guidance on how to have life-giving conversations that pivots them to the only one who will help them. Related Scriptures: Psalm 103 13-142nd Thessalonians 5: 14-18 Bethany welcomes you to share some of your favorite moments or maybe some of your most difficult moments of motherhood. Connect with Bethany: Website Instagram Facebook

Welcome back to the kitchen table. Bethany is continuing the series Where Practical Meets Jesus, where we can look at moments in motherhood through the lens of the Gospel. This week, Bethany is visiting a prominent place where we all struggle in motherhood: sibling rivalry. Sibling rivalry is a place that can cause frustration, anger, and sin. Bethany is continuing to plug in the 5 truths and discusses how to apply and hold them in these moments with our children. We are shepherding a soul that needs a savior. We remember that even during times of rivalry. Ask for God’s wisdom. Use this time to ask God for a clear vision of what your children need. Seek God for eyes to see and engage in those places. Be consistent. Pray, pray for your children, and pray to see your children through God’s lens. Speak words of life to your children. Bethany provides two scriptures for you to pray with your family, talk about them, and display them throughout your homes. 1 Corinthians 13 Colossians 3: 12-17 Bethany shares her own experiences and tactics that have worked in her household in dealing with sibling rivalry. She offers tangible tools and helpful ways to plug these five pillars into daily life. Related Sibling Rivalry Episodes: Episode 7 & 8 Bethany welcomes you to share some of your favorite moments or maybe some of your most difficult moments of motherhood. Connect with Bethany: Website Instagram Facebook

Welcome back to the kitchen table. Bethany sits down to continue the series on where the practical meets Jesus. The heart of these conversations is to engage in the real-life moments that we experience as mamas but understand them from a gospel perspective. This week, Bethany is visiting a topic that she has experienced in her household, also stemming from a conversation with a mama whose child is battling comparison in academics. Bethany reminds her listeners of the five truths that need to be put in place : We are shepherding a soul that is in need of a savior Ask for God’s wisdom Be consistent Pray Speak words of life to your child God has designed each of our children uniquely and has gifted each child with different talents and strengths for kingdom work. And, when our children are wrestling with feelings of not measuring up, we must sit with them and understand what they are hearing, what they are feeling, and then remind them of their unique gifts. Bethany uses her five pillars to help you understand your child’s thoughts and how you can walk together in truth in what God speaks over them. Bethany encourages us to see our children’s struggles from a bigger spiritual perspective. And, to ask ourselves what is the truth your child needs to hear right now to combat those lies? Bethany welcomes you to share some of your favorite moments or maybe some of your most difficult moments of motherhood. Connect with Bethany: Website Instagram Facebook

Welcome back to the kitchen table. This week, Bethany is tackling conversations that are constantly circling through motherhood that most mamas have, have had, or will have. The why won’t my baby sleep, or will my child ever be potty trained conversations. Bethany provides practical advice that intersects with the Gospel, allowing mama’s to rest easy and remember that YOU are the chosen one for your child. While sleep training, potty training, and character training can serve as struggles in our motherhood, they are also holy places where God invites you to hold his hand. When we stay practical yet intertwine the Gospel, we understand that we were invited into motherhood because God entrusted this soul in you because he believes you are the best mama for this child. During these moments of defeat, we can turn to the Lord to ask for help, guidance, and perspective to better understand the heart and soul of this child. Bethany provides us with five ways to take truth from the word to apply it to our children during these moments of motherhood. 1. Understand there is a soul that is in need of a savior.2. Ask God for wisdom. Seek a plan by turning to God.3. Choose consistency. 4. Pray. Pray. Pray.5. 1 Thessalonians 5:11 Encourage one another and build each other up. Speak words of life to your children. On the days when you have done everything when you are struggling and dismayed. Be not dismayed. I am your God. Fear, not mama, I am with you. Isaiah 41:10 Important Scriptures: Psalm 121:2 Proverbs 3 James 1:5 Isaiah 40: 11 Jeremiah 33:3 Bethany welcomes you to share some of your favorite moments or maybe some of your most difficult moments of motherhood. Connect with Bethany: Website Instagram Facebook

Welcome back to the kitchen table. Bethany sits down with Natalie Hixson, who shares her testimony, struggles, and triumphs with anger in motherhood. Natalie's story is relatable, and it's a battle that many mothers are going through silently. Natalie and Bethany offer hope and guidance in giving it to God during these unbearably messy moments in motherhood. Natalie shares methods in understanding our emotions, reining them in and learning to seek God first. Turn these messy moments back to the Lord, sit with him, and use these as moments of learning. Natalie helps us to clearly understand what destructive anger looks like, and she provides us with amazing tools to create awareness around the triggers to help you gain more control over outbursts. Natalie uses the sit and pray technique to work through those challenging moments where we need a break. Separate, inhale, tune in to what you're feeling. And then invite God into the equation. God is walking with you. He is committed to you even during those difficult moments of motherhood. About Natalie: Natalie is a wife, mother, and certified professional life coach who helps discouraged Christian moms from overcoming destructive anger and burnout. After learning to thrive in motherhood and process anger in a healthy way, Natalie became convicted to help other moms avoid those dark years of motherhood by helping them to appreciate and process their anger, learn to identify their triggers, and ultimately control their reaction to those triggering situations. She enjoys her own motherhood journey by hanging with her husband Mike and their three daughters in beautiful Bozeman, Montana. She recharges with Jesus, coffee, and adventures with her family like skiing in the winter, hiking in the summer. Trigger Tracker Where to find Natalie: Website Blog Social Bethany welcomes you to share some of your favorite moments or maybe some of your most difficult moments of motherhood. Connect with Bethany: Website Instagram Facebook

Welcome back to the kitchen table. This week Bethany is joined by an amazing woman, mom, and friend, Joy Pitner. Bethany and Joy take a deeper look beyond the cultural narrative that as women and mothers, we need a glass of wine especially after the tough days. We are culturally conditioned to turn to everywhere but Christ in moments of overwhelm or even in times of celebrations. But, instead of picking up that glass of wine when you need a re-set, take a moment and let Jesus realign and reframe you. By asking yourself these questions, you can better equip yourself to stand in truth and stay grounded in scripture rather than let the world define truth for you. Where is my heart? What is going to bring me peace? What is going to heal my wounds? Joy floods us with wisdom and reminds us how Jesus is our mainstay. He is bigger than natural knowledge, and by standing on promises, we can begin to shift our perspective into seeking the Lord to realign us. Jesus is bigger than all of the other things, and even when you seek him at the end of a tough day, there is no judgment because he calls us. And by reminding ourselves through the Gospel and scripture, we can combat the cultural normals and remember that God is bigger than all things. About Joy: Joy lives in South Carolina on a small homestead with her husband and two children. Joy has a passion for gospel-centered hospitatitly, and loves delighting people with food, creating inviting spaces, and teaching others simple ways to do the same. Find Joy on InstagramWebsite Bethany welcomes you to share some of your favorite moments or maybe some of your most difficult moments of motherhood. Connect with Bethany: Website Instagram Facebook

Welcome back to the kitchen table. Are you feeling the constant stretch and pull of the world? Are you running a race that you can’t possibly win? This week, Bethany dives deeper into understanding the spiritual race and how to run it while staying anchored in God’s truth. Bethany shares her feelings and experiences of overwhelm, anxiety, apathy, and anger. She talks about how the lies from the enemy whisper powerfully inside of us during these moments of weakness. But, we must identify these lies and take a deep breath of God’s grace and mercy. We live in a culture that has shaped us to believe that failure and success equate to our identity. We are led to believe that our end result is what matters. But, in fact, our identity is given by God. Our identity was created at the cross, and we are provided a beautiful role. Bethany offers scriptures for how our identity is declared in Jesus Christ. Philippines 3:9, Romans 8, and Ephesians 2:10. Jesus Christ is the source of our worth and our dignity. We can stand in his truth regardless of what obstacles are thrown our way. God wants to run this with you, and we need to return to understanding who we are in the gospel. Colossians 3:1-4 speaks to the spiritual race so profoundly, and Bethany encourages you to keep this one in the forefront of your mind. And while you may need to reset your mind each day, remember that God’s mercy, grace, and love flow over you even on the hard days. Grab the link for the Massive Truths that will speak to your soul on the hard days, calm the anger on the mad days, and quiet the anxious thoughts. Bethany welcomes you to share some of your favorite moments or maybe some of your most difficult moments of motherhood. Connect with Bethany: Website Instagram Facebook

Welcome back to the kitchen table. This week Bethany sits down with Jennifer Pepito for a fantastic conversation on battling feelings of fear, guilt, and shame when it comes to mistakes. Not only mistakes that we make as parents but also walking through our children’s mistakes. As moms, we battle with fear, especially when it comes to parenting. And, when our children make mistakes, we can instantly experience guilt, embarrassment, and failure. Both Bethany and Jennifer provide a wealth of wisdom on how we can combat those feelings and how we can join our children and walk through mistakes without shame. But instead by applying grace and forgiving ourselves. Parenting isn’t perfect, but God did not intend it to be. And, he doesn’t shame us when we make mistakes. It’s a calm conversation. In moments where we meet our children with shame, rage, and big emotions, we can step back and ask God for forgiveness and turn to scripture to guide us through our mistakes. We are often overcome by fear when we raise our children because we want them to love God, have a happy life, and follow Jesus. And, oftentimes we focus on behavior and performance, and fear mistakes. Where instead we can learn to walk by their side offering reconciliation and forgiveness when your child might fall from the path. But, with the Gospel and Jesus, we can remind ourselves that we are beloved by him and extend this grace to our children. Bethany welcomes you to share some of your favorite moments or maybe some of your most difficult moments of motherhood. Learn more about Jennifer Pepito: Jennifer Pepito is a homeschool mom of 25 years and the founder of The Peaceful Press , a company committed to providing families with curriculum that promotes connection between parents and children. Her efforts to give her own seven children a Charlotte Mason inspired education led her to create affordable and life giving curriculum for others. Her resources have been used by thousands of families and earn rave reviews. Jennifer’s writing has been featured in several online and print journals, including Wild and Free, Commonplace Quarterly, and Home Educating Family. She also speaks at conferences and retreats, including the Wild and Free conference, Christian Home Educators Association, and Arise. Instagram Website Connect with Bethany: Website Instagram Facebook

Welcome back to the kitchen table. Over the past few months, Bethany has had many conversations on parenting daughters. But, this week, Bethany is joined by her friend Christie for a discussion on parenting boys. Bethany and Christie discuss challenges, struggles, and the triumphs of parenting their sons. This episode provides biblical ways to talk about the difficult encounters our children might face. Providing us with ways to help our sons work through anxiety, worry, and discouragement. As parents, we may struggle with finding exactly how to guide our children through the tough moments. And Christie provides listeners with journals and books that help boys navigate those struggles with their parents. Listeners are also reminded that we can bring it to God in those messy moments of parenthood and seek him for answers and guidance. And he will provide wisdom and guidance for the next moment. Invite God in, and remind your sons that God is also by their side during the great moments but also during the challenging ones, too. We learn how to become students of our sons as they become men and how to fill them with the holy spirit during their faith walk. Bethany welcomes you to share some of your favorite moments or maybe some of your most difficult moments of motherhood. More About Christie: Christie is a mom to three boys, author, and founder of Little Shoots Deep Roots. Christie uses tiny little habits to grow deep faith roots in her family. Find her books here: The Mother and Son Prayer Journal Quinn Says Goodbye Quinn's Promise Rock Connect with Bethany: Website Instagram Facebook Check out the upcoming event: The Great Exchange: Where the Gospel Meets Our Moments Conference Sign-up

Welcome back to the kitchen table. Bethany is so excited to have you join her this week in celebrating a new year. This week, Bethany discusses the importance of reminding yourself that God is always near. While a new year brings resolutions and goals, it can also bring feelings of worry, concern, and unease about what is to come. Bethany brings wisdom, valuable scripture, and a reminder that God is near to you, and he is your refugee. In this episode, Bethany discusses her plans of What God Breaks Through will bring this upcoming year. She is so excited to have you join her with your cup of coffee at her kitchen table as she talks about speaking the truth of the Gospel to your children and how we can stand anchored in his truth. We are on a constant battlefield but staying anchored in God's word, growing wiser, and understanding our sacred privilege of being a representative of reconciliation can help us to combat the enemy. Bethany hopes to help you learn and grow in your spiritual side of motherhood and to know that God is our strength, and he is near our children and us so our hearts can rest instead of wrestle with the outcome. You can head to Bethany's website to share comments, questions or drop a quick note. You can also subscribe to her newsletters for encouragement, free resources, new content, and more. Bethany welcomes you to share some of your favorite moments or maybe some of your most difficult moments of motherhood. Connect with Bethany: Website Instagram Facebook Links Mentioned in Today's Episode Manifesto

Welcome back to the kitchen table. This week Bethany sits down with her good friend and mentor Sandra Stanley to begin the conversation about understanding the lie of balance and accepting that as mothers we don’t have to do all the things. Sandra shares how she has learned to live with purposeful presence in her seasons with her children and how she has learned to say no confidently. She shares the importance of learning more about the perimeters of your current season of life. Sandra provides wisdom, encouragement, and understanding that God has a perfect plan for each one of us. As featured in today’s episode, here are the journal pages to help you identify the lies that you’re hearing and change the way you are thinking. https://view.flodesk.com/pages/60d0e421cfb7978901ae2e93 You can also find Bethany on Facebook and Instagram @bethanykimsey to share what your favorite stage with your child is and some great moments you had with them then! Meet Sandra StanleySandra and Andy Stanley founded North Point Ministries in 1995. They’ve been married 33 years and have three children, ages 28, 27, and 25. Sandra is the author of two women’s devotional books with companion videos—Comparison Trap and Breathing Room. Her ministry passion is promoting foster care in the local church. She received her undergraduate degree from Georgia Tech, and a Masters of Biblical Studies from Dallas Theological Seminary. Much of her time these days is spent working on various writing projects, and continuing her involvement with Fostering Together – the foster care initiative at North Point Ministries. sandrastanley.com App Store:Comparison Trap AppBreathing Room App

Welcome back to the kitchen table. This week Bethany is addressing the question, how can I be intentional with my kids when I am feeling burnt out? Many moms out there are probably feeling this way, you want to teach, have meaningful conversations, and plan fun activities. But, at the end of the day you feel defeated, burnt out, and you don’t have the energy. Bethany is walking in the same exact shoes, but she gives guidance, encouragement and scripture to help you find a middle ground. When we let the Holy Spirit tend to us, it begins to reframe our minds to be set on the gospel. God is the only one who can fill us when we feel defeated, and overwhelmed in motherhood. Bethany shares how she must see, hear, and constantly be reminded of the truth that Jesus says. She engages with the five truths when she reaches feelings of overwhelm, anger, or resentment. The Five Truths When Life Feels Crazy God Chose You- Matthew 11:28-29 God Engages and Listens- Psalm 116: 1-2 & Psalm 66:19 God Leads and Equips You- Isaiah 42:16 & Isaiah 40:11 God Has Compassion on You- Psalm 103: 13-14 God Brings Peace- Psalm 62: 1-2 & 1 Peter 1:2 In moments of mess, God has compassion for you, he longs to help you and will be your peace. Head to Bethany’s website to share comments, questions, or to drop a quick note. You can also subscribe to her newsletters for encouragement, free resources, new content, and more. You can also find Bethany on Facebook and Instagram @bethanykimsey to share some of your favorite moments or maybe some of your most difficult moments of motherhood.

Welcome back to the kitchen table. This week Bethany invites you to sit down with her and her three daughters, Kendall, Abby Grace, and Anna Claire. For the next few weeks, Bethany sits down with her girls to have conversations on how moms and daughters can interact and how the gospel plays into their relationship. They visit how different temperaments, struggles, world experiences, and scenarios play a vital role. Bethany hopes this is a time where you as a mom can understand a bit more clarity on how you can partner and walk with God as he engages and guides your children on their journey. Bethany and her daughters discuss five concepts that will guide their conversations throughout the next few weeks. The girls share how they struggled, combatted, and persevered. Identity: Understanding where you find identity and where you are tempted to find an identity. Comparison: What does it look like? How does it motivate and blind you? Perfectionism: How does it play into your mindset. Surrender: How important it truly is. An Active Army: The idea of being actively engaged in a faith walk with the lord. The girls share ways that their parents helped them throughout their journey with Christ and how honesty, presence, consistency, and a strong support system can put them on their path with Jesus. Head to Bethany's website to share comments, questions or to drop a quick note. You can also subscribe to her newsletters for encouragement, free resources, new content, and more. She is always available to chat, listen, or guide you in the direction that you need. You can also find Bethany on Facebook and Instagram @bethanykimsey to share some of your favorite moments or maybe some of your most difficult moments of motherhood.