Welcome to the Summer Book Club, a special series for the Hear Him Louder podcast that features three guests and three books in three episodes, all focused on helping you to hear Jesus louder.
Do you need a two-minute timeout with Jesus this summer? Are you a mama who is struggling to hold onto the wonder of summer because the chaos is real?
In this episode, Andrea Fortenberry and I talk about the weary and the wonderful of motherhood as it plays out in summer. What if we could find new and creative ways to meet Jesus even in these days of summer?
Andrea shares her story of finding God in the hardest moments and offers simple, practical ways that we can embrace the wonder of whatever stage of motherhood we’re in, from newborns to launching our young adults.
Marnie and Andrea discuss:
- Why perfectionism doesn’t work in motherhood.
- How to listen for Jesus in whatever stage of motherhood you’re in.
- What it can look like to sit with Jesus in summer.
- How making time for God, even in our tiny margins, is actually a time-saver.
- How to show up for the life God has for us even if it isn’t what we expected it to be.
Andrea Fortenberry is a writer, speaker, and host of
The Perfectionist’s Guide to Mothering, a podcast that equips moms to find freedom from perfectionism and show up for the life God has for them. She is the author of
Two-Minute Timeouts for New Moms: 100 Devotions for Weary and Wonderful Days. She has been married to Will for 21 years and they have two children, ages 17 and 14. She is on staff with MomCo as the Leadership Development Manager and cohosts The MomCo Leadership Podcast. She loves chai lattes, reading books and all things Gilmore girls.
You can find Andrea at her
website and
Instagram.
Go grab
Andrea's book here.