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02925aim a22003975a 4500 001 315752B2A78F11E99DEDB91B97128E48 003 SILO 005 20190716010101 006 m o h 007 sz zunnnnnuned 007 cr nnannnuuuua 008 190426s2018 xxunnn es z n eng d 020 $a 0310353130 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 020 $a 9780310353133 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 028 42 $a MWT11950086 040 $a Midwest $e rda $d SILO 082 04 $a 248.8/431 $2 23 100 1 $a Schwenk, Ruth, $d 1978- $e author. 245 14 $a The better mom : $b growing in grace between perfection and the mess $h [electronic resource] / $c Ruth Schwenk. 250 $a Unabridged. 264 1 $a [United States] : $b Zondervan, $c 2018. 300 $a 1 online resource (1 audio file (5hr., 48 min.)) : $b digital. 506 $a Digital content provided by hoopla. 511 0 $a Read by Crestina Hardie. 520 $a Mothering is messy. Our joy and hope in raising children doesn't change the reality that being a mom can be frustrating, stressful, and tiring. But just as God is using us to shape our children, God is using our children and motherhood to shape us. In The Better Mom, author Ruth Schwenk, herself a mother of four children, encourages us with the good news that there is more to being a mom than the extremes of striving for perfection or simply embracing the mess. We don't need to settle for surviving our kids' childhood. We can grow through it. With refreshing and heartfelt honesty, Ruth emboldens moms to: - Find freedom and walk confidently in purpose - Create a God-honoring home environment - Overcome unhealthy and destructive emotions such as anger, anxiety, and more - Avoid glorifying the mess of mom-ing or idolizing perfection - Cultivate life-giving friendships. At the heart of The Better Mom is the message that Jesus calls us to live not a weary life, but a worthy life. We don't have to settle for either being apathetic or struggling to be perfect. Both visions of motherhood go too far. Ruth offers a better option. She says, 'It's okay to come as we are, but what we're called to do and be is far too important to stay there! The way to becoming a better mom starts not with what we are doing, but with who God is inviting us to become.' 538 $a Mode of access: World Wide Web. 650 0 $a Motherhood $x Christianity. $x Christianity. 650 0 $a Parenting $x Christianity. $x Christianity. 650 0 $a Families $x Christianity. $x Christianity. 700 1 $a Hardie, Crestina, $e narrator. 710 2 $a hoopla digital. 856 40 $u https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11950086 $z Instantly available on hoopla. 856 42 $z Cover image $u https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/hpc_9780310353133_180.jpeg 941 $a 1 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20190802010405.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=315752B2A78F11E99DEDB91B97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search