As a spiritual father to many in the early church, the apostle Paul gives us a model for how to instruct our children in a grace-based way.

As we persevere in pursuing meaningful times around the table with our families, we can reflect Christ’s heart for mealtime ministry.

Discipling our children in the gospel means laying a foundation of both truth and grace—cultivating minds of conviction and hearts of compassion.

We can creatively seek the Lord together as a family, even when our schedules make regular discipleship routines and church participation difficult.

Rather than settling for half-truths or little lies that our kids will one day outgrow, we can meet their big questions with Big Truths about God and his world.

When the Word is planted deep in our hearts and minds, we have it at the ready for every challenging moment of motherhood.

Imprinting our children’s hearts with rich songs and hymns of the faith is one way we can help prepare them for inevitable trials ahead.

Far beyond our own words or wisdom, Scripture ultimately speaks for itself—so we can give our kids freedom and opportunity to engage with it personally.

As we cradle and comfort those in our keeping, we reflect the greater love of the God who holds us—“like a child with its mother.”

When praying, reading Scripture, or taking kids to church seems counterproductive, we can remember that God gives us structures like these for our growth and flourishing.

As we make decisions in motherhood, we can move away from impulsive reactions to our own growing up experiences and towards reasoned, Christ-dependent responses.

Motherhood is an opportunity to humbly acknowledge our sins and shortcomings—and to point our kids to Christ as the Savior we all need.