Great question! At R|M, we like to use a mnemonic device to help remember the gospel: Creation, Fall, Redemption, Consummation. The four squares represent the four parts. You’ll hear us talk about this pattern in many of our shows and other content we put out.

Emily is married to one of Laura's older brothers (Brad), so they are sisters-in-law. (And great friends, of course!)

In the past, Risen Motherhood was released in “seasons.” Each show was about twenty minutes long, and Emily and Laura explored a singular topic each week. Today, Risen Motherhood is released in “mini-series,” a group of three to ten shows based around a singular topic. We’ve made this change to allow R|M to go deeper into a larger subject (like Social Media or Fear), exploring it from different angles and the impacts it has on a mom’s life. In addition, we’re able to produce original supporting resources on the topic, like a Bible study, devotional, videos, and/or kids’ activities to help moms grow even further. If you’re looking for some of the topical shows, check out our New Mom page or search the archives. With five years of the old format, you can find a show on almost any topic!

Even with the mini-series format, our hope has always been that our podcasts are discussion starters, something that can kick-start conversations between moms and inspire them to dive deeper into the topic to learn more for themselves. That's why we include discussion questions and additional articles in our show notes to point listeners to solid resources where they can learn more.

It’s always important to view any information you take in through the proper lens. We want to be upfront and say the purpose of the ministry of Risen Motherhood isn't meant to be authoritative Bible teaching. We like to think of the content we share on R|M more like peer-to-peer discipleship or sitting across from a good friend while she shares how the grace of the gospel has transformed her life. We strive for sound theology in all our content, but we recognize that everyone (including ourselves and our guest writers/speakers) are mid-journey in the process of sanctification. We still stumble, learn, repent, and grow daily. The small glimpses of life shared on our site or podcast are meant to encourage and challenge the R|M community as we run alongside one another with our eyes on the prize of Christ.

While our team does spend time vetting authors and guests, our highest priority is for the gospel to be shared truthfully and clearly on our own platforms. While we stand behind the content produced by our ministry, we're not responsible for another individual's personal blog posts, social media account, outside interviews, or differences in tone, lifestyle, or theology that may have happened in the past or occur in the future. Our hope is that even if you don’t personally agree with every nuance shared on our platform, you'll find the overarching theme of the content produced at Risen Motherhood to be truthful and sound, while knowing we all continue to be works-in-progress.

It is our joy to walk alongside each of you, unified in the unchanging gospel of Jesus Christ, and we pray you find the guests we share on the show and blog to be beneficial in your walk with the Lord.

Our shows are scheduled out several months in advance, but we still love hearing about new topics that would interest our listeners! Before you send one, you may want to check our archives to see if we've already covered it (so you can hear it sooner!). If not, please feel free to send your idea our way.

At this time, we don't have any “official" Risen Motherhood Facebook groups, but we know there are some out there started by listeners that people can join. We also have many listeners who have started a local or online Risen Motherhood Podcast Club with a group of friends to discuss the show.

If you’ve clicked around our site, you might see the tagline “gospel hope for moms”—which is exactly what we’re all about. While the gospel has implications for current events, lifestyle choices, politics, social justice, etc., our focus isn’t a specific area of culture or the news of the week. Instead, we aim to help moms all over the world grasp overarching, timeless, transcultural biblical principles, rooted in the good news of Jesus Christ.

It might help to know that we’re a team of Christian moms from around the United States, working part-time from home. Like many of you, our kids range in age from infant to late-elementary school. We’re not medical doctors, licensed therapists, or seminary-trained Bible teachers. While our social media following might categorize us as “influencers,” we’re still regular people—limited, fallible image-bearers who follow the only wise, all-knowing, one true God. We’re grateful to be a nonprofit that’s governed by a board of directors and statement of faith.

We reach hundreds of thousands of moms from around the world. They generally have one to five children between the ages of zero and ten. These are women living in different cultures who face various challenges.

Each piece of content is sourced, created, curated, or edited by the moms on our team with the above realities in mind.

This means we don’t plan our content based on specific current events, causes, or issues. When possible, we’re sensitive to release dates and will sometimes alter the timing of posts because of what's going on in the culture around us, but it’s not our norm. Instead of releasing our take on events in the United States or in Christian subculture, we pray and reflect on broad concerns that moms around the globe face in different ways.

As a parachurch organization, we come alongside the church (global and local) in its mission, not replace it. We don’t speak or generate content with the authority of a pastor or elder. We hope that our community is encouraged by all that we say, share, post, and publish but that it’s not viewed with disproportionate influence or authority.

From our team to you—we’re glad you’re here. If you’re a mom, we pray that God will use this ministry to give you the hope of the gospel right where you’re at. We know we can’t and won’t be able to meet you perfectly and specifically every time. But this doesn’t mean we don’t care! We do. More than you know. And God cares infinitely more than we do. It’s his wisdom and comfort that we all ultimately need. Turn to him and live.

Yes. Risen Motherhood became an official nonprofit in the fall of 2018 and is now governed by a Board of Directors. View them here.

Because social media is a main way we interact with our community, we’ve thought a lot about the ways we can engage on these platforms in a Christlike manner. To that end, we have a social media engagement policy to provide guidance, standards, and expectations for our team and online communities. You can read it in full here. In all of our content and interactions on social media, we want God to be glorified (1 Cor. 10:31, Matt. 5:16), truth to be shared (John 17:17, 2 Tim. 2:15), and for moms to feel welcomed in Christ (Gal. 5:14, Rom. 15:7). Our team is committed to creating spaces that are compassionate, humble, truthful, and peaceful. While it rarely comes to it, if users post or engage with content in ways that violate our policy, we reserve the right to remove a comment, block a user, and/or report a user. View the policy.

Great question—it can be a bit tricky! Here's a tutorial.

We have so appreciated every rating and review we've received—and because we know it's not always a straightforward process, we built a tutorial for that as well.

First of all—how fun! We love seeing so many people getting started with podcasting. Getting a podcast launched off the ground can be a little complicated, so it's definitely important to do your research first. There are lots of great blog posts and articles out there on how to start one, so we won't go into great detail here. Just give it a Google!

Our top tips are to remember that podcasting isn't free (like blogging can be) and does typically require a small monthly financial investment for hosting services, at minimum. In addition, we recommend you make sure you know what you want each episode's main point(s) to be—and write down detailed notes if you have to! That way you can stay on message the entire time and not forget something important or wander off on a bunny trail. Strive to be concise and not ramble. At Risen Motherhood, we try to get to some sort of "meat" by three minutes in. That's not how every podcast does it, but generally, it's best to give your listeners "something" in return for their time as soon as you can, so you're not wasting precious minutes of their day. After recording, ask yourself: "Was that interesting? Or was I bored?" If you're bored with you, everyone will be bored with you. Be ruthless. No one will enjoy your own voice as much as you. Don't be afraid to re-record and try again.

As far as equipment, a great mic makes all the difference! Do some research and see what equipment and software makes the most sense for your budget, skill level, and needs. Again, there are lots of robust and in-depth tutorials out there, so just get on a search engine and you'll sort it out quickly!