This week we hear from Anne, a mum of three and recent Grandma. On this episode, we chat through our decision making and setting our priorities; being in community with God's people and being in His word. I appreciated Anne's empathy and acknowledgment of how hard this can be as mothers, and as hurting people. A helpful episode to not just listen to, but realign family priorities with your husband and share with your Bible Study group as you commit to meeting with each other, encouraging each other in this way. Visit our website to learn more about Unsung Stories.  View this episodes ..read more

This episode with Lauren, mumma of two, considers how God is refining, moulding and teaching us though trials of many kinds. And, that the trials we face might be bigger life events, or smaller ones. We talk about how as christians, we all will be being moulded in different ways as God is growing to be more like Jesus and himself in holiness. For Lauren, her trial has been around her weight. As you will hear, she has tried hard at loosing weight over the last 20 years, though nothing seems to work. Not only has she tried every diet out there, she has considered her weight as a christian - is ..read more

This week we are joined by Terri, mumma of 5 kids (at the moment). She is passionate about foster care and currently is fostering two children at the moment. In this episode, we consider foster care, however the focus of the conversation leans towards our self reliance - how more often than not, we find it safer to trust ourselves and what we know, rather than trusting in God. The challenge we consider is what we do when faced to choose our own way or choose God. Terri encourages us that we can risk more than we think we can - we can choose faithfulness and self sacrifice and God will susta ..read more

Sylvia is a mum of 3, a pastors wife and carer of her father. As we reflect on her story, we chat though how our hearts are idol factories and how we want to been seen as (<insert idol> Successful? Independent?) by those around us. We consider what is the successful life and land on where we derive our value from. She is vulnerable in her story, sharing how the pain and trauma in her to desire certain things for her life, though through Gods intervention, she had a multitude of choices to make in order to align her heart to him. She now seeks faithfulness at every point,  looking f ..read more

We couldn’t revisit our favourite episodes without another listen to this one. I’ve yet to hear one women who hasn’t been encouraged as a christian mum by this episode. Lesley is a mother of 4 and grandma of 12. She and her husband Jim have lived a life on mission for Jesus, teaching the bible, pastoring in churches and evangelising in Australia and overseas. Lesley has taken the time to step us through a biblical view of motherhood. In a culture that defines your success by what you do and your successful career, motherhood is not highly valued. And it often doesn't feel like a noble task a ..read more

This episode has struck a chord with many of our listeners and worth another listen. Alicia’s mum passed away shortly into Alicias start to motherhood and she helpfully unpacks the heartache she’s been experiencing. Not only does it provide solidarity for others of us who are experiencing this grief, Alicia helpfully reminds us all that this life is not it. When life is going well, it’s easy to become distracted by the beauty and good things in this life. We have a beautiful country, beautiful children. It’s these times of suffering and when it feels like our world is in a spin that we see whe ..read more

Working mum, Crunchy mum, Helicopter mum... SAH, Breastfeeding, Attachment Based, Kmart, By The Book, Allergy, DIY, Workout, Small Business Slayer, Influencer, Anxious, Charity, Tired, Child Led, Martyr, Perfect, Packet Food, Competitive, Mimosa....  What kind of mum are you??? There are so many identifiers for us to associate with! But what about us? What does it actually mean to identify as a Christian mum?   And not just that - what about the different pulls we have that we WANT to identify as. The lures that appeal to us, that validate and give worth to what we value.  This ..read more

Marriage and children comes with a whole new set of conflict and arguments. Both are tired, she's nagging, he's not listening and its easy to wonder if you'll ever agree with your spouse again.  Kim Parry-Jones is an advocate for marriage and helping couples communicate better.  In this episode, she helpfully chats through conflict, communication and navigating the parenting stage of life.  She shares her advice and reflections of 42 years of marriage to Scott, mother of 4 and grandma of 7.  Join us on Instagram for more motherhood related content @unsungstoriespodcast Vi ..read more

This week in our Summer Series we hear from Bella and what she's learnt about God's character in deep diving the Old Testament.  Have you joined us on Instagram? @unsungstoriespodcast Can you help the show by following and leaving a review?  "The study of the Bible should always lead us to know God more, to love him more. And that then shapes the way that we live, because God does not change. He is the same yesterday, today and forever ..read more

To celebrate the end of 2021 and wrap up Season 3, Laura's husband is interviewing Laura in an Ask Anything episode. Followers on Instagram had the opportunity to ask...anything! *There will be an extended break between season 3 and 4. A Summer series is planned to release in  January with episodes being more topical opposed to conversations with women. Sign up to the email list to hear more about  the show's return and Summer Series* Chatting about Christian Motherhood on Instagram @unsungstoriespodcast Questions in this episode include: How did you and your husband meet?  ..read more