Honoring the Faith & Work of our Mothers

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“As a mother myself, my appreciation for what the lifetime job of being a mother entails is profound. What our mothers do for us starts before we are even fully formed….I find as I get older that I never stop needing my mother.” - IFWE

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A Mother’s Day Letter

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“I read of a letter that a husband reportedly wrote to his wife. She had left him and their son after a fight, and two days later he wrote her this letter” - James Emery White

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I’m still learning from my Mom

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“…my mom said people are more likely to listen to those who don’t talk all the time. Because she didn’t, I have lessons from her I’ll never forget.” - BPNews

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In Defense of Motherhood: What’s Wrong with “Birthing People”

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“If a mother is just a birthing person … a mother’s child is not hers in any morally thick sense. If children are raised to believe parental authority is arbitrary, and if lawyers and policymakers ingest the same vision, then the rich network of claims and duties binding parents to children will become publicly unintelligible.” - Public Discourse

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Amy Coney Barrett’s Message: The Maternal Hero Is a Myth

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“If Barrett’s nomination succeeds, she’ll become the first woman on the Court who’s a mother to school-age children….What myths do we perpetuate by assuming that Barrett (and women like her) are doing it all and doing it all by themselves?” - C.Today

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My ‘Mom Rage’ Is Understandable. But It’s Not Excusable.

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“Though it’s largely assumed that mothers have natural, self-giving love for their children (and we do), being a mom does not preclude real, powerful darkness from growing in our hearts. …’Mother rage can change you, providing access to parts of yourself you didn’t even know you had.’” - Christianity Today

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Why Do Dying Men Call for “Mama?”

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“Not always, but often, very often, I will hear someone in their last moments move from talking about various loved ones to crying out for a mother. And, like this article notes, the call is usually with a name of familiarity, of ‘Mama’ or ‘Mommy.’” - Russel Moore

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