MomZest

Two hundred episodes, friend! ☕ To celebrate, I'm skipping the highlight reel and telling the truth about the mom things nobody warned us about. From being "touched out" and the mental load of the little years, to lunch-table worries and 11 p.m. talks in the teen years, to the last school drop-off nobody announces and the perimenopause conversation our mothers never had with us. I'm sharing what I...

How do you feel wildly proud and completely heartbroken at the same time? Worship pastor and author Tara Banks knows that tension well. Her youngest is a college sophomore, her oldest is married, and her house is ticking to a brand-new rhythm. Demetria, who dropped her own daughter at college just a week before recording, sits down with Tara for an honest, hopeful conversation about the launch. In...

So the Kids Are Grown… Now What? with Tara Banks How do you feel wildly proud and completely heartbroken at the same time? Worship pastor and author Tara Banks knows that tension well. Her youngest is a college sophomore, her oldest is married, and her house is ticking to a brand-new rhythm. Demetria, who dropped her own daughter at college just a week before recording, sits down with Tara for an ...

How do you feel wildly proud and completely heartbroken at the same time? Worship pastor and author Tara Banks knows that tension well. Her youngest is a college sophomore, her oldest is married, and her house is ticking to a brand-new rhythm. Demetria, who dropped her own daughter at college just a week before recording, sits down with Tara for an honest, hopeful conversation about the launch. In...

Christian Moms Café Is Open! A New Home for Moms in Every Season The café is officially open! 🎉 After months of dreaming, praying, and building, ChristianMoms.net is live, and I couldn't wait another minute to share it with you. In this short, joyful episode, I'm taking you behind the scenes of this new chapter, from the early days of my online ministry in 2004 to the vision God has continued to ...

What happens when you can’t find the books you want your kids to read? You create your own! ☕📚 In this episode of Christian Moms Café, I’m chatting with Shemeca Cooper, founder of Cooper Legacy Books, about how a simple parenting frustration turned into a family business. As a homeschooling mom, Shemeca wanted fun, engaging books that reflected her family’s values, so she teamed up with her two c...

What happens when you can’t find the books you want your kids to read? You create your own! ☕📚 In this episode of Christian Moms Café, I’m chatting with Shemeca Cooper, founder of Cooper Legacy Books, about how a simple parenting frustration turned into a family business. As a homeschooling mom, Shemeca wanted fun, engaging books that reflected her family’s values, so she teamed up with her two c...

When the house gets quiet, who are you now? In this heart-to-heart episode, I'm opening up about my first month after dropping my daughter off at college: new rhythms, dinners for two, solo picnics in the San Francisco fog, a growing stack of rom-coms, and the surprising joy of rediscovering myself while still being very much a mom. Whether you're an empty nester or in any season of change, this c...

Jenna Schutt used to be a cardiac nurse — then her own body threw her the hardest curveball of her life. She's a stem cell transplant survivor, speaker, and writer, and now she runs Faith with Jenna, where she helps women choose God's truth over fear. She got there the hard way: years of chemo, hospital stays, and raising two little boys through all of it. Now she's writing a book, The Joy Reflex™...

Jenna Schutt used to be a cardiac nurse — then her own body threw her the hardest curveball of her life. She's a stem cell transplant survivor, speaker, and writer, and now she runs Faith with Jenna, where she helps women choose God's truth over fear. She got there the hard way: years of chemo, hospital stays, and raising two little boys through all of it. Now she's writing a book, The Joy Reflex™...