By Allison Wolff I’ve never thought as much about sin as I have while living with a three-year-old. “Oh yes,” you say. “Those older toddlers can be so mischievous.” You probably assume it’s his sin I’ve been thinking about. Don’t get me wrong, he is a little sinner—my adorable, precocious, sweet little sinful son. But he’s not the only one. In this toddler stage of motherhood, I see Genesis 4:7 play out in the face of my son a dozen (hundred) times a day: “If you do well, will you not be...

By Christa Harrison If my life was a song, our church has been a high note. Of course, church life comes with challenges, but when I reflect on my nine years at Redeemer, I see a lot of good. In a desire to praise God for these things, I thought of the Beatitudes, of how beautifully those verses go together, and thought I’d make a prayer of my own in a similar format. A prayer of thanksgiving to God for the people who make up Redeemer, and I hope it will encourage you—to keep the faith and...

By Jen Anderson There can be a fog that comes with being a mother to young children. Your body has spent years growing and sustaining babies, enduring the aches and pains of pregnancy, and managing the exhaustion of nursing a baby day and night. Your sleep is interrupted and the list of needs never ends. And in most of these moments, you look down to find someone else’s snot smeared across your pants. Motherhood can also be painfully lonely, and you do a lot that goes unnoticed. Your kids...