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Gather Moms

Gather Moms

By: Kate Henderson Rebecca Bradford
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 Moms, we need each other. We need a place where we can be real, be encouraged, be inspired and find community with other moms; that’s what Gather is all about. Join us, other moms in the trenches with you, as we laugh together, transparently share our struggles and share encouraging truth. We want you to finish each episode feeling refreshed and with a big smile on your face. Join us!Copyright 2021 GatherMoms.com Christianity Parenting & Families Relationships Social Sciences Spirituality
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  • God Didn’t Wait for Her to Quit Her Job | Lydia of Philippi EP: 213

    God Didn’t Wait for Her to Quit Her Job | Lydia of Philippi EP: 213
    Apr 20 2026
    Is the holiest, best Christian mom a stay at home mom? Depending on your context, this may be the messaging you have heard and maybe struggled with. It might be that you love your job, you need to help your family financially, or you are a better mom when you work outside of the home. In this episode of the Bible Moms series, Kate and Rebecca travel to Greece, literally and biblically, to meet Lydia of Thyatira: a wealthy, immigrant entrepreneur, a dealer of purple cloth, and the woman whose home became the first church in all of Europe. If you’ve ever wondered whether God can use your ordinary life, your career, your open door, your willingness to just show up, Lydia’s story is your answer. And if you’ve ever felt the sting of the working mom vs. stay-at-home mom debate, this episode will settle something in you. Because God didn’t wait for Lydia to close her business before He opened her heart. Her influence and resources were the very things that God used to reach a people group and provide the space for them to meet as a church. TAKEAWAYS FOR MOMS God opens hearts that are faithfully showing up. Lydia was already meeting, already praying, already seeking — and God met her there. You don’t have to have it all figured out. Keep showing up.The working mom vs. stay-at-home mom debate is not a Bible debate. Lydia was a businesswoman, an entrepreneur, and an immigrant — and God never asked her to be otherwise. The question scripture asks is: whose kingdom are you building with what you have?Your house needs you — and people need your house. Lydia didn’t just get saved; she opened her home. The first church in Europe started because someone was willing to say come in. You don’t need a perfect house. You need an open door.God goes ahead of you to prepare hearts. Before Paul ever arrived at that riverside, God had already been preparing Lydia. You are not the only one working in your children’s and your community’s lives. God goes before you.Faithfulness in your specific arena is holy work. Different arena, same consecration. Whether you’re running a business or running carpool, the question is the same — are you placing it at the feet of Jesus? SCRIPTURES REFERENCED Acts 16:11–15 — Paul’s vision to go to Macedonia; meeting Lydia at the riverside in PhilippiActs 16:40 — Paul and Silas leave prison and return to Lydia’s house, where the church had gatheredPhilippians — Paul’s “love letter” to the church at Philippi, the very church that started in Lydia’s home EPISODE TIMESTAMPS 00:00 — Opening: Lydia, consecration, and the working mom debate06:00 — Welcome to Episode 213 + where we are in the New Testament story08:30 — Moving from the Middle East to Europe: Paul’s second missionary journey14:00 — Greece! Kate and Rebecca share their very different Greek vacation stories21:00 — The city of Philippi + why there was no synagogue (and what that tells us)26:00 — Meet Lydia: immigrant, entrepreneur, seller of purple — and what that means33:00 — The snail dye, purple cloth, and why royalty wore it (yes, really)38:00 — God opens her heart + her whole household gets baptized43:00 — Lydia prevails upon Paul to stay at her house (the Greek hospitality energy is real)48:00 — The slave girl, Paul in prison, and the earthquake — what happens while Paul is at Lydia’s53:00 — The first church in Europe starts in Lydia’s living room58:00 — Working mom vs. stay-at-home mom: what does the Bible actually say?1:04:00 — Your house needs you — and people need your house1:10:00 — Application: sharing the overflow of your faith with your family RESOURCES MENTIONED Family Values — Gather Moms curriculum for teaching core values in the homeMoms Let’s Talk — Gather Moms curriculum for intentional faith conversations with your kidsFootsteps of Paul Tour — Rebecca’s Greece trip (highly recommend for the tzatziki alone) Gather Moms: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook Kate Henderson: Instagram | Facebook Rebecca Bradford: Instagram | Facebook
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    41 mins
  • No Bible, No Believing Husband — She Still Raised a World Changer | Lois & Eunice EP: 212

    No Bible, No Believing Husband — She Still Raised a World Changer | Lois & Eunice EP: 212
    Apr 13 2026
    She didn’t go on a missionary journey. She didn’t preach to a crowd. She didn’t write a letter that would become Scripture. She raised a son who did. In this episode of the Bible Moms series, Kate and Rebecca uncover the story of two women you’ve probably skimmed right past — Lois and Eunice, the grandmother and mother of Timothy. With only one verse of Scripture to their name, these women are easy to overlook. But what they built inside the walls of their home — without a Bible, without a believing husband, in the middle of a pagan city — became the foundation for one of the most significant young leaders in the entire New Testament. If you’ve ever felt like your daily mothering doesn’t matter, like you’re just going through the motions, like the laundry and the carpool and the wiping noses couldn’t possibly be kingdom work — this episode is your permission slip. Because what Lois and Eunice teach us is that ordinary faithfulness has extraordinary impact. Every time. Without exception. Even when you can’t see it yet. TAKEAWAYS FOR MOMS 1. Your faith is forming your children — whether you realize it or not. You are always planting something. The question is what. What you model, repeat, and return to inside your home is shaping your kids in ways you won’t fully see for years. 2. You don’t need perfect circumstances to raise a godly kid. Eunice was raising Timothy in a divided home, in a pagan city, without a believing husband and potentially without his father in the picture at all. God didn’t wait for perfect conditions. He used what she had. 3. You are preparing your children to recognize truth — even when you’re not there. You can’t control every room your child walks into. But you can build the foundation so that when they encounter truth — or a lie — they know the difference. 4. God goes ahead of you in the gaps. Timothy may have grown up without a believing father figure. But God sent him Paul. If there are holes in your child’s life you can’t fill, pray boldly — God is faithful to provide. 5. Ordinary faithfulness is holy work. As Elisabeth Elliot said, it is through the ordinary, faithful carrying out of daily duties that union with God is formed. The feeding, the teaching, the repeating — it’s all kingdom work. SCRIPTURES REFERENCED 2 Timothy 1:5 — Paul commends the sincere faith that lived first in Lois and Eunice1 Timothy 4:12 — Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young2 Timothy 1:7 — God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and sound judgment2 Timothy 3:16-17 — All Scripture is God-breathed and useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousnessActs 13-14 — Paul’s first missionary journey through LystraPhilippians 3:10 — Knowing the power of His resurrection (referenced in Risen Motherhood context) RESOURCES MENTIONED Family Values — Gather Moms curriculum for teaching core values in the home (one value per month, practical activities for kids) Moms Let’s Talk — Gather Moms curriculum for intentional conversations with your kids on faith, friendships, gender, screens, and more Motherhood is a Calling — Desiring God Elisabeth Elliot — The Shaping of a Christian Family Self Tanner – https://a.co/00mEVFxV EPISODE TIMESTAMPS 00:00 — Welcome + Spring in Texas (and the great self-tanner debate )07:30 — Catching up: where we are in the New Testament story10:45 — Paul’s road to Damascus + Saul vs. Paul — what actually happened15:00 — Paul’s first missionary journey and the city of Lystra20:00 — Meet Lois & Eunice — grandma, mom, and one verse of Scripture26:30 — What they taught without a Bible (and how it prepared Timothy for Paul)32:00 — Timothy joins Paul + what it looks like to invest in young leaders38:45 — The Michelle Obama clip + young moms, wisdom, and who’s qualified to teach45:00 — Famous scriptures from Timothy you’ve probably seen on a Hobby Lobby sign50:00 — Application: how to build faith in your home TODAY57:00 — Elisabeth Elliot + why mothering is holy work Gather Moms: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook Kate Henderson: Instagram | Facebook Rebecca Bradford: Instagram | Facebook
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    46 mins
  • She Was Falsely Accused, Completely Misunderstood — and Chosen Anyway | The Truth About Mary Magdalene EP: 211

    She Was Falsely Accused, Completely Misunderstood — and Chosen Anyway | The Truth About Mary Magdalene EP: 211
    Apr 6 2026

    She’s been misidentified for 14 centuries. Today we set the record straight.

    In this episode of the Bible Moms series, Kate and Rebecca study one of the most misunderstood women in all of scripture — Mary Magdalene. Was she really a prostitute? What does it mean that seven demons were cast out of her? And why was the most important message in human history entrusted to a woman whose testimony wasn’t even legally valid in her day?

    From the shores of Magdala to the empty tomb, discover how a woman who went from completely bound to completely free became the very first person to proclaim the resurrection — earning her the ancient title: Apostle to the Apostles.

    Whether you’re a mom carrying a label that doesn’t belong to you, a woman who has shared truth that wasn’t received, or someone who just needs to hear Jesus call your name — this episode is for you.

    TAKEAWAYS FOR MOMS

    1. You are a disciple to your disciples. Like Mary Magdalene, your assignment is to faithfully carry the message — not to control how it’s received.

    2. Let Jesus call your name. Don’t build your identity on what others have said about you. Entrust yourself to the God who judges justly.

    3. Prodigal mom? Keep speaking truth. Their response is not your assignment.

    SCRIPTURES REFERENCED

    · Luke 8:1-3 (introduction of Mary Magdalene)

    · Mark 15:40 (women at the cross)

    · John 20:11-18 (Mary at the tomb)

    · Luke 24:9-12 (disciples don’t believe her)

    · 1 Peter (entrusting yourself to God who judges justly)

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