Heidi St. John - Becoming MomStrong: How to Fight with All That’s in You for Your Family and Your Faith

Refreshingly real and loaded with wisdom, Becoming MomStrong has a much-needed message of hope for moms everywhere!

RUTH SCHWENK

Founder of TheBetterMom.com and coauthor of For Better or for Kids

Heidis words are a gift to moms everywhere. Becoming MomStrong is our invitation to link arms with other moms who understand that raising children who chase after Jesus isnt for the faint of heart. Her simple yet poignant encouragement spurs us on even on those most difficult days.

JEN SCHMIDT

Blogger behind Balancing Beauty and Bedlam, host of the Becoming Conference, and (in)courage author

In a culture filled with mom shaming, mom guilt, and mommy wars, Heidi St. Johns Becoming MomStrong breathes grace, encouragement, wisdom, and relief to those mamas looking for a better way than the worlds definition of motherhood. This is the book I wish I had read when I first became a mother nearly a decade ago.

ERIN ODOM

Author of More Than Just Making It: Hope for the Heart of the Financially Frustrated and creator of TheHumbledHomemaker.com

Motherhood isnt for wimps. One minute it can bring you joy and the next it can leave you weak in the knees. I love Becoming MomStrong because it points mothers to who they are in Jesus and who He is in them. It offers practical, spiritual guidance for the journey. Moms will be stronger with this book!

KRISTEN WELCH

Bestselling author of Raising Grateful Kids in an Entitled World

Heidis book Becoming MomStrong is exactly what we moms need right now. With each passing day it gets easier and easier to just let things slide and let our kids raise themselves. The reality is that we only have such a time as this to impart wisdom and truth and good and beautiful things into our kids. This is our time, this is our call, and Becoming MomStrong is the rallying cry and strategic message we need.

SARAH MAE

Coauthor of Desperate: Hope for the Mom Who Needs to Breathe

This book is more than a book. Its boot camp for a moms soul. Meet your coach: Heidi St. John. Shes also your cheerleader. Heidi will help you discover a strength that you didnt even know you had. With authenticity, urgency, and a great sense of humor, Heidi brings you into her spiritual gym and reveals what it truly means to be MomStrong.

JENNIFER DUKES LEE

Author of The Happiness Dare and Love Idol

Without apology, Heidi gracefully tackles some of the most strength-zapping dilemmas we (and our loved ones) are facing today hard things that no previous generation has walked through before.

WENDY SPEAKE

Coauthor of Triggers: Exchanging Parents Angry Reactions for Gentle Biblical Responses and Life Creative: Inspiration for Todays Renaissance Mom

We all need someone to come alongside and remind us that we werent meant to mother in fear, but rather we are to be courageous in the face of the many great challenges that present themselves throughout our parenting journeys. Becoming MomStrong is the sounding cry that moms everywhere are looking for. This is a book that extends a hand and reminds us we arent alone and that together we are strong.

KELLI STUART

Coauthor of Life Creative: Inspiration for Todays Renaissance Mom and author of Like a River from Its Course

Becoming MomStrong is Heidis rallying call to moms everywhere to fight for their faith and their families. Its her call to arms, her battle cry for a generation. Heidi shares her story for the benefit of all her readers. Her story is every moms story filled with failures, embarrassments, and brokenness. But like her own journey, thats not where ours ends. Our redeeming Savior uses it all for His glory.

RACHAEL CARMAN

Author of How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You?; RachaelCarman.com

When I read books on motherhood, I expect to learn and be challenged. But I dont expect to find a riveting page-turner that I cant put down. Heidi had me at the subtitle: How to Fight with All Thats in You for Your Family and Your Faith. Motherhood is a high-stakes calling, but the journey leads us to places of redemption, restoration, and power in Christ that are life altering and gloriously redemptive. After you read this book, make sure you pass it on. This is a message every Christian mother needs to hear.

ZAN TYLER

Speaker; author; and director of language arts, Bible, and press for Apologia Educational Ministries; www.apologia.com

Heidis biblical perspective on the joys and challenges of motherhood will encourage you and build up your faith. Her down-to-earth way of communicating makes you feel like you are sitting across the table from a friend. Whether you are a soon-to-be-mom, in the middle of raising little ones, or you are supporting a mommy in need, Becoming MomStrong is a must read for you!

DEBBIE LINDELL

Lead pastor of James River Church, author, and founder of the Designed for Life Conference

Heidis engaging writing style and encouraging words dig in and draw a line in the sand of our modern culture. She is a modern-day Joshua, calling on Christian moms to choose to stand and be counted while she simultaneously reminds us to focus on the trustworthiness and strength of the One we serve. Becoming MomStrong is a gift to all Kingdom women for such a time as this.

ANGELA ODELL

Author, speaker, consultant, veteran homeschool mom; angelaodellblog.com

Can you imagine having a toddler in your home for twenty-two years in a row? If that doesnt qualify you to write a book entitled Becoming MomStrong, I dont know what does. A mother of seven, Heidi St. John gets the weariness and realities of motherhood. But more importantly, she understands parenting in the strength of Almighty God. This book is a call to stop cowering in a corner and to start rising up in faith. This is a much-needed message for this generation of moms.

ARLENE PELLICANE

Speaker and author of several books, including 31 Days to Becoming a Happy Mom

With refreshing honesty about the struggles we face as mothers, Heidi reminds us that the secret to becoming MomStrong has very little to do with us and everything to do with God. She issues the passionate call to not give up, but instead to run in His strength as we raise up this next generation!

HEATHER HAUPT

Author of Raising Knights in Training: Ten Principles for Raising Honorable, Courageous, and Compassionate Boys

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Becoming MomStrong: How to Fight with All Thats in You for Your Family and Your Faith

Copyright 2017 by Heidi St. John. All rights reserved.

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