Children are a gift from the Lord. Instructing one’s children to follow the Lord is a sacred undertaking, filled with both deep challenges and profound joys. But it is also a duty. While many such examples can be proffered from…
Last month I had the privilege of joining Jordan Peterson on his podcast.[1] As an advisory board member for his new organization, the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship, I assumed we’d cover general social fabric principles — one major plank of…
That an Augustinian monk and a nun would be credited with establishing the ideal of the Protestant family is truly one of the most remarkable surprises of all church history.[1] The marriage of the notorious German reformer Martin Luther to…
In this episode, CBMW executive director Colin Smothers talks with pastor and author Marty Machowski about family worship, parenting, and gender. The resources mentioned in this podcast by Mart Machowski include his family devotional Long Story Short and his children’s…
It’s a curious story, this drama unfolding in the lives of two women, each one an unlikely choice to participate in the gate-crashing of the universe. God chose women and wombs to house men. And what men! One, the messenger…
Earlier this month, CBMW hosted our annual West Coast conference at Compass Bible Church with Pastor Mike Fabarez in Orange County, California. Video of all of the main sessions as well as all of the breakouts is available in the…
By GraceAnna Castleberry My oldest child, AudreyKate turned five-years-old last week. Since March 3rd, she has let everyone, and I mean everyone, know “I’m five!” every place we go. Yesterday, I took all three of my kids to the restroom…
Mrs. Audrey Broggi joins her daughter, GraceAnna Castleberry, to discuss womanhood, mothering, singleness, women in ministry, and more.
My palms were beginning to sweat and the walls closed in around me. Instead of the rapid thump of our baby’s heartbeat a deafening silence filled the room. My grip around my husband’s hand tightened as the cold wand slid…
Inevitably, as soon as children come into our lives, the comparison game begins. In the early days discussions regarding sleeping, eating, and diaper habits consume our conversations. Soon afterwards, we progress to comparing and contrasting the brilliance of our child’s…
When the children in C. S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia are preparing to meet Aslan for the first time, Susan asks Mr. Beaver about the Lion’s approachability. “Is he — quite safe?” she wonders. “Safe? says Mr. Beaver. “Who said…
I was grieved to the center of my soul on Tuesday when I saw the now viral video of top-tiered Planned Parenthood abortion doctor, Dr. Deborah Nucatola, nonchalantly estimating the costs of obtaining livers, lungs, and heads from aborted babies over lunch. What…
