Encouragement for Motherhood: Devotional Writings on the Work of Christ

by Katie Koplin

Publisher:

1517 Publishing

, 2024

Overview

Being a mom is hard work! Few of us find that motherhood is what we expected it to be. We mothers all need a little encouragement now and then to get us through the days when things feel a little too difficult and we’re not feeling the joy in our vocation.

This book offers that encouragement, rooted in and focused on Christ. We’re reminded of the work of Christ and the reality that he has established the work of our hands brings hope, peace, and sustainability to our work as mother.

Encouragement for Motherhood is honest about the struggles of motherhood.

Each contributor’s words are vulnerable and honest about pieces of their work as mothers. The authors write about their limitations, fear of the future, failures, and relationship dynamics. More importantly, each contributor points to the hope found amid the struggles of motherhood. The hope found is not within the mother. The hope found is freely given to each of us by Christ.

Encouragement for Motherhood will not give you 30 tips and tricks to a more successful motherhood. What it provides is the gospel reminder that you are forgiven and free on account of Christ and his work. Being kept in those unfailing promises of Christ we get to live in freedom. Living in freedom we will fail and ask forgiveness, be confronted by our limitations but held by God, and be fearful yet rest in Christ.

Key Features

• Offers encouragement and hope for mothers through Christ-centered reminders
• Acknowledges the difficulties of motherhood with honest, vulnerable stories from contributors
• Reminds mothers that hope and freedom are found in Christ’s work, not in their own success

Contents

1. Katie Koplin, Unexpected Joy of Motherhood

2. Kelsi Klembara, Our Bodies

3. Melina Smith, Finding Peace

4. Jane Grizzle, We Are Limited

5. Heidi Goehmann, Hi, My Name is Mom

6. Katie Koplin, Which Mom is Best?

7. Gretchen Ronnevik, Being a Mask of God

8. Cindy Koch, Sunday Morning

9. Katie Koplin, A Pyramid Scheme

10. Sarah Crowder, The Perfect Daughter

11. Karen Stenberg, A Quiet Delivery Room

12. Michelle Diedricks, Letting Go

13. Kelsi Klembara, Miscarriage

14. Jessica Thompson, Confidence in the Face of Doubt

15. Katie Koplin, The Gift of Bags

16. Melina Smith, The Curious Dance of Parenting

17. Katie Koplin, Unplanned

18. Karen Stenberg, Unlimited Information

19. Cindy Koch, Lord, Have Mercy

20. Katie Koplin, If-Then Statements

21. Sarah Crowder, Threat of Death encouragement for motherhood

22. Melina Smith, Everything is Going to Be Okay

23. Heidi Goehmann, Spiritual Safety

24. Cindy Koch, Babies Bounce

25. Katie Koplin, Wrestling

26. Karen Stenberg, Overestimated and Undervalued

27. Katie Koplin, Why Can’t You Just Get Along?

28. Bonnie Petroschuk, Put it in a Box 29. Katie Koplin, Sorrow and Joy

Praise for Encouragement for Motherhood

Encouragement for Motherhood is a book that drags every aspect of motherhood (oftentimes kicking and screaming) to the cross of Jesus Christ. The end result is always the same: genuine encouragement. Unflinching in its portrayal of motherhood’s insecurities, hopes, and surprising competitiveness, the essays of this book will show new and experienced mothers that there is no place beyond the grace and comfort of Jesus Christ who longs to gather all people together like a hen gathers her brood under her wings.

—Rev. Timothy Koch pastor of Zion Lutheran Church (Linn, KS), Managing Editor of Seelsorger: A Journal for the Contemporary Cure of Souls

Even though this is a book for moms anyone could pick it up and hear the good news of Jesus Christ spoken into the midst of daily living. The light of Christ shines bright in these pages as his word liberates people from the weight of daily sin and strife.

—Michael T. Hanson, Pastor, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Morris, Minnesota

In each of these devotions you hear the vulnerable stories of motherhood that can’t help but resonate with your own personal joys and struggles of being a mom. And then the clear voice of Christ speaks directly into the midst of these daily mothering realities. You hear of a God that is for you—delighting in lavishing you with forgiveness, comfort, peace, and hope!

—Martha J. Hanson, Pastor, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Morris, Minnesota

Product Details

• Title: Encouragement for Motherhood: Devotional Writings on the Work of Christ
• Author: Katie Koplin
• Publisher: 1517 Publishing
• Print Publication Date: 2024
• Pages: 148
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• ISBNs: 9781956658880, 1956658882
• Resource ID: LLS:NCRGMNTMTHCHRST
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-07-31T14:14:44Z

About Katie Koplin

Katie and her husband, Dallas, live in western Minnesota, where fields of grain meet lakes and trees. She works as a substitute teacher, writer, and speaker. Katie enjoys reading, camping, drinking coffee, and cheering wildly on the sidelines of her four kids' activities.

Katie writes and speaks about the work of Christ and what that means for our lives. A great joy in her life is reminding people that because of Christ, "You are forgiven." She co-hosts Freely Given, where she and fellow host Gretchen Ronnevik have conversations about the freedom that comes through dependence on Christ.