Amelia Rhodes

Author, Speaker, Community Connector

motherhood

7 Truths about Friendship During the Fledging Years {Giveaway!}

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Today’s post comes from my friend Brenda Yoder who just released a book for parents titled Fledge: LaunchingYour Kids Without Losing Your Mind. It was my pleasure to not only endorse this book, but to also write the foreword for it (a first for me!). As a friend and mom who is a stage ahead of […]

7 Prayers for 7 Mothers

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Mother’s Day is a time of celebration for many. But for a number of women, Mother’s Day is one of the most challenging days of the year because of the deep ache in their hearts. Church services and aisles of cards and flowers bring fresh grief over children they’ve never held, who’ve wandered and rebelled, […]

Pray A to Z Stories: Depression & Mental Health

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*You’re Invited! Join us next week Tuesday 7-9 p.m. for an evening of prayer at Baker Book House in Grand Rapids, Michigan. I’m honored to be joining author Sharon Brown and Louis McBride from Baker Publishing as we explore historical and personal perspectives and practices on prayer. It will be the perfect time to slow […]

Gutsy Girls–Gladys Aylward

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I love history. I especially loved great stories of brave women missionaries when I was growing up. I read countless books about Amy Carmichael and Elizabeth Elliot and Corrie ten Boom. Somehow, I didn’t know about Gladys Aylward, but my friend Amy Sullivan fixed that. Amy is writing a delightful series of books for young […]

Learning Balance, Busyness, and Not Doing it All {a give away!}

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  Last spring, life took a major turn. After 12 years as stay-at-home mom and freelance writer and speaker, I went back to work part-time in an office. Now I was wife, mom, freelance writer and speaker, and a marketing/communications coordinator for twenty hours a week. Change is never easy. Even good change. I wrestled […]