Parenting comes with a lot of expectations, but have you ever stopped to ask where they come from? On this episode of This Is Woman’s Work , we unpack the myth of “the good mother” with Nancy Reddy , author of The Good Mother Myth . Nancy shares her personal experience of confronting the unrealistic ideal of motherhood: endlessly patient, always available, and completely selfless. She hilariously and heartbreakingly debunks these outdated ideals, rooted in flawed mid-20th-century research by figures like Harry Harlow and Dr. Spock. Nancy explains how bad science from the past continues to haunt modern parenting, creating pressure, guilt, and shame for today’s mothers. But this conversation is about more than debunking myths—it’s about empowerment. Because when you prioritize what matters and let go of perfectionism, you’re not just doing woman’s work—you’re modeling it. Connect with Nancy: Newsletter: https://nancyreddy.substack.com/ Book: https://read.macmillan.com/lp/the-good-mother-myth-9781250336644/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/nancy.o.reddy/ Essay: I Was Promised That The “Golden Hour” Would Make Me A Mom: https://slate.com/human-interest/2022/04/golden-hour-c-section-bonding-attachment-baby-friendly-hospitals.html Related Podcast Episodes: 126 / The Parenting Map with Dr. Shefali 090 / Unmasking Modern Motherhood with Katherine Wintsch 155 / Executive Motherhood with Ashley Quinto Powell Share the Love: If you found this episode insightful, please share it with a friend, tag us on social media, and leave a review on your favorite podcast platform! 🔗 Subscribe & Review: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music…
An Anglican Church Growing In Faith ~ Serving Our Neighbors ~ Creating Community
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PREACH THE GOSPEL, LOVE PEOPLE, TRUST GOD | Each week we share our most recent sermon
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The podcast of Christ Episcopal Church, located on the corner of East Walnut and Kimbrough in downtown Springfield, Missouri. This podcasts features our weekly sermons from Fr. Ken Chumbley, Fr. Mark Ohlemeier, and other guest preachers. Our mission is "To Know Christ, and to Make Christ Known."
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January 19, 2025: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Eleven years ago this very day, on January 19th 2014, I stood in this pulpit for the very first time as your Rector. Neither you all, nor I, could never have known what was to be when we first began to be joined as priest and parish. One thing for sure now, is that I feel …
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John 2:1-11Di Sam Bush
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January 12, 2025: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Hello everyone! I sure missed being among you these past two Sundays. I especially missed being able to welcome those strangers from the East who came to offer gifts to the child Jesus. But, now we move away from Jesus as a baby or even as small boy. He is now a grown man,…
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Isaiah 43Di Amanda McMillen
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Matthew 2:1-12Di David Zahl
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December 15, 2024: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Okay, here’s the thing…the gospel you just heard isn’t the one prescribed for this Sunday. The church would have us hear another passage about John the baptizer, and never hear the annunciation of Mary (except if you come to Lessons & Carols). It is the story of when the …
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Luke 3:7-18Di Sam Bush
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December 8, 2024: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Well, we have made the annual Advent turn. You know, the turn our gospel just took for us. Today, we are not hearing about the second Advent, but the first. After weeks of his return, we are heading into weeks of preparing the way for his birth. We have made a turn toward …
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Luke 3:1-6Di Amanda McMillen
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Southern Ring Nebula (NIRCam Image) – Webb Telescope December 1, 2024: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Welcome back from the great Thanksgiving feast-a-thon! I hope yours was as wonderful as mine was – filled with good food, good friends, and a rainy parade. In the gospel (cheery again, right) Jesus says “There will be si…
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Luke 21:25-36Di Dave Zahl
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November 24, 2024: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. This Sunday we enter into a week of thanksgiving to God for all of life. We gather with family and friends, and laugh, cry, cheer for our favorite teams, and argue over some thing or another. Perhaps though, you are wondering, with all the news of the past few weeks, what…
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November 17, 2024: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. Well, that’s a cheery gospel, isn’t it? If you ever doubted if the church’s lectionary was in Advent in this time, this text ought to be perfectly clear about that, because Advent always begins with the second coming of Christ – with these end times passages. But, I think…
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Mark 12:38-44Di Sam Bush
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November 3, 2024 – The Feast of All Saints – May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. As I have said before, I just love that phrase from our collect of the day today: “ineffable joys.” Ineffable, which means “too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words.” I love it today especially because I feel ineffable joy, the …
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PHOTO: Diana Wilcox October 27, 2024: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. The lesson we heard from the letter to the Hebrews started with “The former priests were many in number, because they were prevented by death from continuing in office.” Nice, right? As you might guess, this priest isn’t planning on preaching from THAT …
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Hebrews 4:12-16Di Amanda McMillen
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Job 1:1, 2:1-10Di Sam Bush
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September 29, 2024: May God’s words be spoken, may God’s words be heard. Amen. In our first reading, from the book of Esther, we got to hear a small part of this incredible woman’s story. For the life of me, I cannot understand why our lectionary, the readings chosen for each week, and used by nearly all denominations, only gives us this little bit…
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James 5:13-20Di Amanda McMillen
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Mark 8Di Paul Walker
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Mark 7:24-37Di Sam Bush
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John 6:56-69Di David Zahl
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John 6Di Paul Walker
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Ephesians 4:1-16Di Sam Bush
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John 6:1-21Di Marilu Thomas
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2 Corinthians 2:7-10Di David Zahl
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Mark 4:26-34Di Sam Bush
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Mark 3Di Paul Walker
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Di Sam Bush
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Di Paul Walker
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Di Courtenay Evans
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John 15:9-17Di David Zahl
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John 10:11-18Di Sam Bush
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The Rev. Keith Pozzuto, Rector --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/christ-church/message
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The Rev. Keith Pozzuto, Rector --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/christ-church/message
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Acts 3:12-19Di Sam Bush
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John 20:19-31Di Amanda McMillen
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Mark 16Di Paul Walker
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John 18:1-19:42 & Hebrews 10:16-25Di Amanda McMillen
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Maundy Thursday 2024Di Sam Bush
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Palm SundayDi David Zahl
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John 12:20-33Di Sam Bush
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Romans 4:13-25Di Amanda McMillen
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Mark 1:9-15Di David Zahl
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The Rev. Keith Pozzuto, Rector --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/christ-church/message
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The Rev. Becky Sparks, Deacon --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/christ-church/message
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Isaiah 40Di Sam Bush
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TheRev. Keith Pozzuto --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/christ-church/message
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The Rev. Keith Pozzuto --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/christ-church/message
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