The Bible’s Costly Assumptions About Families
Catherine McKay Catherine McKay

The Bible’s Costly Assumptions About Families

This article explores the disparity between the sentiments of the 2024-25 Women's Budget Statement and the Bible's vision of how children are raised. Instead of focusing on women's rights, I suggest we refocus by considering how our children are going with the biblical imperative that they obey their parents. Is it possible that the expectation that children can learn to obey has disappeared along with the means by which the Bible assumes it is learned?

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The Necessary Desperation {bonus}
Catherine McKay Catherine McKay

The Necessary Desperation {bonus}

When we’ve been invested in giving good and restraining harm for our kids, the situations that bring them low can be bitter to us. But we and our children need these pains, lest we miss the best of comfort.

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God Will Not Do What We Imagine {bonus}
Catherine McKay Catherine McKay

God Will Not Do What We Imagine {bonus}

One of the most brutal realisations is that our mothering will not achieve all that we imagine. So why bother? This article is about trading our speculations for the sure thing.

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#52. Two Ways to Ruin Motherhood
Catherine McKay Catherine McKay

#52. Two Ways to Ruin Motherhood

The great terror of motherhood is that we’d ruin it. This dread causes some mothers to do less: the less we do, the less we can fail. The same dread causes others to grip tighter and work harder: the harder we try the more sure the outcome will be. The painful truth is that both—minimal doing and overdoing—are ruinous to the thing we are trying to preserve.

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Q&A 1
Catherine McKay Catherine McKay

Q&A 1

A few questions answered: preparing for teens, books I wished I had read earlier and Bible study recommendations.

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#50. Restraining Cute Blasphemy
Catherine McKay Catherine McKay

#50. Restraining Cute Blasphemy

If there was a way to sober me up in the euphoria of anticipating new motherhood, this verse was it. A hint that there was a weighty trust and great danger. I wasn’t merely welcoming a baby, but a person who would grow into an adult who would either fear the Lord or despise him.

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