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Welcome, Weary Parent (An Invitation to Hope When Regret Comes to Call)
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Product Details
Author:
Osheta Moore
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
200
Publisher:
MennoMedia (May 25, 2027)
Imprint:
Herald Press
Release Date:
May 25, 2027
Language:
English
Audience:
General/trade
ISBN-13:
9781513817873
ISBN-10:
1513817876
Weight:
16oz
Dimensions:
5.25" x 8"
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APG
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Overview
Hope for parenting beyond control
For those navigating faith after certainty, parenting can feel like wilderness. The promises that once sounded so sure--pray enough, choose the right church, raise them the right way--unravel under the weight of real children and real fear. Beneath the questions lives something even deeper. Regret. Grief. Envy. Anger. The relentless 3 am worry that you're getting it wrong.
Welcome, Weary Parent is a hopeful invitation for when the formulas and curriculums leave you with more questions than certainties. It is a call to release anxious custodianship for trusting companionship--with God, your children, and the tender places within. Through personal stories, contemplative practices, and fresh encounters with the Gospels, author and pastor Osheta Moore invites readers to make peace with the emotions they were never taught to welcome.
Here, regret is a teacher not a tyrant. Shame is met instead of managed. Grief is companioned all the way to gratitude, not rushed past it. Rather than hiding these emotions or passing them on to our children, we learn to welcome them as they are and discover that Christ is already there.
Whether you're parenting after deconstruction, raising a queer or neurodivergent child, navigating mental health challenges, healing from family wounds, or simply trying to love your children without fear-based scripts, Welcome, Weary Parent offers language, practices, and hope for a different kind of parenting formation. One shaped not by control or guaranteed outcomes, but by companionship with God in unfamiliar places.
For those navigating faith after certainty, parenting can feel like wilderness. The promises that once sounded so sure--pray enough, choose the right church, raise them the right way--unravel under the weight of real children and real fear. Beneath the questions lives something even deeper. Regret. Grief. Envy. Anger. The relentless 3 am worry that you're getting it wrong.
Welcome, Weary Parent is a hopeful invitation for when the formulas and curriculums leave you with more questions than certainties. It is a call to release anxious custodianship for trusting companionship--with God, your children, and the tender places within. Through personal stories, contemplative practices, and fresh encounters with the Gospels, author and pastor Osheta Moore invites readers to make peace with the emotions they were never taught to welcome.
Here, regret is a teacher not a tyrant. Shame is met instead of managed. Grief is companioned all the way to gratitude, not rushed past it. Rather than hiding these emotions or passing them on to our children, we learn to welcome them as they are and discover that Christ is already there.
Whether you're parenting after deconstruction, raising a queer or neurodivergent child, navigating mental health challenges, healing from family wounds, or simply trying to love your children without fear-based scripts, Welcome, Weary Parent offers language, practices, and hope for a different kind of parenting formation. One shaped not by control or guaranteed outcomes, but by companionship with God in unfamiliar places.
