In this episode, Becky, Kate, and Elise discuss how to prioritize Bible reading—the most important reading of all. They talk about when busy moms can find time to be in the Word and what different kinds of Bible reading plans and Bible studies have worked well for them in different seasons of motherhood.

Books Discussed:

• Come, You Weary: Enjoy Christ’s Comfort
• Sense and Sensibility
• Pride and Prejudice
• Unreasonable Hospitality
• The Bible
• Ephesians
• Psalms
• Proverbs
• 1 Peter
• Shopping for Time
• Five Day Bible Reading Plan
• Psalms and Hymns to the Living God
• ESV Scripture Journals
• LSB Scripture Journals
• Dale Ralph Davis commentaries
• John MacArthur New Testament commentaries
• R.C. Sproul sermons
• Reformed Expository Commentary series

Many busy moms fall into one of two ditches—either reading only fluffy fiction or thinking they should read only devotionals. In this episode, Becky, Kate, and Elise discuss not-to-miss genres with book recommendations for various categories so that busy moms can read widely and grow in many areas. They also mention a few things that Christian moms should not read.

Books Discussed:

• Project Hail Mary
• The Space Trilogy
• The Other Bennet Sister
• Death Comes to Pemberley
• The Orphan’s Tale
• Sarah Edwards: Delighting in God
• Marriage to a Difficult Man
• The Wright Brothers
• Not Stolen: The Truth About European Colonialism in the New World
• Napoleon’s Buttons
• Molecules of Murder
• The James Herriot series
• The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs
• The Sheer Ecstasy of Being a Lunatic Farmer
• Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage
• Travels in the Interior of Africa
• Marco Polo
• Rembrandt Is in the Wind
• Van Gogh Has a Broken Heart
• The G3 Reading Challenge

In this episode, Becky, Elise, and Kate discuss the concept of the "summer stack"—having a small stack of challenging books from different genres to dip into, just a few pages at a time, on longer summer days. They offer book suggestions, different genres that work well for this, and ways they've challenged themselves and read outside their comfort zones through this annual practice.

Books Discussed:

• Mysterious Ways: The Providence of God in the Life of Joseph
• Pursuing Peace
• The Faithful Parent: A Biblical Guide to Raising a Family
• The Excellent Wife
• The Wright Brothers
• Under the Tuscan Sun
• The Heart Taken Up: 90 Days with the Puritans
• Christian Worldview
• The Way of Repentance
• Unpacking Forgiveness
• Daily Doctrine
• A Treasury of Nature: Illustrated Poetry, Prose, and Praise
• The Soul in Paraphrase
• Special Providence for Anxious Souls
• The Nature of Rest: What the Bible and Creation Teach Us About Sabbath Living
• Chesterton’s Gateway: 14 Essays to Get You Hooked on Chesterton
• Against the Machine: On the Unmaking of Humanity
• Strange New World

In this episode, Becky, Elise, and Kate discuss what they’re reading, when they find time to read, and strategies for busy moms to read amid motherhood and household responsibilities.

Books Discussed:

• The Bruised Reed
• Unpacking Forgiveness
• The Necessity of Reforming the Church
• Broken Bread
• Special Providence for Anxious Souls
• The Puritan Treasures for Today series
• The Heart Taken Up: 90 Days with the Puritans
• The Sight of Christ: 90 Days with the Puritans
• How to Build a Godly Marriage
• Jane Eyre
• The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion series
• Be Still, My Soul: Bright Hope for Dark Vales
• The Conservative Church
• The Ten Laws of Highly Compelling Preaching
• Pride and Prejudice
• The Chronicles of Narnia
• The Little House series
• The Hidden Art of Homemaking
• Marriage to a Difficult Man

In this episode Becky Aniol, Elise Sikes, and Kate Joyner, three busy moms at different stages of motherhood, introduce themselves, talk about what they’re reading, and discuss why it’s important that moms maintain a reading life. Motherhood shouldn’t be an excuse to stop growing. It can become one of our greatest motivations to read, learn, and become better wives, mothers, and followers of Christ.

Books Discussed:

• God’s Battle Plan for the Mind
• The Electra McDonnell series
• The Blue Castle
• Sarah Edwards: Delighting in God
• My Dear Hemlock
• Marriage to a Difficult Man
• The Odyssey
• Following God Fully
• Worldly Saints
• I Must Betray You
• The Mistmantle Chronicles
• The Screwtape Letters