For me those first parenting years sometimes felt a bit more like drowning in a raging river than gracefully gliding like a duck on a calm lake.

As a young adult I spent much of my time doing children’s ministry. Parents would sometimes comment to me how great with the kids I was, and what a wonderful mother I’d make one day. And I believed it! I loved kids and thought I’d take to motherhood like a duck to water. But for me those first parenting years sometimes felt a bit more like drowning in a raging river than gracefully gliding like a duck on a calm lake. That’s why I’m delighted that this little book has been written.

Author Liz Wann speaks about her own experience of becoming a mother with a particular emphasis on how it affected her spiritually. She describes coming to the end of her self-sufficiency in the trenches of child rearing and needing to be reminded of the one who is carrying her. This book will point you to the goodness of the gospel and the hope and confidence we can have in Jesus, even as we struggle in mothering. As we come to the end of ourselves yet again, she reminds us, he is there offering us a new beginning. This book is short, easy to read and would be a lovely gift for a new mum, or a great encouragement to those who are finding mothering difficult.

To coincide with our annual conference, EQUIP Picks are 10 great reads, chosen and reviewed by the EQUIP Women Team for women.

EQUIP22 Picks will be available for a limited time online via our ministry partner, Reformers Bookshop.

A percentage of the sales from books bought via the above link will support our CMS missionary, M.

Meet Jocelyn Loane

Jocelyn thinks she has the best job on the EQUIP committee, she gets to help pick the Top 10 books each year! She is married with 5 children and attends Naremburn Cammeray Anglican Church.