Kirsten and Benjamin Watson | MomLife Today
As a mother of seven, a businesswoman, philanthropist, pro-life activist, and movie producer, there’s little Kirsten Watson, wife of NFL star Benjamin Watson, hasn’t mastered.
But when presented with the idea of serving as the executive editor of MomLife Today, an online community of Christian mothers, she was “a bit leery.”
“I was so honored to be asked, but it is a huge responsibility,” Watson told The Christian Post. “So many moms come to the site for encouragement and to be shepherded and discipled. I didn’t know if I had the bandwidth to take on the role, or if I could do it well.”
January 7, 2021
It’s hard to put into words exactly what went down during Wednesday’s mass chaos in Washington D.C., an attempted insurrection incited by the President against sitting lawmakers that left one woman dead after being shot by Capitol police and three others dead from medical emergencies. The word “unprecedented” gets thrown around a lot but it is hard to think of an American comparison here. The buildup to this moment has been long and, of course, predicted but nevertheless, the State of the Union is fragile.
Christian leaders from across the political and ideological spectrum weighed in with their thoughts, which were unusually relevant to the situation. The people who stormed the Capitol building did so with “JESUS 2020” signs, “In God We Trust” banners and one enormous cross. It was a Christian Nationalist endeavor from bottom to top, a violent mob adorned in a pop Christian aesthetic. Christians have a responsibility to speak up against a violent m
Priscilla Shirer speaks at the Passion 2021 Conference. | Screenshot: Passion Conference
On the heels of a tumultuous year, Bible teacher Priscilla Shirer offered the reminder that abiding in Christ is the only way to find true inner peace, fulfillment and rest.
During a message titled Seven Last Words delivered to some 730,000 people who joined the Passion 2021 Conference virtually on Thursday, Shirer said that as she’s gotten older, she’s realized the importance of having an internal source of fulfillment to weather the storms of life.
“Without an ongoing, effervescent, fervent nourishment coming up on the inside of you, you will not be able to have the sustained hope and peace and joy and contentment, grace and fulfillment that you are going to require when the atmosphere of drought swirls all around you,” she said.