Hey Mamas & Papas! If we were having a cup of coffee and comparing rap sheets, here’s what I’d tell you about myself. I earned a couple of degrees (and I'm currently earning another), spent a dozen years acting and writing professionally, won some awards and had some crazy dreams. I always planned to move to a major city and hit it big, but I never did. Instead, I did something I never thought I’d do.
I became a mom.
And not just any kind of mom––––I became stay-at-home mom. For fifteen years. I had my fifth child just weeks shy of my 46th birthday. That wasn't a typo, and I’m not crazy. Well, I’m a little crazy. After a dozen years of performing on a professional stage doing everything from musicals to Shakespeare to comedy improv, I decided to hang up my costumes and take a role on a different kind of stage––––one made of linoleum with a spotlight of fluorescent kitchen bulbs. I swapped Broadway show tunes belted out to thousands of theater-goers for lullabies sung softly to an audience of one. Then two. Then three, four, and five.
Here's the thing... I never wanted to be a mom, but I discovered something that I never imagined––––motherhood is incredibly fulfilling. And fun. And hard. And amazing. And exhausting. And rewarding. And challenging. And mind-numbing. And . . . sacred. Yes, being a mom is a divine calling, and it is the greatest role I’ve ever played. I ran from this life for nearly a decade, but God knew who I was supposed to be. He knew me better than I knew myself.
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My transition from stage performer to stay-at-home mom wasn’t easy, but it made me realize how much our culture marginalizes women who forfeit careers to stay home with their kids. In a society that espouses female empowerment and economic independence for women, the vocational mom is made to feel inadequate. And part-time working mothers aren’t much better off because they aren’t doing their part for womanhood either. We are seen as Mere Mothers, and our role is tragically undervalued.
My transition from stage performer to stay-at-home mom wasn’t easy, but it made me realize how much our culture marginalizes women who forfeit careers to stay home with their kids. In a society that espouses female empowerment and economic independence for women, the vocational mom is made to feel inadequate. And part-time working mothers aren’t much better off because they aren’t doing their part for womanhood either. We are seen as Mere Mothers, and our role is tragically undervalued.
Yes, the motherhood stage is small, but it is the most fulfilling role of all. And there is nothing MERE about it.
I never wanted to be the woman I am today—but I like the woman I am today far more than the woman I wanted to be. Being a mom is the best thing that ever happened to me.
I explore this topic in my free E-book, "BEYOND THE LIES: Uncovering Five Myths the Culture Spread To Mothers." In this thought-provoking work, I tackle the lies of modern, secular feminism that seek to marginalize mothers and destroy the greatest ally our kids have––––the family.
I'm passionate about faith and family, and how those priorities intersect with our culture. Recent studies don’t paint a pretty picture. There is a massive youth exodus from the church. Kids are leaving the faith after they leave the nest in record numbers.
We don't want our kids' faith to be an offshoot of ours, we want it to be their own. Our kids need to wrestle with God and the Word. They need to contend with the ideas of men and women. They need to learn why the Christian faith is the best explanation of reality. They need to learn how to overcome.
Worldly ideals backed by popular secular ideology threaten derail our parenting and steal our kids faith. So now I podcast and write in the intersection of family, faith, and culture.
I'm fighting for the next generation. Fight with me.
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I'm passionate about faith and family, and how those priorities intersect with our culture. Recent studies don’t paint a pretty picture. There is a massive youth exodus from the church. Kids are leaving the faith after they leave the nest in record numbers.
We don't want our kids' faith to be an offshoot of ours, we want it to be their own. Our kids need to wrestle with God and the Word. They need to contend with the ideas of men and women. They need to learn why the Christian faith is the best representation of reality. They need to learn how to overcome.
Worldly ideals backed by popular secular ideology threaten derail our parenting and steal our kids faith. So now I podcast and write in the intersection of family, faith, and culture.
If the massive youth exodus we are experiencing in the church doesn’t concern us as parents, it should.
“BEYOND THE LIES:
Uncovering Five Myths
the Culture Spreads
to Mothers”
“BEYOND THE LIES:
Uncovering Five Myths the
Culture Spreads To Mothers”
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Catherine Segars is an award-winning actress and playwright––––turned stay-at-home-mom––––turned author, speaker, podcaster, blogger, and motherhood apologist. This homeschooling mama of five is the host of CHRISTIAN PARENT/CRAZY WORLD, a Life Audio podcast about being a godly parent in an ungodly world, which was named the 2022 Best Kids and Family Podcast by Spark Media . She is author of "BEYOND THE LIES: Uncovering Five Myths the Culture Spreads To Mothers" which delves into critical cultural issues that affect families and marginalize mothers. She is a contributing writer for Crosswalk and iBelieve, where her articles reach hundreds of thousands of readers, and she has been published by Focus on the family, Christian Headlines, Bible Study Tools, inCourage, and Arise Daily. Catherine has a B.A. and an M.A. in Communications and is earning an M.A. in Christian Apologetics to help parents navigate through dangerous secular landmines and establish a sound Biblical foundation for their kids.
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