{"id":141058,"date":"2025-11-05T07:59:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T12:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=141058"},"modified":"2025-11-05T17:57:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T22:57:02","slug":"csmits-what-ive-been-looking-for-why-this-mother-of-two-embraces-her-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=141058","title":{"rendered":"(CSM)\u2018It\u2019s what I\u2019ve been looking for\u2019: Why this mother of two embraces her church"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When Ms. Harmon prays, she does so like she\u2019s talking to her best friend. She turns to God for everything from small things \u2013 \u201cI really want my baby to sleep tonight\u201d \u2013 to big things, like where to buy a house or how many children to have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A friend gave her a box that says \u201cGive it to God\u201d on the cover, and she writes her prayer items on sticky notes to place inside. The list ranges from praying for friends who are trying to conceive or who are looking for a job, to her own highs and lows with postpartum anxiety and depression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ms. Harmon\u2019s current church, about an hour north of Denver, is about half young married couples. Her moms\u2019 group is about 30 to 35 women. There\u2019s no substitute for church in person, she says, pointing to the Bible chapter in Hebrews that encourages Christians to be in community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDoing life with other people is so rich,\u201d she says. \u201cI see why He calls us to that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/The-Culture\/Faith-Religion\/2025\/1101\/women-church-community-colorado\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ms. [Bekah] Harmon\u2019s current church, about an hour north of Denver, is about half young married couples. Her moms\u2019 group is about 30 to 35 women. There\u2019s no substitute for church in person, she says, pointing to the Bible chapter in Hebrews that encourages Christians to be in\u2026<\/p>&mdash; Kendall Harmon (@KendallHarmon6) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KendallHarmon6\/status\/1986206072005111934?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 5, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Ms. Harmon prays, she does so like she\u2019s talking to her best friend. She turns to God for everything from small things \u2013 \u201cI really want my baby to sleep tonight\u201d \u2013 to big things, like where to buy<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=141058\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[419,154,184,108,126],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-141058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-evangelicals","category-other-churches","category-parish-ministry","category-religion-culture","category-women"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=141058"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":141061,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141058\/revisions\/141061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=141058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=141058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=141058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}