My Writing
St. Augustine is known to have said “I count myself one of the number of those who write as they learn and learn as they write.” I find that to be true of myself as well.
I have always loved to write. As a teen, I wrote for my school newspaper and church newsletter. When I struggled with depression in adolescence, I wrote pages of poetry to release the river of emotions that filled my heart. In my college writing class, I found writing helped me process my thoughts about life–the past, present, and future.
Then came marriage, graduate school, a career as a child psychotherapist, and then my first child. My passion for writing got lost somewhere between textbooks and a pile of diapers. After my oldest was born, I quit working and devoted my energies to learning how to be a mom. Needing an outlet to express the challenges of motherhood and the work God was doing in me, I started blogging and rediscovered my love for writing.
In addition to this blog, I write regularly for other blogs and websites. If you are interested in hiring me as a freelance writer, click on the links below for samples of my writing. I can be reached via email at: gcfox1 at gmail dot com.
My Books:
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I have written for a variety of web sites and publications, including these:
Desiring God
The Power of a Parent’s Words
The Sanctifying Work of Parenthood
Grace Greater Than All Our Worries
The Gospel Cure for a Child’s Heart (and our own)
The Most Frightening Prayer I Could Pray For My Children
A Tantrum for My Transformation
We Really Need the Gospel
A Prayer for the Worried Mom’s Heart
The Idols of a Mother’s Heart
Five Things to Teach Your Children This Christmas
Don’t Waste Time With Your Children
When Distractions Keep Us From Our Kids
Four Things to Teach Your Children This Easter
The Friend We All Need
Faithful are the Wounds of a Friend
No Longer I Who Mother
Speak the Truth to Yourself
Show Your Kids the Glory
Hope For The Despairing Heart
Preparing for the Storms of Life
The Joy Will Come
The Cure for Our Envy
One Question God Always Answers
God Writes a Great Story
Trading Fear for Fear
Remembering the Unquantifiable Love of God
Moms Need Theology Too
When God Interrupts Your Plans
Rejected by Men, Even our Friends
The Savior's Tears Shed for Yours
Theology that Comforts the Weary Soul
Three Gifts We Need, But Hate to Receive
King of Kings, Sorrows of Sorrows
Do Not Fear in the Face of Change
Once Worthless, Now Precious
What Your Past Says About You Today
Your Thoughts Will Betray You
Does God Balance Blessings with Hardships?
Confessions of a Wandering Mom: Five Common Idols We Fight
The Gospel Coalition
When Rejoicing with Others is Hard
The Comfort Found Only in the Church
How I gleaned hope from the darkest Psalm
When Christ Asked "Why?"
3 Reasons Not to Homeschool
D-Day and the Ultimate Warrior
The Problem with Good Advice
New Year’s Resolutions: Aim for Godliness and God’s Glory
Helping the Hurting
Explaining Hard Things to Our Children Mama’s Hands Are Full
Confessions of a Reluctant Servant
The New Year For Your Children
Dare Not Compare
When Mommy Guilt Threatens to Crush You
Fear the One Who is Greater
Lament is for Little Ones, Too
How to Help Your Child Read With Discernment
A Prayer For the Mom Who’s Worn
The Place for Health and Healing
When My Children Act Out in Public
Motherhood for the Rest of Us
I Come Messy and Ashamed
Host Without Grumbling
Parenting is Hard for a Reason
The Most Important Prayer for Our Kids
Parenting for Recovering Pharisees
You are What You Imitate
Beware the Idol of Parenting Success
What to Pray for Your Search Committee
Old Paths for a New Year
Why 1 Corinthians 13 Isn’t Just for Weddings
How Can I Talk to My Kids About 9/11?
The Christward Collective|Reformation 21
How the Laments Speak to Our Fears
Praying the Redemptive Story
The Laments: Where the Mind and Heart Meet
The Heart of Hospitality
Learning Repentance from the Psalmist
Thanksgiving in All Things
Pray for Your Church Leaders
What John Calvin Taught Me About Parenting
Cynicism and the God Who Makes All Things New
Promises Made, Promises Kept
The Tempted One
Something to Hate
True Self-Knowledge
Weeping While We Work
When You Go Through the Valley
The Story and the Suffering
Learning from Example
Guard Your Heart
When Our Idols Fail Us
God’s Word in Your Child’s Mind
Promoting the Work of Others
When Our Children Sin
When You Say You’ll Pray…
To Nurture a Community
In the Face of Crisis, Fear the Lord
Fear and the Lord’s Amazing Grace
Ligonier Ministries
The Way of Lament
Loneliness and the Call to Community
Mourning Together
Fear and the Fight to Remember
How to Deal with Grief
Love is Patient
We Never Suffer Alone
Where is Your Refuge
A Mother’s Prayer
Wives, Mothers, and Covid-19
Afflicted for Our Good
The Difference is Love
John Bunyan and the Privilege of Fearing the Lord
Our Fully Present God
Three Things to Remember on the Return to School
What is Pride?
Today’s Christian Woman
How Many Real Friends Do You Have
Touchscreens, Apps, and Your Kid’s Heart
Revive Our Hearts
Five Ways to Glorify God While Waiting
Your Soul Needs the Breath of God’s Grace
10 Things to Pray for This New Year
Consider Those Who Are New
You Can't Do it All: Why We Need to Use Everyone's Gifts
Four Ways to Disciple Children in Prayer
How to Cultivate Community in Your Women's Ministry
God's Grace Won't Abandon You
The Precious Gift of Seconds, Minutes, and Hours
The Best Question to Ask of Your Women’s Ministry
Give Moms the Gospel
A Prayer for the Start of the Ministry Year
God’s Providence in the Little Things of Life
Don’t Grow Weary in Your Faith
How to (Biblically) Encourage Your Ministry Team
Where have all the Volunteers Gone?
Remember Women on the Sidelines
Starting a Women’s Ministry From Scratch
4 Lessons on Biblical Hospitality
When You are Faced with a Difficult Decision
Why Study the Names of God?
Longing for Home This Christmas?
Why I Don't Want My Children to be Happy
Titus 2 Living Goes Beyond the Classroom
5 Things the Psalms of Lament Teach Us About Emotions
Flourishing Friendships in Your Church When God's Love is Confusing
Ministry is Uncomfortable
Cracked Cisterns and the Well That Never Runs Dry
Hope is Not a Wish
How to Fend Off Ministry Burnout
What Every Teen Needs from a Mentor
Moving from Milk to Solid Food
Problems in Ministry are Ministry
People Fail But God Keeps His Word
A Greater Fear
Parent Like Your Father
ERLC
When Motherhood is Hard
How You Can Help a Victim of Domestic Abuse
3 Ways to Serve the Elderly
Ministering to Those Who Perpetually Struggle
Helping Those Who Struggle with Anxiety
The Mark of a Christian: Serving the Body of Christ
3 Ways to Help Your Children Navigate Gaming
How to Disciple Your Children in their Emotions
CCM Magazine
"Priority and Payoff" September 15, 2015 p. 22-27 (interview with Crystal Lewis)