Anna Meade Harris

Anna Meade Harris is a single mom of three young adult sons. She is the Senior Director of Content at Rooted, co-host of the Rooted Parent podcast, a member of Church of the Cross in Birmingham, AL, and author of the upcoming God’s Grace for Every Family: Biblical Encouragement for Single Parent Families and the Churches That Seek to Love Them Well (Zondervan, 2024). In her free time, Anna enjoys gardening, great books, running, hiking, hammocks, and ice cream. She wants to live by a mountain stream in Idaho someday.

3 Ways Single Moms Can Make Church Harder Than It Already Is

TLSMSTAFF2024-12-02T11:02:19-05:00December 9th, 2024|Anna Meade Harris, Help For Single Moms|

Perhaps one of the hardest things about becoming a single mother was realizing that church did not feel as comfortable as it once had. Sitting in pews surrounded by families with fathers only increased the deep pain I felt. It felt like a reminder of all I had lost. This only served to make me [...]

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The Light Yoke of Jesus for the Weary Single Mother by Anna Meade Harris

TLSMSTAFF2024-09-09T15:41:17-05:00September 9th, 2024|Anna Meade Harris, Help For Single Moms|

Riffing off the opening lines of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice: it is a truth, universally acknowledged, that a single parent in possession of one or more children must be in want of a nap. At least a nap. A season of hibernation might be more like it. As I interviewed single parents for my [...]

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Wisdom & The Single Mom: What Do I Do Now, Lord? by Anna Meade Harris

TLSMSTAFF2024-07-23T13:58:34-05:00July 22nd, 2024|Anna Meade Harris, Help For Single Moms|

One of the hardest things about losing my husband was losing the other person who loves my children as much as I do. After he died, I missed having him as a sounding board. When it came to making hard decisions (or even small, everyday ones), I felt like everything depended on me making the [...]

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Anxiety and the Single Mom by Anna Meade Harris

TLSMSTAFF2024-04-01T09:18:26-05:00March 25th, 2024|Anna Meade Harris, Help For Single Moms|

“The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”PHILIPPIANS 4: 5-7 NIVI don’t know about you, but there have been [...]

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