Gems of Motherhood

Teresa Conlon has been serving as president of Summit International School of Ministry since the fall of 2010. She also serves as an associate pastor at Times Square Church in New York City. Teresa has had the privilege of speaking internationally for over a decade at leadership conferences and women’s events. She has a passion for the Word of God and is known for speaking directly to the heart through her messages.With the current global pandemic, we are together as a family unit more than ever before. In this episode, Teresa shares about the importance of finding balance spiritually and emotionally.

“I found myself actually not saying no to things. I had to learn to say yes to self care… to making sure that my own fires were burning properly because then I could give properly.”

Having struggle to find balance in her own life at the beginning of her ministry, Teresa passionately shares about her own experience during her season as a mother with small children. She focused on a few things, like 

• Checking our emotions, finding the source of our frustrations and allowing ourselves to be transparent rather than expecting people to read our mind.
• Checking in spiritually to gauge our place in a growingly small and mundane world. The enemy lies to us all the time about our worth and value. We need find time away with God for His strength. 

Teresa reminds us that it is easy to lose our identity, yet we can always regain it by permitting God to tell us what He thinks about us. We need to find a moment to recenter and refocus. When God speaks his thoughts to us, we radiate. We are life givers. 

It’s my hope that this episode will draw you closer to God, refresh you and restore your faith as to what is possible in your family. 

Teresa is currently working on a book. I can't wait when it'll be released. And if you do have older children that are considering a Bible school, do check out Summit International School of Ministry.

Connect with Teresa:

Website: summitpa.org

Welcome!

This is my very first podcast and I’m so excited to be doing this. I hope you’re just as excited as I am. I’m Sharon Kon and I’m a mom of 1. I started this podcast because reality is there is just so much to learn when it comes to motherhood. So please enjoy this journey with me!