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Today is LUTHERWOMAN's one-year anniversary! On September 5th, 2023, myself (Jill) and a team of 20 other women at the time, launched this website and ministry.

Today we have a team of 37 LCMS women working to further our mission of discipling women in the church.

What does that mean?

Jesus asked 12 men to follow Him and called them His disciples. After his 3-year ministry and their "training", He then asked them to go out into the world and MAKE DISCIPLES.

That means that we are all disciples, and we are to participate in God's plan to make disciples.
It’s a dark crisp fall morning. The street lights are still on and there is hardly any traffic on the roads.

It is time to wake up my teenage daughter for school. My daughter is not a morning person much like her Dad and really struggles to get out of bed every day. However, her struggle to get out of bed is even harder as she wrestles with major depression and other mental health problems. I dread waking her up most mornings because the struggle is real. The struggle isn’t only on her but for me to encourage and motivate her to get ready for school. If you have any experience with depression or anxiety, getting out of bed can be really tough. It is challenging even as a parent to motivate myself in a loving way daily to get her out of bed.
It was today. I knew it was coming, but had no way of knowing this would be that day.

Backstory: We knew the diagnosis ten years ago when we adopted our son…Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). He was 7 weeks old, and due to biology and family history of Duchenne, genetic testing had already been completed. Two years later, we adopted his little brother, knowing the likelihood (50% chance) of him having the same diagnosis. After genetic testing was completed, we received confirmation that he also has Duchenne.

The formal definition of DMD