Hi, I’m Jantina Masters—wife, momma, (hybrid homeschool mom)lol, educator, psalmist, writer, and the heart behind Teaching by Faith©. This space was born during a very difficult time in my life, when I yearned for community, and wanted to find other moms like me. During that time, I began to write within an online blog I named, "Confessions of a Praying Mom." I experienced healing with every written note and post. I began to journal about my faith journey...building a home for my family in a new and unfamiliar place, journeying through brokenness after divorce, rediscovering God's strength as a single mom, the incredible grief that almost overwhelmed me following my mother's unexpected death - to the beautiful gift of loving and marrying again. Over the last decade, I've been  filling journals and notebooks with these stories, conversations and pain I walked through with God, too ashamed to speak. I have now found courage to use my voice for more than singing...I'm telling my stories by sharing the pages I've written and continue to write.

 

God met me at my kitchen table, in the car line, in the closet on the floor in tears, laying on the altar Sunday mornings at church, in my quiet prayers in the wee hours, in my questions, and...in my surrender.

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I tried to start this more than once. I renamed it, "The Surrendered Mom." God met me in that space too. Teaching by Faith© is what Confessions of a Praying Mom and The Surrendered Mom became through, varying seasons of me growing, healing, stretching and learning.

 

This space is where I share the words, lessons, and resources God is developing in me as I live them. Here, you’ll find my conversational devotionals, Conversations with ABBA, Letters to the Kingdom Building Momma, and more faith-filled journals and books (soon to come). The Teaching by Faith© Podcast, and the community that was and is my answered prayer, The Abiding Room - a place of encouragement for women learning to mother, create, teach, and build with God.

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You do not have to arrive here polished or perfect. Come as you are. Come in whatever season of motherhood you are in. My prayer is that something here helps you slow down, hear God clearly, and remember that you are not building alone.

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​This is more than a place to read—it is a gentle, Christ-centered space for mommas to exhale, abide with the Father, and grow in community. There is room here for your questions, your wisdom, your hope, and your becoming. I have faith in God that this place will grow. As many of you are coming, I want you to know, you are welcome here.