Tender and brutally honest, Hopes and Fears offers a humane vision of parenting in a troubled world. McCleneghan and Moses weave practical wisdom with spiritual reflection, guiding parents toward resilience and hope. This is a book about what it means to be fully human as well as how to raise our children well without losing ourselves in the process.

Jennifer Grant, author of Dimming the Day and Maybe God Is Like That Too

This is the book that every pastor should gift to parents while they are expecting-it depicts the real wonder and challenges of contemporary parenting and offers advice without overstepping. Hopes and Fears guides by example and gives parents and their children permission to be themselves.

Karen-Marie Yust, Josiah and Anne Wilson Rowe Professor of Christian Education, Union Presbyterian Seminary

Parenting is not for the faint of heart. Neither is trying to raise kids as Christians in today's world. Rather than being illuminated by expertise and the gospel, much of the parenting advice out there reflects pseudoscience and religious ideas whose lessons, norms, and values reflect a retrograde social order. We need fewer self-styled authorities and much more wisdom from those dedicated to seeing children thrive because of the faith we profess. Bromleigh McCleneghan and Lee Hull Moses are those kind of sages. Hopes and Fears is a valuable resource for the wild, wonderful journey of parenthood that deserves your attention.

Rev. Beau Underwood, co-author of Dear Son: Raising Faithful, Just, and Compassionate Men

Hopes and Fears is so much more than a collection of personal essays reflecting on Christian parenting. Having this book nearby is like having friends nearby to talk to about all those wondrous, messy, complex, beautiful experiences of growing into parenting, and with theology and Scripture wending through it all. I will keep Bromleigh and Lee's words nearby in both my life and ministry.

Rev. Anita Peebles, pastor and author