My Published Work

I write non-fiction, poetry, and fiction under both my married name, Theresa Nelson, and my maiden name, Theresa Boedeker.

My work has been published in over 70 print publications: ParentLife, Seek, Splickity Prime, Simple Joy, Women of the Spirit, Focus on the Family, Sunset, Instructor, The Computing Teacher, and Reminisce.

Click on the titles below to view some of my published work.

Audio Book Narrator and Producer:

Behind the Halo: Exploring the Humanity of Jesus by Alice V. Walters | August 2024

Regular Contributor:

Writing team member at A Wife Like Me.

Misreading Your Husband’s Gestures of Love | May 25, 2023
Playing Through the Year | January 30, 2023
Overcoming the Dread of Christmas | December 8, 2022
Addressing the Pain of Friendship | November 17, 2022
How to Stop Being a People Pleaser | November 7, 2022
Are You a Team Player or a Single Player? | October 4, 2022
How to Respond to the Differences in Your Marriage | August 13, 2022
12 Truths About Inner Healing | July 17, 2022
Appreciation Requires Action | June 14, 2022
Stopping Unhealthy Marriage Patterns to Improve the Next Generation | May 16, 2022
I Thought My Husband Needed to Change | April 20, 2022
How Knowing Your Husband Impacts Him for Good | March 13, 2022

Writing Contests:

Butt-Naked and Mad Enough to Kill, WOW! Quarter 2 Creative Nonfiction Contest, Honorable Mention | April 3, 2022
Leaving a Trail of More Than Breadcrumbs, Nickie’s Prize for Humor Writing Winner | September 29, 2020

Contributor in the following books:

“Why Our Complaining Matters to God.” Everyday Joy: A Collection of 100 Devotions from the Joyful Life, Volume 4 (2022)
“Christmas Confusion.” Christmas with Jesus. (2021)
“Leaving a Trail of More than Breadcrumbs.” Sisters!: Bonded by Love and Laughter! (2021). Next Generation Indie Book Awards 2022 Awards Winner.
“A Foundation of Truth.” Faith Talk. (2021)
“Reading Past Memories.” Flashlight Memories. (2011)

Nonfiction:

Outhouse Adventures, Splickety
Laughing With Abandon, Activated Magazine
Raising Perfect Children, Christian Home and School
Moving Beyond Life’s Messes, Home Life
Skinny Ankles, Baby Belly, and Forgiveness, Ruby for Women
Turn Off that Pressure Cooker and Get a Life, Prairie Times
A Recipe for Success, Reminisce
The Cycle of Our Life, Christian Home and School
Conservation Cycling, Missouri Conservationist
Reading Past Memories, Flashlight Memories

Poetry:

Plowing Fields, Time of Singing
Locker Smells, Writer’s Ink
First Meeting, Between the Lines
By the Lake, Between the Lines
Ashley, Crosscurrents
Weekend Visit at Mom’s, Between the Lines

Guest posts on other websites or magazines:

How the Everyday Mundane Changes the World | Dear Sisters | Leadership Issue, Volume 5 | April 1, 2023
Why My Being Good Enough Relies on My Receiving, | Restore Issue 10: February 2023
Summer in the Psalms – Psalm 29: Ascribe the Glory Due to His Name, Candace Cofer | July 5, 2022
Best Comforting Words to a Grieving Friend, Resounding His Love | May 25, 2022
Maach: The Mother Who Raised Two Kings, Lessons from Biblical Mothers: A Compilation of Wisdom from Mothers Past and Present, Compiled by Racheal Adams | April 2022
God Will Redeem Our Hard Times, Blessed Transgressions | January 20, 2022
Lessons on Judgment and being Judged, Blessed Transgressions | December 16, 2021
Chasing After Love, The Joyful Life Magazine Issue 13 | Adore | Winter 2021
Luke 15: Finding the Lost, Beholding Advent: Reflections to Draw Closer to Christ as He draws Closer to Us, Compiled by Racheal Adams | November 2021
Find Freedom from Condemnation, Living by Design Ministries | October 10, 2021
6 Things to Do When Life is Not Fair, Divine Purpose | October 2021 | Fall 4th Quarter Issue
Enjoying My Good-As-It-Gets Body, Kindred Mom | August 17, 2021
How to Live Without Fear or Delay! Blessed Transgressions | July 19, 2021
The Challenging Sleepover, Kindred Mom | July 6, 2021
Write So a Piece of You Doesn’t Die, Friday Speak Out! The Muffin (Wow! Women on Writing) | July 2, 2021
Why Our Worth with God Never Fluctuates, Divine Purpose Magazine | July 2021 | Summer Third Quarter
Flourishing in the Opposite Extremes of Life | Blessed Transgressions | June 6, 2021
The Rhythm of Routines, Divine Purpose Magazine | April 2021 | Spring Second Quarter
Decisions Based on Guilt and Fear are Bad Decisions, Living in Faith Everyday | Issue 1/21 (Bloom | 2021)
How a Valentine’s Gift Revealed Multi-Tasking Deficiencies, Here Goes Anything Magazine | February 2021 Issue
Sharing Burdens, the Gathering: A Study of the Good and Unstoppable Plans of God | January 29, 2021
Seeking Truth, The Gathering: A study of the Good and Unstoppable Plans of God | January 14, 2021
How to Conquer Spiritual Shame, Living by Design Ministries with Sarah Koonz | October 24, 2020
Hold Loosely to Your Opinions, Just Between Us | August 9, 2020
Why Rejection and Heartburn Go Hand in Hand, The Muffin (Wow! Women on Writing) | August 14, 2020
Who Are You Impacting? Blogs by Christian Women | August 10, 2020
We All Need Underserved Grace, Candidly Christian | June 29, 2020
How to Replace the World’s Lies with God’s Truth – Living by Design Ministries with Sarah Koonz | March 10, 2020
Socks that Bedazzle; Erma Bombeck blog – HumorWriters.com | January 7, 2020
Shedding the Wallflower – Made to Brave Sisterhood; Crystal Twaddell | October 15, 2018
5 Reasons I Love the Bible | Saturday Soul Food: Living by Design Ministries w/ Sarah Koontz | September 15, 2018
Are You Prideful? Lies that are Hurting Your Relationships. Blessed Transgressions | August 25, 2018
Stay at Home Moms ARE Working Women, The Better Mom | April 30, 2018
Twelve Ways to Grow and Fail with Grace, Blessed Transgressions | April 9, 2018
Motels, Sisters, and Cardboard Boxes, The Nervous Breakdown | January 12, 2018
Counting Blessing on a Card Table, Her View from Home | 11/20/2017
Dear First Time Moms, Mothering Beyond Expectation | 11/17/2017
Why Strive to Have a Perfect Life? Blessed Transgressions | 7/7/2017
Why Little Boys Love Peeing Outside, Kindred Mom | 5/17/2017
Dealing with Conflict: Hurtful Words, Blessed Transgressions | 4/28/2017
Letter to My Daughter; Remember This, Prayers for Girls | 4/28/2017
Encouraging Spring’s Potential in Others, Missional Women | 4/21/2017
Deciding to Identify the Graces of Life, Blessed Transgressions | 4/19/2017
Offering Hope for the Interrupted Mom (for Momentous Monday), Christen Spratt | 3/19/2017
Discover What Makes Your Soul Sing, Blessed Transgressions | 3/6/2017
Twinkling Mom, Kindred Mom | 2/23/2017
The Friendship Moment of Change, Life Letter Café “Find it Here on Fridays” | 1/18/2017
Would You Enter a Different Reality? Blessed Transgressions | 12/12/2016
Wrestling with Guilt and Shame, Blessed Transgressions | 11/20/2016

Interviews:

7 Questions Sunday: Theresa Boedeker & Life as it Comes, by David JB Miller | Life Letter Café

Podcasts:

In the Whisper Podcast with Nita Wilkinson | forthcoming
Faith Fueled Woman with Kristin Fitch, Episode 124, Replacing Our Codependent Beliefs with God’s Truth and Overcoming Shame with Theresa Boedeker | March 23, 2023
Masquerade of Motherhood Podcast, Episode 53 ~ Unmasking Pride (the M.O.M show) with Courtney Doyle | September 12, 2022
The Good Day Podcast, Psalm 29 – Summer in the Psalms: Ascribe the Glory Due His Name \ July 6, 2022
Be the Two Podcast with Ashley Nicole Morre, Freedom from Perfectionism with Theresa Boedeker | 3/16/2022
The Motherhood Metamorphosis Podcast with Brittany Meng, Theresa Boedeker: Rules, Formulas, and Finding Your Confidence | 3/14/2022
Heal Podcast with Tera Bradham, Episode 81: Theresa Boedeker on Unconditional Love | 11/22/2021
The Restoration Experience Podcast with Colleen Smith, Finding Restoration from a Life of Shame | 11/11/2021
Why I Believe Podcast with Mary Chestnut, The Lies We Believe | 10/8/2021
Fancy Free Podcast with Joanne Jarrett, Theresa Goes All Naked Hulk Lady in Her Garage | 9/8/2021
Motherhood Unfiltered Podcast with Ashley Henriott, How to Turn Your Children’s Mistakes into Learning Opportunities | 12/8/2020

Creator and author of Life as it Comes Podcast – a story podcast dedicated to making you laugh

Writing Conference Faculty:

How to Market Your Writing (Power Point presentation for Intermediate Writers), Show Me Writer’s Conference, Cape Girardeau, Missouri | October 17, 2020