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“Sitting on the premises” – sometimes, it’s okay not to serve in church

August 4, 2013 by Aprille 15 Comments

Let’s remember that while there is definitely value in serving God, sometimes, there’s just as much value in “sitting on the premises.”

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Posted in: Messy Faith, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Recovering Perfectionist Tagged: church, grace, legalism, martha, mary, ministry, PWOC, rest, service, serving

“Breath of Heaven hold me together…” – a Christmas prayer for the weary

December 9, 2012 by Aprille 5 Comments

I wasn’t planning on blogging today. But after an exhausting day working on Christmas projects together, I found myself sitting down to write. Russ had just taken our two year old son away…to I don’t know where, and I didn’t really care. I had been up since 6 am, and had already done quite a … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Christmas, Messy Faith, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings Tagged: christmas, emotions, mary

What if Mary had been a mommy blogger?

December 1, 2012 by Aprille 25 Comments

Mary wasn’t a mommy blogger. She had no social media outlets that she could use to process her overwhelming thoughts of motherhood…of mothering the Christ-child, the Savior of the World.

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Posted in: Christmas, Motherhood, Writing and blogging Tagged: advent, blogging, christmas, facebook, jesus, mary, mom blog, mommy blogger, pinterest, twitter

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