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  • Beauty in the Mess,  Birthdays,  Ezra,  Family,  Messy Faith,  Miscellaneous,  Recovering Perfectionist,  The Preschool Years

    Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 10.02.13 {AKA what life has been like for the last two months}

    / October 2, 2013 / 6 Comments

    Finding God's beauty in spite of our messy, everyday life. A lengthly post of pictures and updates from August and September 2013.

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  • Beauty in the Mess,  Ezra,  Family,  Miscellaneous,  Motherhood

    Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 08.18.13

    / August 19, 2013 / 7 Comments

    ...somehow, I see beauty woven through the days and start feeling better

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  • Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Recovering Perfectionist

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

    / August 4, 2013 / 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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  • Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Recovering Perfectionist

    There are no “entry-level positions” with God

    / August 3, 2013 / 25 Comments

    Because there are no "entry-level" positions in God's eyes. There are no ladders to climb to make us more important than another Christian.

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  • Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Recovering Perfectionist

    Safety in the comfortable cocoon of fundamentalism

    / July 29, 2013 / 20 Comments

    Leaving behind legalism is one of the most terrifying things I've ever done. And for a long time, I just couldn't do it.

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  • Marriage,  Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Recovering Perfectionist

    when you and your husband are in different spiritual places

    / July 28, 2013 / 20 Comments

    For those times when you are out-of-sync spiritually with your spouse.

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  • Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Recovering Perfectionist

    Church Attendance: on being “in your place” in church

    / July 26, 2013 / 21 Comments

    The verse that is probably used the most to stress "faithful church attendance" is simply a reminder that we need to be getting together with other believers.

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  • Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Recovering Perfectionist

    What to do when your church isn’t meeting your needs

    / July 25, 2013 / 27 Comments

    I'm asking you to focus less on the problem and consider the possibility you could in fact be part of the solution.

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  • Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Recovering Perfectionist

    forget where you “should be” and “give God your ugly”

    / July 19, 2013 / 23 Comments

    But sometimes, the first step of surrender is admitting to God that you aren't ready to surrender.

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  • Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Recovering Perfectionist

    Cheating on my church: God is bigger than our denominational boxes

    / July 13, 2013 / 42 Comments

    But that very brief time that I spent at that church didn't pull me down. In contrast, it really opened my eyes to a lot of things: I realized that the body of…

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