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Healed Wounds {Grandma’s Funeral & My Trip to My Ohio Hometown}

October 6, 2019 by Aprille 2 Comments

This is the moment everything up til this moment formed into this realization of healing. Because not once during the last few days had I been triggered. Not one hymn. Not one shudder induced by a smell or a sight. No anger. No pain. No regret. Just genuine gratitude and bittersweet joy for my family, for my grandma’s prayers, for the good old hymns, for each and every last memory.

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Posted in: Family, Messy Faith, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Recovering Perfectionist, Redemption Stories, Travel Tagged: death, faith, fundamentalism, funeral, grandparents, grief, healing, legalism

Spiritual warfare and special needs: “Remember who you battle.”

May 18, 2019 by Aprille 1 Comment

My counselor looked at me with a tilt of her sassy head and a half-smile and and said, “But girl, remember who you battle! You were riding high and Satan couldn’t have that. Satan hates the family, and he’s doing everything he can to destroy yours. He was gonna hit you hard and he sure did!”

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Posted in: Messy Faith, Military and Veteran Life, Motherhood, Special Needs Parenting Tagged: ADHD, church, counseling, DMDD, family, fundamentalism, legalism, motherhood, mothers-day, PTSD, special needs, spiritual warfare, therapy

Advice for those leaving Christian fundamentalism or an abusive church

April 12, 2018 by Aprille 2 Comments

I received the following message from a former acquaintance recently: What advice would you give someone preparing to step out of a IFB, Legalistic Church? I sent this person a bit of advice over messenger, but as I thought about it a bit more, I felt like it would be apropos to include a post of … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Messy Faith, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings Tagged: church, fundamentalism, healing, IFB, legalism, therapy

Live in the outflow: a new way of looking at Christian living

January 29, 2018 by Aprille 1 Comment

In the last segment of this series, I spoke about the practical struggle of everyday Christian living when you are a recovering legalist. Mainly, doing the “right thing” when you don’t want to, navigating spiritual disciplines, and how to know if you are living in your own strength or God’s power. I concluded my last post … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Messy Faith, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings Tagged: Bible, church, fundamentalism, grace, IFB, legalism

How to deal with spiritual abuse triggers at church

October 29, 2017 by Aprille 3 Comments

Nearly every Sunday morning I sit down in the pews of our church with ease, knowing that I am safe and loved. But that doesn’t keep me from sometimes being blindsided with songs, Christian jargon, and even Bible verses that I find to be triggers to some of the darker days of my spiritual past. … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Health, Wellness, & Self Care, Messy Faith, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings Tagged: abuse, CBT, church, cognitive behavioral therapy, faith, fundamentalism, grace, hymns, legalism, recovery, spiritual abuse, therapy

Everyday us {and more little bits of our story}

September 22, 2014 by Aprille 1 Comment

There is so much fluidity here…in the everyday us.

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Posted in: Marriage, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings Tagged: courtship, fundamentalism, legalism, marriage, Russ, teenage

A few random things {because if I don’t blog I just might go crazy}

June 25, 2014 by Aprille 1 Comment

some of the randomness that’s been going through my head the past few weeks

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Posted in: Ezra, Messy Faith, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Whitespace: one word for 2014 Tagged: church, country music, Ezra, facebook, family planning, friends, fundamentalism, homeschool, legalism, natural parenting, pinterest, preschool, recovery, social media, summer, sunscreen, VA benefits

June Link Love

June 4, 2014 by Aprille 5 Comments

Welcome to Monthly Link Love, where I share some goodies from other bloggers around the internets. Several of these posts really made me think – and I hope they will stir up your mind too!

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Posted in: Monthly Link Love Tagged: abstinence, fundamentalism, link love, motherhood, parenting, selfies, sex

A letter to my former self on her high school graduation

May 18, 2014 by Aprille 10 Comments

Next Saturday, on a beautiful sunny day in May, you’ll turn your tassel. Your perfect day will be the beginning of a tumultuous decade of change and pain and growing up the hard way.

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Posted in: Messy Faith, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Recovering Perfectionist Tagged: fundamentalism, graduation, growing up, high school, homeschool, legalism, recovery, twenty-something

There are no “entry-level positions” with God

August 3, 2013 by Aprille 24 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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Posted in: Messy Faith, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Recovering Perfectionist Tagged: choir, church, fundamentalism, grace, legalism

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