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    • 31 Days of Preparing for VBAC {An Introduction}
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    • ADHD Homeschooling: Hacks, Tricks, and Tips for Making It Work
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  • Start Here!
    • Hi, I’m Aprille…
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    • The Story Behind the Header
    • Blog’s Mission Statement
    • Blog Series
    • Top Ten Posts of All Time
    • Legalism and Grace: How I Left the IFB Movement and Chose Grace
    • Grace: How a Recovering Legalist Moves Forward in Faith
    • Online Writing Portfolio
  • Marriage
    • Our Love Story
  • Faith
  • Motherhood
    • Mothering Through Fatigue Blog Series
    • 20 Posts to Encourage Young New Moms
  • Military & Veteran Life
    • Encouragement and Resources for the Military Wife
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    • Homecoming 2009
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    • 31 Days of Preparing for VBAC {An Introduction}
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    Redemption Stories: My Song in the Night

    / November 8, 2023 / 0 Comments

    I began writing music when I was 16, a scared girl who found comfort in God - my "song in the night." The originator of our Psalm 118 song was our youngest guild member,…

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  • Friendship & Community,  Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings

    Corporate Celebration: The Lord’s Table and 1 Corinthians 11

    / December 27, 2022 / 0 Comments

    Reframing the solemn ordinance and observance into the context of community, family, and corporate celebration was very new to me. It was also relieving to finally understand the social context of the social…

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    Seven Words That Changed the Way I Viewed the Lord’s Table

    / December 23, 2022 / 0 Comments

    Righteousness. Propitiation. Redemption. Imputation. Justification. Reconciliation. Regeneration. The Lord's Table is a pictorial manifestation of those seven words.

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    A Moment of Silence {Come to the Lord’s Table Series: Part 2}

    / December 21, 2022 / 0 Comments

    There's no agonizing soul-searching. It's like the entire church says, "Let's all stop and have a moment of silence for Jesus and what He did for us when He died for us. Isn't…

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  • Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Recovering Perfectionist

    Am I Worthy? {Come to the Lord’s Table Series: Part 1}

    / December 20, 2022 / 3 Comments

    I'm not a theologian. I'm a daughter of God who has learned that she is welcome at the Lord's Table. This process of learning - and accepting - these truths is what I…

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    A King James Version (KJV) Audio Bible for Women

    / February 4, 2020 / 2 Comments

    My mom has been reading to me since I was born. So I called her up and asked her to take on the immense endeavor of narrating the first-ever (to my knowledge) King…

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    Regeneration: transforming the way you look at your spiritual identity

    / June 22, 2018 / 0 Comments

    Regeneration. Congratulations. If you have even clicked on this post I admire your bravery in tackling a big scary Bible word. Even growing up in a Bible-saturated environment like I did, I admit…

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

    / January 29, 2018 / 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…

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  • Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings

    Christian living post-legalism: how I got stuck in my “walk with God”

    / January 21, 2018 / 0 Comments

    The practical struggle of everyday Christian living when you are a recovering legalist When I spent two and a half months in 2013 fleshing out the theology of grace while telling my personal…

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    How to deal with spiritual abuse triggers at church

    / October 29, 2017 / 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,…

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