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Ep. 10: Returning & Rest
Explore current offerings—FROM CONTROL TO COMMUNION, and RETURNING & REST—over at The Kingdom Mother Substack, https://rachaelalaia.substack.com/p/offerings
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Welcome to the tenth episode of The Laundry Basket Liturgy, a devotional companion for Christian mothers longing to embody shalom in the midst of their real, ordinary, everyday calling.
This episode closes out a five-part series on building secure attachment and embodied faith, with Christ at the center. If you’d like to begin at the start of the series, you can listen to Episode 6: From Control to Communion first.
Over the last several episodes, we’ve moved gently together:
- from control to communion
- from grasping to release
- from striving to staying
- from momentary peace to being kept
Today, we listen for the invitation that gathers it all together.
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In this episode, we explore:
— Why returning is not failure, but relationship
— How Scripture frames return as the normal rhythm of faith
— The difference between collapse and true rest
— Why rest flows naturally from re-alignment with God
— How trust produces a quiet, steady strength
— Why mothers especially need a faith that allows for return
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Embodied Practice:
In this episode, you’re guided through a gentle embodied practice of returning—using breath, touch, and attention to re-orient toward God’s presence.
Returning is not something you perfect.
It is something you practice. Again and again. Without shame.
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Domestic Liturgy for Today:
When you notice:
- tension rising
- urgency tightening
- control creeping back in
Pause and whisper:
“I return to You.”
Not as apology.
Not as failure.
But as trust.
Returning is prayer.
Returning is rest.
Returning is how love stays alive.
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If this episode blessed you, consider sharing it with another mother who might enjoy listening.
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To receive future episodes, devotionals, and spiritual formation resources straight to your inbox, subscribe to The Kingdom Mother on Substack. You'll even receive some gifts when you do.
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If you’d like to help sustain this ministry, you can become a paid subscriber on The Kingdom Mother Substack. Your generosity helps support the writing, podcasting, and spiritual formation resources shared that serve mothers with truth, beauty, and embodied peace right in the midst of the ordinary.
Get full access to The Kingdom Mother at rachaelalaia.substack.com/subscribe
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By The Kingdom MotherExplore current offerings—FROM CONTROL TO COMMUNION, and RETURNING & REST—over at The Kingdom Mother Substack, https://rachaelalaia.substack.com/p/offerings
+
Welcome to the tenth episode of The Laundry Basket Liturgy, a devotional companion for Christian mothers longing to embody shalom in the midst of their real, ordinary, everyday calling.
This episode closes out a five-part series on building secure attachment and embodied faith, with Christ at the center. If you’d like to begin at the start of the series, you can listen to Episode 6: From Control to Communion first.
Over the last several episodes, we’ve moved gently together:
- from control to communion
- from grasping to release
- from striving to staying
- from momentary peace to being kept
Today, we listen for the invitation that gathers it all together.
+
In this episode, we explore:
— Why returning is not failure, but relationship
— How Scripture frames return as the normal rhythm of faith
— The difference between collapse and true rest
— Why rest flows naturally from re-alignment with God
— How trust produces a quiet, steady strength
— Why mothers especially need a faith that allows for return
+
Embodied Practice:
In this episode, you’re guided through a gentle embodied practice of returning—using breath, touch, and attention to re-orient toward God’s presence.
Returning is not something you perfect.
It is something you practice. Again and again. Without shame.
+
Domestic Liturgy for Today:
When you notice:
- tension rising
- urgency tightening
- control creeping back in
Pause and whisper:
“I return to You.”
Not as apology.
Not as failure.
But as trust.
Returning is prayer.
Returning is rest.
Returning is how love stays alive.
+
If this episode blessed you, consider sharing it with another mother who might enjoy listening.
+
To receive future episodes, devotionals, and spiritual formation resources straight to your inbox, subscribe to The Kingdom Mother on Substack. You'll even receive some gifts when you do.
+
If you’d like to help sustain this ministry, you can become a paid subscriber on The Kingdom Mother Substack. Your generosity helps support the writing, podcasting, and spiritual formation resources shared that serve mothers with truth, beauty, and embodied peace right in the midst of the ordinary.
Get full access to The Kingdom Mother at rachaelalaia.substack.com/subscribe