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The rainbow that kicked off our silent retreat

Surviving the Silence

by Julia Roller · In: Anxiety, Silence, Uncategorized · on Dec 12, 2024

24 hours of silent retreat. . . It was part of my very first weeklong residency for the Renovare Institute, a two-year program in spiritual formation I began this fall. I'd eagerly anticipated the …

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Category: Anxiety, Silence, UncategorizedTag: Advent, God's presence, Renovare, Renovare Institute, silence, silent retreat, spiritual disciplines, spiritual formation, Trevor Hudson

Solitude or Loneliness?

by Julia Roller · In: Silence, Uncategorized · on Aug 1, 2024

It's almost time for school to begin for my three children, and as much as I will miss the lazy days of summer, part of me can't wait to have the house to myself again. My eight-year-old daughter …

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Category: Silence, UncategorizedTag: back to school, extroverts, Henri Nouwen, introverts, loneliness, solitude

Is Reading Bad for You?

by Julia Roller · In: Books, Simplicity, Spiritual Disciplines, Uncategorized · on May 12, 2024

I have always been a reader. In first grade I got caught hiding a novel behind my math book. (In retrospect, that moment was quite accurate foreshadowing of my academic future.) I was infamous in …

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Category: Books, Simplicity, Spiritual Disciplines, UncategorizedTag: C. S. Lewis, Christian books, reading, reading the classics, spiritual formation

What Do You Want Your Home to Be?

by Julia Roller · In: Home, Hospitality, Uncategorized · on Feb 16, 2024

I'm fascinated by the Danish concept of hygge, especially at this time of year. Hygge (pronounced, as near as I can tell, HYOO-gah) is a bit of a complex idea, but I like to think of it as being …

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Category: Home, Hospitality, UncategorizedTag: Christian home, cozy home, hospitality, hygge, Marie Tourell Soderberg

How to Rest (And Why You Need to)

by Julia Roller · In: Breast Cancer, Silence, Uncategorized · on Dec 8, 2023

When my kids were really small, I used to dream about spending a night alone in a hotel. With a big bed all to myself, in which I could sleep for as long as I wanted. Nothing sounded as appealing or …

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Category: Breast Cancer, Silence, UncategorizedTag: Church, Dorina Lazo Gilmore-Young, renewal, rest, Sabbath, Sunday mornings

Friendship for the Rest of Us

by Julia Roller · In: Community, Uncategorized · on Aug 29, 2023

Our country, apparently, is lonely. More than one-fifth of Americans report often or always feeling lonely or socially isolated. As a Christian, I see it this way: God made us to be in community. I …

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Category: Community, UncategorizedTag: Christian parenting, community, loneliness, Mom Seeks God

A Surprising Way to Reduce Anxiety

by Julia Roller · In: Anxiety, Parenting, Uncategorized · on May 30, 2023

(Especially When You're Crazy Busy) The end of the school year is just nuts. Band concerts, graduations, open houses, baseball playoffs, soccer tournaments, award ceremonies, end-of-year banquets, …

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Category: Anxiety, Parenting, UncategorizedTag: anxiety, busy mom, Christian mom, Christian parenting, do not worry, Matthew 6, Sermon on the Mount

Wasting Time

by Julia Roller · In: Parenting, Silence · on Mar 30, 2023

Moms tend to be preoccupied with time. Or more precisely, with time management. The moms in the MOPS group I coordinate ask for a time management speaker every semester, worried by the way the days …

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Category: Parenting, SilenceTag: Christian parenting, driving, listening, listening to children, parenting

When Mom Is Sick…

by Julia Roller · In: Breast Cancer, Hospitality, Parenting, Uncategorized · on Feb 12, 2023

It should have been a mother's dream. As I lay in my bed with a book, I could hear my husband starting dinner preparations and marshaling the kids into peeling shrimp, chopping vegetables, and setting …

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Category: Breast Cancer, Hospitality, Parenting, UncategorizedTag: breast cancer, self care

In Defense of Gift-Giving

by Julia Roller · In: Generosity, Uncategorized · on Dec 16, 2022

Last week my 7-year-old daughter made a sign, "Don't come in, Luke and Ben!" (Luke and Ben are her brothers), hung it on my door, and disappeared inside my bedroom to wrap Christmas presents, emerging …

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Category: Generosity, UncategorizedTag: Christmas, Gary Chapman, gifts, gifts of the magi, love languages, The Five Love Languages

You Don’t Have to Do It All. Nor Should You.

by Julia Roller · In: Parenting, Uncategorized · on Oct 2, 2022

The night before the first day of school I was lying in the bathtub, indulging in a minor panic attack about all the things I needed to do before everyone headed out in the morning. Someone knocked …

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Category: Parenting, UncategorizedTag: A Nun on the Bus, Christian parenting, letting go, parenting, Sister Simone Campbell

How Not to Be a Crazy Sports Parent

by Julia Roller · In: Parenting, Uncategorized · on May 26, 2022

It's been an intense spring with all three kids playing on various baseball teams. Many a Saturday afternoon has seen me scurrying around local fields with one team baseball cap on my head and two …

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Category: Parenting, UncategorizedTag: baseball, baseball mom, Little League, soccer mom, sports parent, WWJD, youth baseball

How to Do Nothing

by Julia Roller · In: Book Reviews, Parenting, Silence, Simplicity, Social Media, Uncategorized · on Mar 7, 2022

All three of my kids are now in school (!) and so sometimes I really look forward to Monday mornings, when I can finally GET THINGS DONE. Anyone else relate? Recently, I had a week planned where I was …

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Category: Book Reviews, Parenting, Silence, Simplicity, Social Media, UncategorizedTag: Christian parenting, How to Do Nothing, Jenny Odell, parenting, productivity, social media

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It’s Fine: Keeping Christmas Meaningful and Manageable

by Julia Roller · In: Parenting, Simplicity · on Nov 9, 2021

All of a sudden it's November, that runaway train season of the year where time hurtles uncontrollably toward Christmas. Every year it's the same for me. I feel slightly confused by the Christmas …

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Category: Parenting, SimplicityTag: Christmas, Christmas crafts, Christmas decorations, simplicity, Wild+Free Holidays

First Days and New Beginnings

by Julia Roller · In: Anxiety, Parenting, The Writing Life · on Sep 13, 2021

It was a big first day of school for my three kids this year--kindergarten, sixth grade, and ninth grade. Three different schools, three different start times. I thought I'd gotten up early enough, …

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Category: Anxiety, Parenting, The Writing LifeTag: back to school, Christian parenting, first day of school, new beginnings, working moms

My Trick to Banish Anxiety

by Julia Roller · In: Anxiety, Parenting, Uncategorized · on Apr 21, 2021

At times in the past year it seemed like we would all be here in this house, occasionally seeing other people in the yard, forever, and that didn't seem like an entirely bad thing. Life had a peculiar …

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Category: Anxiety, Parenting, UncategorizedTag: anxiety, Bible study, Mary and Martha, parenting, spiritual formation, youth sports

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Where You Find Yourself

by Julia Roller · In: Breast Cancer, Gratitude, Uncategorized · on Mar 4, 2021

In December 2019, I was talking with my spiritual director about the following fall. For the first time in almost 14 years, I would have no children at home. I thought I was excited about all the time …

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Category: Breast Cancer, Gratitude, Uncategorized

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Organizing Your Paperwork

by Julia Roller · In: Simplicity · on Jan 26, 2021

It’s a new year and I’m celebrating with a new look to my website!  The people over at Stormhill Media and I have been working on this for months and I’m so excited by the results. Can’t wait to hear …

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Category: SimplicityTag: Lisa Woodruff, Marie Kondo, New Year's Resolutions, organization, organizing, paperwork, The Paper Solution

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Making the Most of Your Family Time

by Julia Roller · In: Parenting, Uncategorized · on Aug 7, 2020

It’s official: online-only school in the fall for all three of my children. So we’ll be spending even more time together. Yay? We’ve had an awful lot of togetherness since this pandemic …

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Category: Parenting, UncategorizedTag: Christian community, Christian parenting, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, fellowship, Life Together, pandemic parenting

God is in Charge

by Julia Roller · In: Mom Seeks God, Parenting · on Apr 22, 2020

Over the past few weeks of sheltering in place, I've... Caught my four-year-old daughter using roughly 40 sheets of toilet paper and LOST MY MIND... Found a forgotten half-full package of flour on …

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Category: Mom Seeks God, ParentingTag: Bible study, Genesis, homeschooling, Jesus Storybook Bible, social distancing, social distancing with kids, The Life with God Bible

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