Registration is now open to join us for, "FROM CONTROL TO COMMUNION," a live Christ-centered workshop for women learning to trust God again in the body. There we’ll be exploring the difference between effort and availability, why practices like waiting, fasting, rest, stillness, and surrender are not earning grace — but creating space for trust to grow, and how obedience flows from safety, not fear. And "RETURNING & REST" is now LIVE 🖤 A seven-day self-guided gentle formation series for mothers learning how to build the habit of returning to God as their place of rest in the midst of motherhood. Visit The Kingdom Mother Substack, or https://rachaelalaia.substack.com/p/offerings, for more details. + Welcome to the eighth 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 is nestled within 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. In the previous episode, we lingered with Jesus’ invitation: “Come to Me.” In this episode, we listen for what happens after we come. + In this episode, we'll discuss: — What the Hebrew word for "Be still," rāp̄â, actually means — Why “be still” is not passivity, but release — How Scripture speaks directly into moments of chaos and threat — Why stillness can feel especially difficult for mothers — How control, vigilance, and striving often arise from love — What it means to loosen our grip by remembering who God is — How release creates space for God to act + Embodied Practice In this episode, you’ll be guided through a simple embodied practice of opening the hands, softening the shoulders, and releasing what you’ve been holding—pairing physical release with theological remembrance. + Domestic Liturgy As you notice yourself tightening, rushing, or bracing throughout the day, open your hands and whisper: “I loosen my grip. God, You are God.” Let this become a gentle returning practice woven into ordinary moments. + If this episode blessed you, consider sharing it with another mother who needs to be reminded that God meets her right where she is. + 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
