Almost Holy Mama: Life-Giving Spiritual Practices for Weary Parents

By Courtney Ellis

Book Overview

With the honesty of a close friend, the hilarity of a late-night comic, and the humility of a mom up to her eyeballs in diapers and dishes, Courtney Ellis invites us on a journey to draw closer God amid the joyful, mundane, exhausting days of young parenthood. Probing ancient Christian practices for renewal, Almost Holy Mama chronicles one mom's quest to discover an answer to her most pressing question: Can God use the challenges of parenthood to grow your character?

You long to spend time with God and catch your spiritual breath, but you find yourself honestly wondering--how and when? Ellis gets it. It's hard to carve out space for a "quiet moment" with God, let alone a "quiet time!" Instead of adding more tasks to your plate, Almost Holy Mama will help you integrate your spiritual practices into your daily life. From studying Scripture in the shower to listening in prayer at the foot of Laundry Mountain, Ellis finds that meeting God in sacred disciplines can breathe new life into one of life's most joy-filled and trying seasons.

Perfect for parents, gifts for expecting parents, single mother/father groups, foster parents and guardians, pastors, counselors, and more!

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1628627905
• ISBN13: 9781628627909
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Aspire Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Witty & Pratical

Not only does Courtney share practical ways for moms to incorporate the disciplines into every-day life - she ALSO includes journal entries she wrote as she was learning to live out these disciplines! That is by far my favorite part about this book! She shares her insights, successes and failures along the way, all in a very witty and relatable style.