Have you ever snuck guiltily out of the house, leaving crying kids with a bewildered babysitter? Have you ever heard someone gently chide you, “You need to take better care of yourself,” while also having someone else remind you that “Motherhood is dying to self”? In American evangelical culture today, the concepts of self-care and dying to self seem to be perpetually at odds. It’s enough to leave…
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