Category The Housewife Theologian

Stephen J. Nichols, Getting the Blues (Brazos Press, 2008) “My daddy was a guitar pickin’ man.” This is the first line of a country song that my mom wrote about her father, my granddad. The stories that he’s told me…

While Carl Trueman was off galavanting around, Todd Pruitt and I recorded a bully pulpit for a Mortification of Spin podcast. I don’t know how I get myself into these things. We discuss a recent story that broke regarding mega…

Here’s a tweet that was brought to my attention this weekend: “Maybe I’m naive, but I don’t give a lot of worry to gatekeepers. Books often get where they need to be anyway. Love wins, freedom spreads.” The author of…

Here’s a tweet that was brought to my attention this weekend: “Maybe I’m naive, but I don’t give a lot of worry to gatekeepers. Books often get where they need to be anyway. Love wins, freedom spreads.” The author of…

I dug this article up that I wrote almost two years ago because I was about to write another just like it: Grocery shopping takes a lot of discernment these days—at least for those of us who want to avoid…

Here’s a tweet that was brought to my attention this weekend: “Maybe I’m naive, but I don’t give a lot of worry to gatekeepers. Books often get where they need to be anyway. Love wins, freedom spreads.” The author of…

Yesterday, I listened to an enlightening podcast from The White Horse Inn titled “God in the Gallery.”  Their guest, Daniel Siedell, is an art historian, professor, critic, and curator, and authored a book by the same title. I don’t know…

Are we undermining the witness of the church if we participate in Halloween activities? Carl, Todd, and I discuss costumes, Ouija Boards, contextualization, Christian liberty, wisdom issues, and which rock stars that Carl thinks we resemble. Take a listen here.

I recently heard of yet another field experiment demonstrating how easily a stranger at the park can lure an unsuspecting child. Even though parents felt confident in their discussions about not talking to strangers, and especially not to follow them…

I recently heard of yet another field experiment demonstrating how easily a stranger at the park can lure an unsuspecting child. Even though parents felt confident in their discussions about not talking to strangers, and especially not to follow them…