Category The Housewife Theologian

Reading Tim Keller’s Prodigal God provoked me to think more deeply about my own rebellion.  It’s also got me thinking more about the way I parent.  We don’t want our children to fall into a sinful lifestyle, and we surely are…

Bringing the Gospel Home, Randy Newman (Crossway, 2011) This is an interesting topic for a book—Witnessing to Family Members, Close Friends, and Others Who Know You Well.  Who couldn’t use help with that?  I’ve found it to be a helpful…

I recently read a good article about motherhood on the Desiring God Blog.  Yet one sentence stuck out that bothered me: Motherhood is a wonderful opportunity to live the gospel.  I believe motherhood is a wonderful opportunity to live in…

Sexual Detox, Tim Challies (Cruciform Press, 2010) Cruciform Press is a new, small publisher that does things a little differently.  In light of the technological changes that are affecting the publishing industry, they have a mission to embody our new realities. …

I have been blogging now for a few short months.  Before this, I spent many lonely hours writing a book.  Both make me feel a little silly.  I’ll tell you why.  Here I am on this lovely June morning, typing…

Christians Get Depressed Too, David Murray (Reformation Heritage Books,2010) I have enjoyed listening to David Murray on his podcast with Tim Challies, The Connected Kingdom.  While I don’t follow regularly, I find myself drawn to Murray’s wisdom and humility in…

So I was having one of those rare moments where I’m all alone driving.  That’s right: cool, thirty-something mom cruisen’ the highway in her minivan with the windows down—in search of a good song. I landed on a ditty by Cage the…

The Gospel Commission, Michael Horton (Baker Books, 2011) When Jesus pronounced what we call the Great Commission: All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them…

Have you heard this one: It’s nice to be important, but it’s more important to be nice?  It sounds like a good adage.  I always find myself training my children in the art of niceness.  It’s, “be nice,” or, “that…

Almost Christian: What the Faith of our Teenagers is telling the American Church, by Kenda Creasy Dean (Oxford University Press, 2010) We are so concerned with facilitating a cool atmosphere for the youth at church.  The trend has been to convince…