The Housewife Theologian

Decluttering. That’s what my husband and I set out to do over the long weekend. Sure, I’m pretty reliable for regular housecleaning, but closets and bookshelves, well, they are projects for me. And my desk is always a project. I have a way of messing it up just as fast as I clean it. But this time...

For some reason I woke up with the song "Signs" stuck in my head. So I thought I'd go ahead an repost an article I wrote two years ago that stole a line from it for the title. Some church signs seem to have become equivalent to the placard signs homeowners proudly stake in their front yards, or the...

I've reviewed Nancy Guthrie's latest book The Word of The Lord: Seeing Jesus in the Prophets over at Books at a Glance . Here is a teaser: If you haven’t read anything by Nancy Guthrie yet, you are really missing out. Her Seeing Jesus in the Old Testament series is a gift to the church. I don’t...

Or better yet, Carl, Todd, and I make the case that every bandwagon isn’t worth jumping on. Today’s Bully Pulpit was a fun one to record. I give the guys a little challenge to test how well they can relate to their congregations, and I close the podcast with a question that leaves Carl vulnerable...

As a writer and just a thinker, I kind of like metaphors. So when I see a metaphor in Scripture, sometimes I like to take some time to really think about how it is used. Last night in my Housewife Theologian group, we spent some time discussing how Jesus calls us salt: You are the salt of the earth...

This may be one of the most meaningful song lyrics to me personally. It comes from Stevie Nick’s Landslide , one of my favorite songs. The way that she sings her “I don’t know” afterwards conveys the same wondering in my own heart sometimes. Seasons change, and I do seem to hit some landslides in...

Well, maybe not for Meat Loaf, but we’re talking pastors and sin on the Mortification of Spin today. And since we are talking with our favorite, distinguished pastor from Wales, we decided to meet up in a Welsh karaoke bar, of course. That’s right, Dr. Derek Thomas is back, and we may have even...

Well, well, well. Do you want to know what the most viewed article I've ever written is? Okay, I'll tell you: 99 Shades of Strange . I guess that's the way it goes. It's a little reactive, but I was a bit shocked after seeing all the buzz with the release of the trailer for 50 Shades of Grey. And...

One Republic currently has a song out with a catchy beat. In it, Ryan Tedder sings with a devotion that most girls would dream about: I'll be your light, your match, your burning sun,
 I'll be the bright, and black, that's making you run.
 And I feel alright, and we'll feel alright,
'Cause we'll...

I often use The Valley of Vision to help me pray in the mornings. One of the prayers that I have been praying this week is titled “Joy.” It is such a good compliment to the wonderful sermon I sat under this week, by guest preacher Paul Wolfe. The sermon text was Romans 8:18-25, you know, the...