The Housewife Theologian

John Greco, Broken Vows: Divorce and the Goodness of God (Cruciform Press, 2013). My parents divorced when I was 15. In Malachi 2:16, we are reminded that God hates divorce (NKJV). I can totally resonate with the reasoning given, “For it covers one’s garment with violence.” Tearing apart what God...

On today's Mortification of Spin podcast Carl Trueman and Todd Pruitt invite me to discuss a topic that is widely ignored in the church, probably because it is so hard to handle: verbal abuse in marriage. This is really just the beginning of a conversation that I hope helps raise awareness in the...

You haven’t lived until you’ve raced the mailman across six, one acre lots in Rollerblades. Seriously, it is my new thrill-seeking adventure. The thing is, my mailman is a bit lazy. He will not get out of his car to deliver a package if my dog is outside. I’m pretty sure it’s laziness, not fear...

Should those of us who sit in the pews every Sunday morning bother to learn about homiletics? After all, it is a very fun word to say. It’s like a potato chip, you can’t say it just once. I dare you to try… But back to my question, if I know that I am never going to stand behind a pulpit and...

I wrote a book review of Rachael Held Evans' book, A Year of Biblical Womanhood: How a Liberated Woman Found Herself Sitting on Her Roof, Covering Her Head, and Calling Her Husband “Master”, for the Council for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood. It will be published in their next journal issue, and it...

I stole a few moments to enjoy the beautiful weather and read on my back porch yesterday, and was so rewarded from just the first chapter of Name Above All Names , by Alistair Begg and Sinclair Ferguson. The focus of this chapter was “Jesus Christ, the Seed of the Woman,” but there were so many...

Now when I give Dana books, I expect a review for my blog. Here is a recap and reflection Dana Tuttle gives us from one of her birthday presents: For my birthday, Aimee gave me a copy of Simonetta Carr’s book, Renee of France . I was excited to jump right into this “Bitesize Biography,” since I...

[caption id="attachment_2350" align="alignleft" width="240"] Our attitudes got better...[/caption] So what was the best wedding you've ever attended? Worst? From social media sites like Pinterest to shows like My Redneck Wedding , newly engaged couples are getting all kinds of creative ideas these...

Most days, we are going through the motions, trying to succeed in our everyday tasks. And yet, even though we accept and participate in the ordinary, we don’t want to settle for mediocrity. We want our duties and service to be meaningful. Usually, we go about this striving without much confirmation...

When I was in the tenth grade, my big aspiration was to be a Laker Girl like Paula Abdul. I know, another embarrassing trivia about myself that chips away at my ability to keep readers. What can I say? I was a cheerleader studying Abdul’s moves from Straight Up videos on MTV. I thought it was...