The Housewife Theologian

My kids know better than to tell me they are bored. But sometimes, they just can’t help themselves. When I’m feeling kind, I’ll let them get away with my enlightening, “Boring people get bored” ditty. Sometimes I will give them some chores to do to make sure they don’t stay bored. And when they...

Last weekend Matt and I had a young, engaged couple from our church over. It was so encouraging to talk to them about our faith. Although they are barely in their twenties, Greg and Mim are very mature in their thoughts about God. As the men were showing off their corn hole skills (maybe this is...

Unfortunately, discernment isn’t a popular discipline among many in the church. After all, the word means to separate. Sometimes, in separating the truth from the many lies that want to leach off of it, we can be accused of being unloving and unaccommodating. Since I tend to read a great deal,...

Christians, above all, should want to be helpful people. And we know that women are distinctively created to be helpers. Unfortunately, we have often failed to uphold the value of this responsibility. We wrongly belittle the helper as the subservient role, like mommy’s little helper in the kitchen...

My first interview with Carl Trueman and Todd Pruitt on the Mortification of Spin is now available. This was also my first interview period, so it was kind of like being thrown in the deep end. I like to compare it to a scene from the movie "The Christmas Story" when it was finally time for Ralphie...

Hope I don't annoy you too much with talk about my book this week, but it is now printed and at the publisher. I will have some cool updates to share, and then we'll be back to Norman around here, as I like to say. So here is my book trailer. It's crazy awkward watching myself talk all cheese-like...

So I’ve had the pleasure of pod-chatting with Carl Trueman and Todd Pruitt on Mortification of Spin (I believe it will air next Wednesday). Amazingly, they have asked me back. I think they just like West Virginia biker bars. And now I have the opportunity to talk with Camden Bucey and Nancy Guthrie...

Holiness knows no do-overs. When I meet my Creator, I cannot call a mulligan. Good is pure, or it is not good. The minute we look to anything else other than God for good, we have turned from holiness and toward evil. Period. No second chance. But he gives us something better. He gives us his own...

Derek Webb put out a song back on his Mockingbird album that I think about often. It is called “A New Law” and it opens like this: Don't teach me about politics and government just tell me who to vote for Don't teach me about truth and beauty just label my music Don't teach me how to live like a...

Like I’ve said before, Matt and I are approaching a whole new level of parenting. The questions now aren’t about when to potty train or whether or not to allow them to ride the bus. In a couple of weeks I will have a daughter entering high school, another entering middle school, and my son will be...