The Housewife Theologian

My last post mentioned how things are not as they seem. That reminded me of one of my favorite stories, so I thought I would repost the review. The Man Who Was Thursday , G.K. Chesterton (First Published 1908; 2011 reprint, Simon & Brown) This book rocked my face off. It’s insane! No, I think...

Funny story: My good friend Dana asked for this book, Drinking with Calvin and Luther!, for her birthday. It was not available through Amazon directly, so I had to go through the publisher. The book took forever to come, and when it did finally arrive, the flimsy manila envelope it was packaged in...

Simonetta Carr, Anselm of Canterbury (Reformation Heritage Books, 2013) Simonetta Carr has a delightful way of writing children’s books that parents are just as interested in reading themselves. She has done it again with another from the Christian Biographies for Young Readers series, Anselm of...

Parenting has reached a new level of difficulty for Matt and me. I accepted the role of assigning the reading assignments for our children this summer. For my 8-year-old son, it was pretty easy. His second grade teacher finished off the school year reading C. S. Lewis’s The Lion the Witch and the...

[caption id="attachment_2202" align="alignleft" width="180"] We didn't know we formed a heart <3[/caption] Last week we loaded up the Traverse and headed to Corolla beach in the Outer Banks. We joined my dad, step-mom, and my twin 13-year-old brothers, my brother and his family, and my sister...

My friend and fellow housewife theologian, Dana Tuttle, is back to commemorate another Anne from the Tudor era. As we are about to come upon the anniversary of Anne Askew's execution, Dana ponders the implications of the gospel message for a housewife theologian. She began to wrestle with this idea...

Have you ever seen the commercials for Kidz Bop? I have been unfortunate enough to endure plenty. They're peppered throughout much of the often just as horrible children’s programing on TV. Kidz Bop is a CD that you can order that has pre-pubescent children professionally singing the latest hit...

[caption id="attachment_2178" align="alignleft" width="300"] Erik Jacobs for The New York Times[/caption] After our second 4 th of July party this week, Matt and I needed a little veg out time once we finally got all the kids to bed. So we cuddled on our big, round chair (aka the hot tub chair) and...

There is actually a church with a sign similar to this in my town. Except it's worse. It says, "Apply Sonscreen to prevent sinburn." I don't think there is any commentary needed. Simply look at the category I filed this under. Talk amongst yourselves. But...as I was looking for a picture similar to...

Seriously. I mean that in an endearing way. In fact, I hope I’m an idiot, and I think we need a lot more idiots in the church. So does Ted Kluck. I hosted my book review club this Monday evening at my house. This is where we all read whatever book we want and come together to review it. It doesn’t...