The Housewife Theologian

He teaches fourth grade in the public school. And he’s good at it. He should probably just be a hero for that. But since he commutes 45 minutes across the border into Maryland, he thinks it’s important to have his wife at home base for the children. So he works another job as well. It’s mainly a...

[caption id="attachment_1966" align="alignright" width="216"] This is the March-April Issue.[/caption] I’m sure you’ve heard the reports that social media is making us more lonely. You can probably confirm this statistic in your own experience. In an article for the latest issue of Modern...

[caption id="attachment_1960" align="alignleft" width="259"] We couldn't figure out the meaning behind the name of this restaurant, and then it hit us. We are the odd fellas.[/caption] Have you ever learned or taught a spiritual truth, only to then be challenged by it and fail? Just this weekend, I...

[caption id="attachment_1955" align="alignleft" width="300"] It looks so easy.[/caption] Every now and then a Facebook post will get ya. Kristie Anyabwile posted this just yesterday (it may be a quote form Nancy DeMoss, as she was tagged in it): "Children will often cultivate an appetite for that...

Our culture seems to have an obsession with mediated devices. I like to think that I’m still young until I remember my college days, driving around with a clunking car phone reserved only for emergencies. Although less sophisticated, even then we had a proclivity for mediated devices. I thought I...

Sometimes we may think that we are the only ones that “get it.” Or, maybe those in our small circle or coalition. Rarely do we think the older generations have the insight that we have developed. We can easily begin thinking this way when it comes to the biblical understanding of sexuality. This...

Carl R. Trueman, Histories and Fallacies (Crossway, 2010) Did you ever read a book on sanctification or the Christian life and become awakened to a whole new host of sins that you didn’t even know you were committing? Well, this book had that same effect on me with historical misdemeanors. As...

It came in the mail while I was working out. Just sitting in that little box, sheltered from the wind, my new treasure was waiting to be discovered. I hate the wind. So when we were through with our side-plank-weighted-arm-raise-craziness, I sent out my obliging husband to see what the mailman...

Brad Hambrick, Burnout (P&R, 2013) Like every other morning, I awoke at 6 o’clock to write and study. By 7:00, it was time to rotate to my next usual station, performing the talented task of making breakfasts and lunches simultaneously. Only this time it is Saturday, so my girls are sleeping in...

Well, he had me by page 31. Of course, I want it to be true. A while back ago, I wrote an article about my top three questions I have when I get to heaven. What I only hinted at then is my cockamamie housewife theologian theory. I was too embarrassed. But now, thanks to David Allen, I am going loud...