The Housewife Theologian

I have been blogging now for a few short months. Before this, I spent many lonely hours writing a book. Both make me feel a little silly. I’ll tell you why. Here I am on this lovely June morning, typing away for an imaginary audience. A major part of me would rather be sipping some coffee on my...

Christians Get Depressed Too , David Murray (Reformation Heritage Books,2010) I have enjoyed listening to David Murray on his podcast with Tim Challies, The Connected Kingdom . While I don’t follow regularly, I find myself drawn to Murray’s wisdom and humility in speaking. I recently ordered this...

So I was having one of those rare moments where I’m all alone driving. That’s right: cool, thirty-something mom cruisen’ the highway in her minivan with the windows down—in search of a good song. I landed on a ditty by Cage the Elephant, Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked . If you’ve heard it, you know...

The Gospel Commission , Michael Horton (Baker Books, 2011) When Jesus pronounced what we call the Great Commission: All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy...

[caption id="attachment_298" align="alignleft" width="259"] A badge to avoid.[/caption] Have you heard this one: It’s nice to be important, but it’s more important to be nice ? It sounds like a good adage. I always find myself training my children in the art of niceness. It’s, “be nice,” or, “that...

Almost Christian: What the Faith of our Teenagers is telling the American Church , by Kenda Creasy Dean (Oxford University Press, 2010) We are so concerned with facilitating a cool atmosphere for the youth at church. The trend has been to convince our kids that church can be cool and we won’t cramp...

It’s that time of the year again—graduation season. This is such a huge rite of passage into the beginning stages of adulthood. I’ve received several announcements by mail from friends and family who have finished their grade school career; inviting me to the party their parents are throwing for...

Yesterday I gave a critique on the lack of good readers in the church. Today I want to offer a very practical suggestion to get people reading and sharpen their discernment skills. It's something I have really enjoyed doing. This article was oringinally published in 2011. I took a year off from...

I had been thinking a lot lately about gentleness and its association with godliness when I stumbled upon this article by Mark Meynell . It’s funny how God gives you wisdom in batches. Meynell supplies a handy amount of Scripture on gentleness, particularly in leadership, and laments that it has...

Spurgeon’s Sermons, Vol. 3, Sermon VIII, The Dumb Singing Goldsmiths make exquisite forms from precious metals; they fashion the bracelet and the ring from gold:--God maketh his precious things out of base material; and from the black pebbles of the defiling brooks he hath taken up stones, which he...