The Housewife Theologian

Instead of my regular Reading Reflection, I have posted my daughter's 6th grade Social Studies Fair Report. You may be wondering what the history of coffee has to do with the gospel interrupting the ordinary. Stay tuned for my next article for at least two good reasons! And drink a cup on my behalf...

This is a picture of my beloved, Ma Lady . She is a Gaggia Achille lever espresso machine (Insert Tim-the-tool-man grunting). Every morning I long to see her face and flip on her switch. I know her intimately: the noise she makes when the pressure is just right for pulling the best shot, how much...

What do goats and coffee have in common? Well as the folktale goes, an Ethiopian named Kaldi did not understand why his goats were playing and dancing so joyously one day, paying him no mind. As it turned out, they had been nibbling on some berries from what we now know to be coffee trees...

Women are very good doers. We write lists, multi-task, and get things done. God created women to be helpers and has equipped us with much strength to do so. However, today I want to propose that maybe our best gifts are a bit more inert. There are many things that we cannot do, and should not do...

The Gospel Commission, by Michael Horton (Baker Books, 2011) I am only fifty pages into Horton’s new, new book and have found many gems. This section summarizes something I’m passionate about: We are God’s Analogy, created in his image to reflect in our own creaturely manner that covenantal...

Last Friday, I went out to dinner with my mom, sister, sister-in-law, and friend Cory. We were celebrating the spring birthdays of my sisters and Cory. As we were chatting it up, a lady was soliciting diners to buy roses from her pre-packaged stash. My mother obliged, and treated us each to a rose...

I like fun words. I love learning new words or rediscovering old ones to use in my vocabulary. So every Wednesday I will be posting a new word of the week, along with its definition. I challenge you to use it in conversation throughout the week so that it can sink into your normal rhetoric. It...

Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?, by Dr. Seuss The Byrdhouse loves Dr. Seuss. As I was tucking my 6-year-old son into bed last night, I read him this book. We giggled at all of the different sorts of people Dr. Seuss reminds us to be lucky we’re not. For example, P oor Ali Sard has to mow...

I’m not the best small-talker. For me, the function of small talk is a warm-up for deeper conversation. I’m comfortable with that. First you have to serve the ping-pong ball back and forth a couple of times before settling on a shared topic of interest. But these days, small talk has become the so-...

The Prodigal God , by Timothy Keller (Dutton, 2008) When it comes to identifying idols and applying the gospel, Keller is so convicting for me. This book goes through the parable of the prodigal son, showing the idolatry of self-righteousness in the older son, and the Father as the One who has...