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Be true to yourself. Follow your dreams. Search deep inside for the real you. This is confusing stuff! Sure, these sentiments sound nice, but they are so subjective that you never know when you have arrived at your actual self. We all come to terms with this question of who we are many times...
Matt and I were recently watching an episode of the show Elementary. In it, Sherlock Holmes is struggling with some new-found feelings of personal responsibility. Sherlock is a recovering drug addict, so his sponsor noticed that he was going through some kind of an inner struggle. Sherlock opens up...
Well 2013 has been quite a year. Once again, I cringed at the media's focus of the year's events while hanging out with my family. My daughter wanted to see some of the concerts on Times Square, and we quickly saw that talent wasn't the first consideration in picking out their line-up. Needless to...
I stumbled upon an article making a prediction for journalism in 2014. Jason Kottke announces that the blog is dead. Basically, his conclusion is that "blogs are for 40-somethings with kids." Ouch! You can imagine how offended I was as a hip, much younger than forty (a whole two years younger,...
I stumbled upon an article making a prediction for journalism in 2014. Jason Kottke announces that the blog is dead. Basically, his conclusion is that "blogs are for 40-somethings with kids." Ouch! You can imagine how offended I was as a hip, much younger than forty (a whole two years younger,...
I've posted another article on Ref21 this morning. Here is the beginning. You will want to cruise over there for the surprise ending... I stumbled upon an article making a prediction for journalism in 2014. Jason Kottke announces that the blog is dead. Basically, his conclusion is that "blogs are...
I stumbled upon an article making a prediction for journalism in 2014. Jason Kottke announces that the blog is dead. Basically, his conclusion is that "blogs are for 40-somethings with kids." Ouch! You can imagine how offended I was as a hip, much younger than forty (a whole two years younger,...
Hello Ninja!, by N.D. Wilson. Illustrated by Forrest Dickison (Canonball, 2013) When I was contacted by Canon Press to see if I would review a bedtime story for toddlers, they had me at Hello Ninja . I mean, hello, this would have been the perfect bedtime book for my kids! Anyway, this book has the...
Instead of posting a list of my favorite books I read this year, I though I would share with you the ones that drew several articles out of me. These are the books that made me have the most reflections. I actually read this book at the end of 2012. It is convicting in many unsuspecting ways, and...
I have a fourteen-year-old daughter with a cell phone. I remember back in the day, I would get in trouble for talking too long on my see-through, wired, Conair Phone. But now I join all the other parents navigating through unchartered territory when it comes to their child and social networking...
I have a fourteen-year-old daughter with a cell phone. I remember back in the day, I would get in trouble for talking too long on my see-through, wired, Conair Phone. But now I join all the other parents navigating through unchartered territory when it comes to their child and social networking...
I have a new post today over at Ref21 . It is a revamp version of an article I wrote for Housewife Theologian about 2 1/2 years ago. You'll see from the introduction why I am constantly returning to this subject. [caption id="attachment_2503" align="alignright" width="240"] Easier times.[/caption]...
I have a fourteen-year-old daughter with a cell phone. I remember back in the day, I would get in trouble for talking too long on my see-through, wired, Conair Phone. But now I join all the other parents navigating through unchartered territory when it comes to their child and social networking...
On this week's Bully Pulpit episode of the Mortification of Spin , Carl, Todd, and I discuss a Christmas plea to fathers from John Denver (where I for some reason say 6 track instead of 8 track), the incarnation, and punching out heretics. But Carl and Todd are very pleasant and polite for the...
I had never even heard of the doctrines of grace until I was in my early twenties. I remember reading a sermon by Jonathon Edwards that opened the curtain on these doctrines and let the light in. But at first, along with this strange sense of joy and respect for God’s sovereignty, I was really...
When Matt and I married, we were searching for a church. Heck, we were searching for a denomination. Matt was raised in the Roman Catholic church, and I was raised in the Southern Baptist denomination. When we met, I was still in college, and Matt was just in his second year as a school teacher (...
It is timely that I am reading K. Scott Oliphint’s God With Us during this Christmas season. I’ve been returning to it in between some other reading projects. My brain hurts while I read it, and yet I keep coming back for more. One emphasis in Chapter Three, “Before Abraham Was…,” is that while the...
As we were pulling out of the driveway yesterday morning to go to Sunday School, it started. Sure, the newscasters were making a big deal about our first snow of the season, but you never know when to believe the hype these days. It was already sticking to the road as we made our way out of the...
I am writing here and there for the Reformation 21 blog, and thought I'd share a peek with my readers today. This is a reflection I had while reading about the aseity of God in K. Scott Oliphint's book, God With Us. Many of us talk about simplifying our lives. When we stop to think about how many...
Many of us talk about simplifying our lives. When we stop to think about how many choices that we make in one day, it's exhausting. A couple of weeks ago, I was talking to a friend who lives in Dubai. She was joking around about all the choices Americans have even in the marshmallow isle. You've...
Many of us talk about simplifying our lives. When we stop to think about how many choices that we make in one day, it's exhausting. A couple of weeks ago, I was talking to a friend who lives in Dubai. She was joking around about all the choices Americans have even in the marshmallow isle. You've...
Many of us talk about simplifying our lives. When we stop to think about how many choices that we make in one day, it's exhausting. A couple of weeks ago, I was talking to a friend who lives in Dubai. She was joking around about all the choices Americans have even in the marshmallow isle. You've...
There's a new Mortification of Spin available for your listening pleasure today. In it, Carl Trueman, Todd Pruitt, and I discuss a sensitive topic. When too many people benefit from your success, how will you be held accountable? This is an important issue that has come to light in the evangelical...
Over the holiday I gathered with some of my favorite people, my extended family, for a long weekend in Deep Creek, MD. Thanks to my mom, we’ve been doing this for several years now. I’ve always been very close with my brother and my sister and it is such a blessing that we all love the Lord. Each...
“But behold, the hand of him who betrays me is with me on the table” (Luke 22:21). Jesus was betrayed. Think about that for a minute. Betrayal has to be one of the most painful emotional and spiritual trials to go through. One of the twelve disciples whom Jesus has invested precious, blessed time...
As I'm preparing for a Housewife Theologian small group meeting tonight, I remembered an article I wrote over a year and a half ago about k-nowledge. I've borrowed the introduction to that article for a different reflection today. During my last two years of college, five of us girls rented a house...
Edward Welch makes a great distinction in his book, When People Are Big and God Is Small . After mentioning 1 Thess. 2:4, “but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please man, but to please God who tests our hearts,” he distinguishes between...
P&R is hosting a book giveaway from Nov. 18th-20th (ending at noon). Who wants free books? They are giving away one Grand Prize, including John Frame's Systematic Theology , my book, Housewife Theologian , and K. Scott Oliphint's Should You Believe in God? P&R will also be giving away two...
My pastor has been preaching through Jesus’ prayer recorded in John 17. I’m pleased to be sitting under these sermons, as this prayer is so revealing. This Sunday, as my pastor was preaching through verses 6-19 and teaching us more about Jesus praying for his agents of grace, for their possession,...
The Aquila Report brought my attention to yet another article written about an atheist church. Apparently, the atheist mega-church is on the rise. In this article there were several hundred unbelievers in attendance, including families with small children. It seems that atheists are feeling a...
I'm pleased to post another article from my friend, Dana Tuttle. Poor thing, when I recommend books to her now, I also expect a blog post in return. So here are some thoughts from a fellow housewife theologian: A reflection from Against the Gods, The Polemical Theology of the Old Testament by John...
Stephen J. Nichols, Getting the Blues (Brazos Press, 2008) “My daddy was a guitar pickin’ man.” This is the first line of a country song that my mom wrote about her father, my granddad. The stories that he’s told me about his childhood as a poor boy in the south, discovering music, particularly the...
While Carl Trueman was off galavanting around, Todd Pruitt and I recorded a bully pulpit for a Mortification of Spin podcast. I don't know how I get myself into these things. We discuss a recent story that broke regarding mega church pastor Steve Furtick of Elevation church, his mega house that he...
Here's a tweet that was brought to my attention this weekend: "Maybe I'm naive, but I don't give a lot of worry to gatekeepers. Books often get where they need to be anyway. Love wins, freedom spreads." The author of this tweet has a book that is about to be released. Just think for a moment about...
Here's a tweet that was brought to my attention this weekend: "Maybe I'm naive, but I don't give a lot of worry to gatekeepers. Books often get where they need to be anyway. Love wins, freedom spreads." The author of this tweet has a book that is about to be released. Just think for a moment about...
I dug this article up that I wrote almost two years ago because I was about to write another just like it: Grocery shopping takes a lot of discernment these days—at least for those of us who want to avoid a heart attack by 54. There are certain treasures we are told search for: antioxidants,...
Here's a tweet that was brought to my attention this weekend: "Maybe I'm naive, but I don't give a lot of worry to gatekeepers. Books often get where they need to be anyway. Love wins, freedom spreads." The author of this tweet has a book that is about to be released. Just think for a moment about...
Yesterday, I listened to an enlightening podcast from The White Horse Inn titled “God in the Gallery.” Their guest, Daniel Siedell, is an art historian, professor, critic, and curator, and authored a book by the same title. I don’t know how many of you are into art history, but I love the topic. It...
Are we undermining the witness of the church if we participate in Halloween activities? Carl, Todd, and I discuss costumes, Ouija Boards, contextualization, Christian liberty, wisdom issues, and which rock stars that Carl thinks we resemble. Take a listen here .
I recently heard of yet another field experiment demonstrating how easily a stranger at the park can lure an unsuspecting child. Even though parents felt confident in their discussions about not talking to strangers, and especially not to follow them anywhere no matter what, the old, "I've lost my...
I recently heard of yet another field experiment demonstrating how easily a stranger at the park can lure an unsuspecting child. Even though parents felt confident in their discussions about not talking to strangers, and especially not to follow them anywhere no matter what, the old, "I've lost my...
So my daughter was playing a song in the car this week that made me think. It’s called, “Beneath Your Beautiful,” by UK artist Labrinth, featuring Emeli Sande. He is singing to a girl who seems to have it all together and opens with: You tell all the boys no Makes you feel good yeah I know you're...
I recently heard of yet another field experiment demonstrating how easily a stranger at the park can lure an unsuspecting child. Even though parents felt confident in their discussions about not talking to strangers, and especially not to follow them anywhere no matter what, the old, "I've lost my...
I'm pleased to have a guest post today written by Persis Lorenti. She has some helpful thoughts from the Mortification of Spin episode of the 'not so subtle' forms of domestic abuse. She also provides some helpful resources. My hope with that episode is to get a helpful conversation going in the...
I love moving through a book that makes me stop and think. K. Scott Oliphint’s Covenantal Apologetics has been that way for me. I’ve had some other projects going on, so I have been returning to this book in between. Reading through it is kind of like taking a course. There are so many papers and...
John Greco, Broken Vows: Divorce and the Goodness of God (Cruciform Press, 2013). My parents divorced when I was 15. In Malachi 2:16, we are reminded that God hates divorce (NKJV). I can totally resonate with the reasoning given, “For it covers one’s garment with violence.” Tearing apart what God...
On today's Mortification of Spin podcast Carl Trueman and Todd Pruitt invite me to discuss a topic that is widely ignored in the church, probably because it is so hard to handle: verbal abuse in marriage. This is really just the beginning of a conversation that I hope helps raise awareness in the...
You haven’t lived until you’ve raced the mailman across six, one acre lots in Rollerblades. Seriously, it is my new thrill-seeking adventure. The thing is, my mailman is a bit lazy. He will not get out of his car to deliver a package if my dog is outside. I’m pretty sure it’s laziness, not fear...
Should those of us who sit in the pews every Sunday morning bother to learn about homiletics? After all, it is a very fun word to say. It’s like a potato chip, you can’t say it just once. I dare you to try… But back to my question, if I know that I am never going to stand behind a pulpit and...
I wrote a book review of Rachael Held Evans' book, A Year of Biblical Womanhood: How a Liberated Woman Found Herself Sitting on Her Roof, Covering Her Head, and Calling Her Husband “Master”, for the Council for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood. It will be published in their next journal issue, and it...